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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | History

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Civil rights movement in the USA

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S11E03: Rosa | Doctor Who

S11E03: Rosa | Doctor Who

BBC One | 2018 | 49'25''

The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wo...

Non-violent success | Face to Face

Non-violent success | Face to Face

BBC | 1961 | 1'29''

Martin Luther King speaks to the success of non-violent protest.

Living in the USA | Face to Face

Living in the USA | Face to Face

BBC | 1961 | 1'38''

Martin Luther King explains why he doesn't move to a less discriminatory country and why it is important that he fights for equality in the US.

Non-violence | Face to Face

Non-violence | Face to Face

BBC | 1961 | 1'21''

Martin Luther King talks about the importance of non-violent protest in the civil rights movement.

Fear and leadership | Face to Face

Fear and leadership | Face to Face

BBC | 1961 | 2'11''

Martin Luther King reflects on the difficult times he faced being a leader and symbol of the civil rights movement.

Token integration | Face to Face

Token integration | Face to Face

BBC | 1961 | 3'26''

Martin Luther King reflects on the lawful change he has witnessed with regard to integration.

Rosa Parks | Face to Face

Rosa Parks | Face to Face

BBC | 1961 | 3'09''

Martin Luther King tells the story of Rosa Parks, the ''Bus Boycott'' and how this lead to his rise a civil rights leader.

Segregation and violence | Face to Face

Segregation and violence | Face to Face

BBC | 1961 | 4'21''

Martin Luther King speaks of his experiences of segregation and violence as a child.

Colour discrimination | Face to Face

Colour discrimination | Face to Face

BBC | 1961 | 2'32''

Martin Luther King recalls his first instance of being discriminated for his race at the age of six.

Martin Luther King - They Were the Heroes (Song) | Horrible Histories

Martin Luther King - They Were the Heroes (Song) | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2017 | 2'14''

Martin Luther King on the struggle to earn racial equality in America and the many famous faces that he...

Rosa Parks - I Sat on a Bus (Song) | Horrible Histories

Rosa Parks - I Sat on a Bus (Song) | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2013 | 2'54''

Rosa Parks shares about how she helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, all by sitting on a bus!

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

BBC Two | 2013 | 59'09''

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, speaking to the people who organis...

Martin Luther King: American Prophet

Martin Luther King: American Prophet

BBC Two | 2008 | 59'19''

Since his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King has become known as a champion of freedom. Oona King goes on a journey through the D...

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European settlers in America

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3: Deserts | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

3: Deserts | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 59'03''

Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's five great deserts, from the Great Basin desert to Arizona's Sonoran...

2: Great Plains | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

2: Great Plains | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 59'04''

Ray Mears finds out how 500,000 square miles of flat, treeless grassland was the setting for Wild West stories of ...

1: Mountains | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

1: Mountains | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 59'01''

How the landscapes of America's three great mountain ranges - the Appalachians, the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada - c...

4: The Line | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

4: The Line | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

BBC Two | 2003 | 49'02''

A drama-documentary about how two corporate giants raced to link the east and west coasts of America by rail.

3: Industrial New York | Filthy Cities

3: Industrial New York | Filthy Cities

BBC Two | 2011 | 59'07''

Dan Snow looks at 19th century New York when migrants arrived in a city consumed by squalor, stench and soot.

3: The Gunfight at OK Coral | The Wild West

3: The Gunfight at OK Coral | The Wild West

BBC One | 2007 | 57'25''

Drama-documentary after the famous shoot-out, Wyatt Earp was charged with murder and put on trial. So, was Wyatt Earp truly guilt...

2: Billy the Kid | The Wild West

2: Billy the Kid | The Wild West

BBC One | 2007 | 59'01''

Drama-documentary about Billy the Kid, notorious gunman of the Wild West. What is the case for the defence of a man who lived and died by th...

1: Custer's Last Stand | The Wild West

1: Custer's Last Stand | The Wild West

BBC One | 2007 | 58'55''

Drama-documentary exploring General Custer's motives when, on a blistering hot Sunday in June 1876, 366 men of his 7th Cavalry attacke...

3: The Dry Crusade | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

3: The Dry Crusade | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

BBC Two | 1997 | 50'00''

Examining the very beginnings of Prohibition from early colonial roots andnd the settlers of Kansas to the fo...

Scotland and the Klan

Scotland and the Klan

BBC Two | 2016 | 58'59''

Documentary in which Neil Oliver explores the possible links between racism in America's Deep South and the Scottish settlers that first occupied it.

Seven Journeys In The American West | Secondary Schools

Seven Journeys In The American West | Secondary Schools

BBC Two | 2004 | 59'12''

The story of the American West through the words of seven eye-witnesses - settlers, gold diggers, ranchers, homestead...

