Decisive Battles of Hitler's War: Normandy To The Rhine
Episode 7 The History Channel February 8, 2017
Overwhelming superiority on the ground and in the air swung the course of battle in the West in favour of the Allies.
Art of Germany: In the Shadow of Hitler
Season 1 Episode 3 Foxtel Arts January 31, 2017
Classification: Parental Guidance
Andrew Graham-Dixon concludes his exploration of German art by investigating the dark and difficult times of the 20th century.
Kids of Courage: Calum
Season 1 Episode 4 ABC Me February 27, 2019
Calum doesn't care about the war and won't practice boring air raid drills. While he is off on his bike, German bombers fly over the city. Clydebank is attacked, and Calum ...
Calum doesn't care about the war and won't practice boring air raid drills. While he is off on his bike, German bombers fly over the city. Clydebank is attacked, and Calum must get to his mother quickly.
Kids of Courage: Justus
Season 1 Episode 7 ABC Me March 20, 2019
Justus is delighted to become a 'soldier' defending Germany. He and a handful of other young boys are to hold a village street against the Americans. When the tanks arrive, ...
Justus is delighted to become a 'soldier' defending Germany. He and a handful of other young boys are to hold a village street against the Americans. When the tanks arrive, all of Justus' hero fantasies are destroyed.
The Art of Germany: Dream and Machine
Season 1 Episode 2 Smooth/Arts April 2, 2019
Andrew Graham-Dixon continues his exploration of German art by looking at the tumultuous 19th century and early 20th century, and how artists were at the forefront of ...
Andrew Graham-Dixon continues his exploration of German art by looking at the tumultuous 19th century and early 20th century, and how artists were at the forefront of Germany's drive to become a single nation. Andrew travels to the north and the coastal town of Griefswald, the birthplace of Caspar David Friedrich, the most influential of the German Romantics, to discover how the Baltic coast impacted on his mysterious paintings of the German landscape. He also visits Berlin and explores the art of the powerful Prussian state, which would spearhead the unification of Germany in 1871. The episode ends with the outbreak of the World War I and the attempts of artists Franz Marc and Otto Dix to rationalise the catastrophic experiences of the world's first technological war, a war driven by the innovations of Prussia.
Dig World War II
Season 1 Episode 4 SBS March 8, 2013
In the final episode, Dan explores both sides of D-Day, the greatest amphibious landing in history, follows the Allied push into occupied France, and checks out an incredible ...
In the final episode, Dan explores both sides of D-Day, the greatest amphibious landing in history, follows the Allied push into occupied France, and checks out an incredible submarine graveyard.
Space Race: Race To The Moon
Season 1 Episode 4 BBC Knowledge June 6, 2011
Design and technologies
While America's von Braun (Richard Dillane) could fund the world's most powerful rocket, Soviet designer Sergei Korolev (Steve Nicolson) had only a fraction of the US budget ...
While America's von Braun (Richard Dillane) could fund the world's most powerful rocket, Soviet designer Sergei Korolev (Steve Nicolson) had only a fraction of the US budget and knew that without a rocket as powerful as the USA's Saturn he would lose the race. Yet the Soviet's Alexei Leonov (Oleg Shtefanko) became the first man to walk in space.
World War 2 - The Last Heroes: Battle of the Bulge
Season 1 Episode 5 SBS January 3, 2014
Documentary chronicling the history of World War II's Battle of the Bulge, when the German army launched a major surprise counteroffensive against the American forces that ...
Documentary chronicling the history of World War II's Battle of the Bulge, when the German army launched a major surprise counteroffensive against the American forces that caught them almost completely off-guard, sweeping away major portions of the front line, pushing deep into the rear areas and causing tens of thousands of casualties before it was finally halted.
Kids of Courage: Anton
Season 1 Episode 1 ABC Me February 6, 2019
Anton wants to join the Hitler Youth like all his classmates, although his father is against it. Only when violence breaks out on November 9, 1938, and his friend seeks ...
Anton wants to join the Hitler Youth like all his classmates, although his father is against it. Only when violence breaks out on November 9, 1938, and his friend seeks shelter, does he see what the Nazis are really capable of. In German with English subtitles.
Art of Germany: A Divided Land
Classification: General
Andrew Graham-Dixon explores German art, examining the country's unique national style and 500-year cultural legacy.
The 101 Who Made The Twentieth Century
Season 1 Episode 8 The History Channel August 23, 2017
The history of mankind is a never-ending story of change, revolution, evolution - but surely no span of a hundred years can claim to have changed the world so dramatically, so ...
The history of mankind is a never-ending story of change, revolution, evolution - but surely no span of a hundred years can claim to have changed the world so dramatically, so rapidly and so irreversibly as the 20th century. A century where the empires of the past crumbled to make way for new superpowers and a new age. Built on science, exploration, and a desire to express new creative possibilities. A century where the world was drawn into one war after another. But where radio, film, television, cars, planes and finally computers drew us closer together than at any other point in history. It was a century of unprecedented change. Change that was born out of the actions of individuals - what they created, what they discovered, what they destroyed. Who were the 101 people who drove the changes in every aspect of life that made the 20th century and set-up the 21st? A decade and a half since the close of the century we can take a considered look at the people most responsible for the events that changed their world and made ours. In this series we count down - from 101 to No.1 - the names of those who, in the judgement of experts, including those who contribute to the series, most influentially shaped the century and our world. What would the world we live in look like without our Top Ten? It is hard to imagine but one things for sure, in making the twentieth century they have indelibly influenced the world we know today. In our final episode we reveal our picks for the most significant people "Who Made the Twentieth Century". The results will surprise many. Some will disagree with the choices, everyone will remain gripped up to the final reveal.
