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- StarsBen TaylorOrlando FigesHarold ShukmanDocumentary series with each episode focusing on a solitary historical figure who, for various reasons, including despotism, canibalism, genocide, and too many atrocities to imagine, are considered some of histories most vile and appalling figures.
- DirectorWilliam LewisStarsGeorge W. BushDick CheneyRudy GiulianiWhat "In Plane Site" accomplishes that no other video expose' on September 11th has to date, is it exposes the viewer to a barrage of news clips from a majority of the mainstream news outlets. The official story of that day was told on live TV by reporters, policemen, firefighters, and other on-the-scene eyewitnesses, however, that footage was shown only once on live television broadcasts in the first hours of the attacks and then... it was never repeated. The stories changed, information was enigmatically omitted, and what can only be described as officially prescribed propaganda took the place of indisputable reality.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsHeinz-Detlev BockKlaus KindlerChristian MarschallBased on Erich Von Daniken's book purporting to prove that throughout history aliens have visited earth.
- StarsRobert PowellGet ready to witness the 20th Century's most damaging and outrageous assassination attempts, first-hand. From the assassination of John F Kennedy to the gunning down of Mahatma Gandhi, the tragic shooting of John Lennon to the brutal bombing of one of Hitler's henchmen, the BBC series Infamous Assassinations brings you as close to the killers as the cameramen themselves - which sometimes means just a few feet. Using rare archive footage and reconstructions, each episode of this BBC documentary series focuses on a different story, from attacks on royalty, politicians and guerrilla leaders to media personalities who all, for one reason or another, stepped in the way of an assassin determined to bring their life to an end. Many of their motives have remained shrouded in mystery. Until now... Infamous Assassinations is a series of educational documentaries from the BBC about famous events throughout history.
- StarsJesse VenturaJune SarpongTyler DerekJesse Ventura and his team of investigators dig deep into the behind-the-scenes government doings. What he reveals will shock you and awe you, but still, you're left to make up your own mind about what you do or do not believe.
- DirectorPatrick ReamsStarsSean PertweeMalcolm TierneyMark Tandy
- StarsLeonard NimoyHans HolzerJ. Francis HitchingLeonard Nimoy hosts investigations into various mysteries.
- StarsAlisdair SimpsonGreg StebnerRolf von SydowNazi collaborators, driven by greed, survival instincts or ideology, from Jewish leaders offering labor to politicians aiding Nazis against their countrymen, unraveling their complex motivations during WWII.
- CreatorBernard VaillotAndre BarroGreg GransdenStarsJonathan ArisStephen BogaertJohn CoxDramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.
- StarsMuhammad AliGeorge ForemanMarvelous Marvin HaglerTHE SUN presents this program, a compilation of archival footage arranged into a series of "Ten Best" lists. Divided into five categories, this program presents some of boxing most exciting moments presented in an format that allows for easy access to each segment. The five lists are: Top 10 Greatest KO's, Top 10 Comebacks, Top Ten Big Finishes, Top Ten Fights, and Top Ten Fighters.direct to video Boxing documentary that has some excellent and classic footage.
- StarsEdward HerrmannWalter CronkiteH.W. BrandsA historical compendium of the 42 men who have served as the chief executive of the United States taking us from George Washington to George W. Bush. Each segment discusses the highlights and often lowlights of the men who have served.
- DirectorEdvins SnoreStarsJon StricklandVladimir BukovskyVladimir LeninThe Soviet Story offers an alternative history of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale.
- CreatorBart LaytonStarsNatalie DunneMax WrottesleyManuel VillaseñorSurvivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad.
- StarsErik ThompsonAlex FilippenkoLaura DanlyThis educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists.
- StarsRay MearsShane MooreIsaac BabcockSurvival expert Ray Mears tracks three masterly predators, each in the natural environment they dominate, or at least did until man changed the rules. In Idaho, it's a pack of wolves. In Namibia, a family of leopards. In British Columbia, grizzly -, brown and white 'spirit' bears.
- CreatorKevin BurnsStarsRobert ClotworthyGiorgio A. TsoukalosDavid ChildressScience and mythology - and how they are the same thing.
- StarsAndrew Graham-DixonArt critic Andrew Graham-Dixon presents the incredible story of Russian art - its mystery and magnificence.
- StarsSamuel WestAdolf BuchnerJutta RüdigerAn examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
- StarsTom RobertsPatricia WinkerPaul BergquistA look at some of the most infamous crimes in U.K. history
- DirectorChris ShortStarsLaurie TaylorBill AckermanCharlie KrayTraces the lives of London's infamous gangsters, the Kray twins. From early youth to imprisonment, with insight from people who knew them.
- DirectorToby RussellStarsJackie ChanJohn WooBruce LiDocumentary that traces the history of Martial Arts in Cinema.direct to video documentary that features rare and classic moments from old school martial arts movies.
- StarsLaurence OlivierAverell HarrimanAnthony EdenA groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.
- DirectorBarrie ZwickerStarsBarrie ZwickerMichael RuppertGeorge W. BushThe 9/11 News Special You Never Saw is a 70-minute sequel to The Great Deception - a ground-breaking 44-minute video also by Barrie Zwicker. He was the first mainstream journalist in the world to go on air (in January 2002) and ask hard questions about the official story of 9/11. The Great Deception is a compilation of his series of seven commentaries on 9/11. In The Great Conspiracy, Zwicker updates and expands his critique. He analyzes the use of fear to befuddle the public. He reconstructs the so-called ?war on terrorism.? He examines in depth the failure of the military on 9/11 and George Bush?s highly inappropriate behavior that day. He finds the 9/11 Commission to be a total cover up operation. Throughout, he analyzes the role of the mainstream media as complicit in keeping the public massively misinformed and befuddled. And he suggests what we can do. Those who have seen both works find them complementary.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsStephen HawkingIsobel HawkingJanet HumphreyA film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.