Gold and Boomtowns | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Gold and Boomtowns | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 7'11''

As interest in gold mining grew, small towns and gold mining businesses developed almost overnight. Ray explore...

The Gold Rush | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Gold Rush | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 6'01''

Ray details the discovery of gold and why its influence drew so many West across America.

The Donner Party | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Donner Party | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 6'08''

Ray tells the story of the Donner Party, a group of Pioneers who chose some poor routes through the Sierra Nevada...

Pioneer routes | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Pioneer routes | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 1'13''

Ray maps out the common routes of the Pioneers as they met and left the Rocky Mountains.

Pioneer Mountain Men | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Pioneer Mountain Men | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 2'13''

Ray speaks to a modern day Mountain Man about what life was like for the Pioneers who tried to earn money off...

The Cherokee | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Cherokee | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 1'21''

Ray tells of the Pioneers who first encountered Native American's and while most meetings ended in clashes, the Chero...

Removal of the Cherokee | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Removal of the Cherokee | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 1'13''

Ray explains about how the government rounded up and rid the Appalachian mountains of the Cherokee.

The Pioneers | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Pioneers | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 1'23''

Ray explains what kind of people the Pioneers were and why they headed West to find a new way of life.

Cowboys and cattle | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Cowboys and cattle | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four | 2014 | 8'17''

Ray meets a third generation cowboy and learns about life as a rancher on the Great Plains, running cattle drives.

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Modern USA

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1929: The Great Crash

1929: The Great Crash

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'41''

Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual weal...

Episode 11 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 11 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'52''

From humble beginnings, Hollywood became the world’s leading multi-billion dollar industry of glitz, glamour, money and fam...

Episode 10 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 10 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'52''

In the 20th century, families like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts built and spent massive fortunes. Political dynasties s...

Episode 7 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 7 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'41''

America lead the world in industrial innovation in the early 20th century.

Episode 5 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 5 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'16''

A look at America in the 1960s - a decade of revolution that delivers the modern America we recognise today - in colour for ...

Episode 4 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 4 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'17''

To Americans the 1950s are the golden years. Having recovered from World War II, the life of the nation was on the up. The n...

4: John F. Kennedy | Secrets of Leadership

4: John F. Kennedy | Secrets of Leadership

BBC Two | 2003 | 49'08''

Andrew Roberts highlights John F Kennedy's talent for making the public like him through his understanding that the key to power l...

3: Martin Luther King | Secrets of Leadership

3: Martin Luther King | Secrets of Leadership

BBC Two | 2003 | 47'39''

Martin Luther King is seen as an inspiration for peaceful protest campaigns. Andrew Roberts challenges this perception in a pro...

5: The Reagan Legacy | Wheeler on America

5: The Reagan Legacy | Wheeler on America

BBC Four | 1996 | 50'01''

Charles Wheeler explores the social impact of Reaganism on today's America.

4: Drugs and Punishment | Wheeler on America

4: Drugs and Punishment | Wheeler on America

BBC Four | 1996 | 49'54''

Charles Wheeler looks at population growth in prisons and asks are penalties for drug offences too harsh?

3: America's Long March | Wheeler on America

3: America's Long March | Wheeler on America

BBC Four | 1996 | 49'47''

Charles Wheeler looks at disappointed hopes of black America from LBJ's 1965 Voting Rights Act to radicalism of Louis FARRAKHAN.

2: A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

2: A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

BBC Four | 1996 | 49'25''

Charles Wheeler charts origins & decline of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programme, looking at how it changed the lives of poor pp...

3: Supremacy | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

3: Supremacy | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 59'05''

Lucy Worsley reveals the myths and deceptions in the story of America following the United States' emergence...

4: Trade, Debt and Aid | World 2000

4: Trade, Debt and Aid | World 2000

BBC Two | 2000 | 29'14''

Global creation and distribution of wealth, effect of fair trade and international debt.

3: Globalisation | World 2000

3: Globalisation | World 2000

BBC Two | 2000 | 29'17''

What is globalisation and how does it affect us?

S3E1: The Execution of the Rosenbergs | Days That Shook the World

S3E1: The Execution of the Rosenbergs | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2005 | 29'32''

This program covers the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for espionage in 1953.

S2E8: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | Days That Shook the World

S2E8: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'31''

How the commercial airplane has been used as a terrorist weapon: the Black September hijacking ...

S2E1: Challenger Disaster | Days That Shook the World

S2E1: Challenger Disaster | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 29'40''

Documentaries examining famous air disasters, including the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in 1986.