Kids of Courage: Fritjof
Fritjof's village is occupied by the Germans. When his father enlists for war, Fritjof has to support his family as a fisherman boy. At first, he works for the occupiers, but ...
Fritjof's village is occupied by the Germans. When his father enlists for war, Fritjof has to support his family as a fisherman boy. At first, he works for the occupiers, but what he is paid can scarcely feed his family. In German with English subtitles.
Drain The Titanic
National Geographic July 8, 2016
National Geographic is virtually draining the Titanic, revealing spectacular images of the final resting place of this most iconic of shipwrecks.
The Hollywood War: The Case of the Century
Season 1 Episode 1 SBS May 24, 2015
This series tells the story of how American cinema, barely thirty years after its birth, having become the country's eighth largest industry and its most powerful medium, ...
This series tells the story of how American cinema, barely thirty years after its birth, having become the country's eighth largest industry and its most powerful medium, would play a unique role in the WW2 period of history.
The Hollywood War: Star Wars
Answering President Roosevelt's call, Hollywood's eight major studios devoted their resources and their talents to the war effort. Drama, documentaries, cartoons: thousands of ...
Answering President Roosevelt's call, Hollywood's eight major studios devoted their resources and their talents to the war effort. Drama, documentaries, cartoons: thousands of films were produced, meant either for the general public or for the different branches of the military.
Season 1 Episode 1 SBS December 10, 2015
Historian Dan Snow joins military archaeologists as they investigate the former battlegrounds of the Second World War, uncovering little-known stories through excavations and ...
Historian Dan Snow joins military archaeologists as they investigate the former battlegrounds of the Second World War, uncovering little-known stories through excavations and dives across Europe. In the final episode, Dan explores both sides of D-Day, the greatest amphibious landing in history, follows the Allied push into occupied France, and checks out an incredible submarine graveyard.
Kids of Courage: Eva
Eva is already an orphan when she arrives in the Auschwitz concentration camp. She hopes to find friends there from the Theresienstadt children's choir. Miraculously, she ...
Eva is already an orphan when she arrives in the Auschwitz concentration camp. She hopes to find friends there from the Theresienstadt children's choir. Miraculously, she finds Renata, but the former soprano is very ill.
Dan Snow: Last Heroes Of D-Day
Season 1 Episode 2 SBS July 8, 2015
The concluding part of historian Dan Snow's major two-part series, tells the powerful and heroic stories of those who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy, to save ...
The concluding part of historian Dan Snow's major two-part series, tells the powerful and heroic stories of those who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy, to save the world from Nazi Germany.
History in Primary School
Time travel in the classroom with this range of videos on topics suitable for primary school students. Be entertained by Horrible Histories and enchanted by My Place. You might even want to try some of the History Hunters' experiments out for yourself.
Remembrance Day in the primary classroom
Help young learners understand the history behind Remembrance Day and the effects of World War I on the people of Australia. Watch the videos to improve understanding and also see how people commemorate Remembrance Day around the world.
Aussie Inventions that Changed the World
From life-saving devices to modern conveniences, Aussie Inventions that Changed the World is an eight-part series that reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live. This original Foxtel series was produced for the History channel.
Revolutions that changed the world
From the dramatisation of the American Revolution in Sons of Liberty through to how Gene Sharp's nonviolent revolutionary theories helped inspire the Arab Spring, see how revolution has reshaped daily life and global politics.
The modern world we know and live in started its life in the 1760s when new manufacturing processes made mass production achievable. Explore how industrialisation saw populations shift from more agrarian communities into large-scale cities.
Early settlement in Australia
From the first fleet to the masses of free settlers that travelled for more than two months at sea to call Australia home, take a look at the obstacles and challenges faced by Australia's early settlers.
All about China for primary students
Learn about one of the most populous nation in the world by taking a leap in history and updates on modern day China with this curated collection.
Russia in the 20th century
The 20th century was a transformative period for Russia as the nation went through revolution, industrialisation, the Great Purge, space race and Cold War. Explore the rise and fall of the USSR here.
Nuclear conflicts and disasters
In August 1945 the US dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastating the Japanese cities. See the aftermath of the attacks while exploring the history of nuclear disasters. (ACDSEH107, ACDSEH127)
Nelson Mandela's long walk to the presidency
Share the story of Nelson Mandela's struggle to end apartheid in South Africa and build a more peaceful world with this collection about Madiba's life and times.
The storming of the Bastille by a mob of Parisians on July 14, 1789, set loose a generation of warfare and sowed the seeds for the modern political system.
A royal wedding is a marriage ceremony involving members of royal family. This week we are celebrating the royal event the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Freedom Day: the birth of a new nation
On April 27, 1994, millions of first-time voters cast their ballots in South Africa's first free elections, ushering in the presidency of Mandela. Learn about the enormous change from those who lived it.
Remember the Anzacs
Commemorate the 1915 struggle that saw enormous courage in the face of enormous loss at Gallipoli, which many consider the psychological birth of Australia. Start with the Peter Weir classic, Gallipoli, to mark Anzac Day.