This video tells the inspiring story of Rocky Stoutenburg, a special education student who became paralyzed from the neck down after an accident. With the support of his younger brother, he discovered a passion for gaming and set...

Themistocles - an Athenian politician, a prominent strategist and ... a fugitive. In this episode we will tell you the story of this extraordinary hero from Salamina who was forced to leave Athens in the last years of his life. How much...

Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Ten years after access to the drug RU486 was severly limited in...

Erwin Rommel is one of the most instantly recognisable military figures in history. His exploits in the early part of The Second World War defined the concept of armored warfare, and played a major part in the swift conquest of France....

Territorial disputes have been a constant throughout history, but few land squabbles have the longevity of the dispute over The Falkland Islands or Las Islas Malvinas. The islands have long been claimed by Argentina, but were ultimately...

Trump might be lagging behind in polling, but there are still routes he could take to retain control of the Whitehouse. In this video we outline how Trump could still win and why there's hope for Trump's campaign yet.

Belarus is said to be a backwards hermetic dictatorship full of people who hate the west and live in a third world standard, I was curious if its perception was true so I decided to get a visa and go. I actually wanted to visit the...

This shows just how important superior tactics, braver and better trained soldiers can be for winning against all odds.

In the decades since the second World War, the rise and fall of Nazi Germany has been analyzed from countless angles, but one question that’s often overlooked is how big of a role German leadership played in the downfall: were the men...

MOT 1942: U.S. OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION BROADCAST: CU Newspaper 'U.S. Opens 2nd Front...' REPRISAL: INT VS Reporter Elmer Davis (1890-1958) broadcasting, 'Successful occupation of North west Africa... final victory... hit enemy again &...

MOT 1944: SCRAP METAL: VS Various metal parts in scrap yard, factory workers moving metals & machine parts, gears, in factory. World War II, WWII, war effort, steel, production, home front

Ahead of the US Open final, Jamie Johnson examines the monumental match and meets some of the fans already packed into Flushing Meadows

The American Civil War (Part 2)

Maybe one of the most popular remixes of all time - we take a closer look at the 1812 Overture composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and why exactly he added cannons to the orchestra.

MOT 1943: FARMING PROPAGANDA: INT New York radio studio WQXR, radio announcer introducing song, 'Food for Victory' campaign. Blues musician Leonard Ware (1909-?) on guitar performing w/ unidentified men on piano & bass, singing song...

An American General sits atop a traditional equestrian statue in New York. This video analyzes the Statue of Sherman.

WW2 (Part 1)

MOT 1948: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: President Harry S Truman behind podium thanking convention for Barkley nomination, will win & make Republicans like it, victory has become a habit of our party, convinced it will be fifth time...

MOT 1943: REMOTE COUNTRY WORKERS: Native country man working under airplane. MS Mechanics moving engine motor into position. Native men working w/ crank. VS Jeep driving into airplane cargo hold. Men rolling large tire into hold. Men...

William McKinley ushered in a new era for America, one of imperialism that would foreshadow things to come. He was also the third president to be assassinated. He manufactured a reason to go to war, he strengthened the government, hey...

When called to battle during the Middle Ages in Europe, soldiers expected to be surrounded by unpleasant, if not downright unspeakable, sights. Much like medieval executioners, medieval soldiers witnessed blood, carnage, and death on an...

Yesterday Georgians returned to the polls to vote for their two new senators in the run off elections. However, these votes weren't just important to the peach state, with the entire balance of the senate on the line. So in this video,...

Mr. Beat and Hikma History explain the Barbary Wars.

MOT 1945: OKINAWA, JAPAN: HELPING CIVILIANS: US Soldier carrying older woman down hill. People, some w/ little clothing, walking road. Male being carried in litter. Pacific Theater, WWII, World War II.