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The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America. Based on true stories.

August 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of one of the most infamous, almost legendary events in modern history, one that changed the world and contemporary warfare as we know it - the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. In honour of that fateful day, Channel 5 explores its aftermath in this remarkable documentary.

A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.

The Tasmanians were a distinct people, isolated from Australia and the rest of the world for 12,000 years.

In 1803, British colonisation began and in 1876, Truganini died. For a long time she was thought to have been the last full-blood and tribal Tasmanian Aboriginal.
Within her one lifetime, a whole society and culture were removed from the face of the earth.

Australia in Colour' is the history of Australia told via a unique collection of cinematic moments brought to life for the first time in stunning colour. It tells the story of how Australia came to be the nation it is today. Narrated by Hugo Weaving, it's a reflection on our nation's character, its attitudes, its politics, and its struggle to value its Indigenous and multicultural past. 'Australia in Colour' gives us a chance to relive history from a fresh perspective.

This is an impressionistic short documentary of the Helsinki morning at the end of 1930's with a poetic narration.

A documentary spanning over 30 years of the California Bay Area's punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of Berkeley's inspiring 924 Gilman Street music collective.

When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped off the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter's initials in the lunar dust. Only now is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love, and loss.

A documentary spanning over 30 years of the California Bay Area's punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of Berkeley's inspiring 924 Gilman Street music collective.

A fictional documentary about the creation of the worlds first time machine, the men who created it, and the unintended ramifications it has on world events.

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.

A dramatic find reveals ancient, state-sanctioned tomb robbery on an industrial scale. Egyptologist Don Ryan works against the clock to examine the contents of Tomb 49 - and makes a dramatic discovery.

The new treasure map leads Albert Lin to discover lost pyramids at the ancient city of El Palmar and beneath the site of a sacrificial ball game. Hidden treasures reveal the epic scale of the ancient Mayan civilization.

Did the legendary King Arthur actually exist? Where did the Nazis look to try and justify their Aryan ideology? What caused the disappearance of ancient Malta's Temple People? Get answers to these questions and more on visits to some of the world's most mysterious historic structures, and gain new insights into the civilizations that built them through recent archaeological discoveries and scientific breakthroughs.

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.

An immersive, action-packed series follows international teams of archaeologists during the excavation season in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.

A comprehensive survey of the history of World War I.

A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.

The story of the real-life, U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena from 1947-70.

A political family drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. Cosimo de Medici finds himself at the helm of his banking dynasty when his father, Giovanni, dies suddenly.