S1E12: Donald Campbell | Days That Shook the World

S1E12: Donald Campbell | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2003 | 29'51''

The program follows Donald Campbell's fatal attempt to become the fastest man on water on January 4, 1967.

S1E12: Faster than Sound: Chuck Yeager | Days That Shook the World

S1E12: Faster than Sound: Chuck Yeager | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2003 | 29'09''

The program follows Chuck Yeager's first supersonic flight on October 14, 1947, and Donald Campbell's fata...

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The American Civil War

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2: The American Civil War | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

2: The American Civil War | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 59'04''

Lucy Worsley shows how the history of the American Civil War has been retold over time, in movi...

Martin Luther King | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Martin Luther King | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 4'12''

Lucy explores Martin Luther King's influence on the civil rights act.

The Klu Klux Klan | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

The Klu Klux Klan | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 4'35''

Lucy details the origins of the white supremacist group, the Klu Klux Klan, and how one film made by th...

Gone With the Wind | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Gone With the Wind | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 5'24''

Lucy examines the troublesome themes within America's hugely successful civil war film, ''Gone With th...

Share-cropping | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Share-cropping | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 5'30''

Upon the abolition of slavery, races were largely segregated. Former slaves had no money to buy land, so w...

Emancipation Proclamation | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Emancipation Proclamation | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 2'39''

While there was truth to Lincoln ''freeing the slaves'', some confederate states on the borders...

Lincoln's racial views | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Lincoln's racial views | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 2'53''

Lucy finds out about Frederick Douglass, an emancipated former slave-turned politician who spoke ...

Origins of the Civil War | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Origins of the Civil War | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 3'33''

Lucy explains the events and discrepancies that lead to the beginning of the American Civil War ...

Liverpool and the American Civil War | A House Through Time

Liverpool and the American Civil War | A House Through Time

BBC Two | 2018 | 4'13''

David Olusoga investigates Liverpool's connection with the American Civil War, through the story of a resident of...

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The Great Depression

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Episode 9 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 9 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 44'59''

In the early 20th century, leisure and recreation transformed American lives. Newly wealthy, the American society filled fre...

Episode 8 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 8 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 45'39''

In the early 20th century, leisure and recreation transformed American lives. Newly wealthy, the American society filled fre...

Episode 6 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 6 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'38''

The story of America’s criminal past, seen in colour for the first time using rare archive.

Episode 3 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 3 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'16''

A look at America in the 1940s - the decade that transforms the nation - using rare archive footage seen in colour for the f...

Episode 2 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 2 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'17''

A look at 1930s America using rare and unseen footage and in colour for the first time.

Episode 1 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 1 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'08''

Documentary showing 1920s America in colour for the first time.

5: Roosevelt and the New Deal | Twentieth Century History

5: Roosevelt and the New Deal | Twentieth Century History

BBC One | 1977 | 19'54''

President F.D. Roosevelt attempted to solve America's economic problems in the 1930s with the New Deal. With the he...

3: Boom and Bust | Twentieth Century History

3: Boom and Bust | Twentieth Century History

BBC One | 1977 | 19'50''

History programme for schools narrated by John Tidmarsh. Today's programme looks at the 1920s, a prosperous time in the United S...

S3E3: Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds | Days That Shook the World

S3E3: Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2005 | 29'30''

How a 1938 radio production of ''The War of the Worlds'' caused panic in the United States.

S3E2: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre | Days That Shook the World

S3E2: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2005 | 30'05''

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.

5: Little Britain | Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

5: Little Britain | Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'21''

The Wall Street Crash and the rise of fascist politics in Europe caused chaos in 1930s Britain.

7: Hoover Dam | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

7: Hoover Dam | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

BBC Two | 2003 | 48'55''

Over one hundred people died when Frank Crowe tried to tame the Colorado River by building the Hoover Dam.

8: 1929: Breadline | People's Century

8: 1929: Breadline | People's Century

BBC Two | 1995 | 53'59''

The economic boom of the roaring twenties comes to a sudden halt in 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression. In the years after a demo...

7: 1927: Great Escape | People's Century

7: 1927: Great Escape | People's Century

BBC Two | 1995 | 52'50''

The cinema excites, inspires and influences people seeking escape from their usually dull lives. Hollywood booms in the 1920s, and i...

6: 1924: On the Line | People's Century

6: 1924: On the Line | People's Century

BBC Two | 1995 | 53'40''

Henry Ford uses Taylorism, division of labour and the assembly line to manufacture automobiles, and other industries in the United St...

S3E2: Rule of the Gun | Days That Shook the World

S3E2: Rule of the Gun | Days That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2005 | 59'10''

Gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881 and the St Valentine Days Massacre in 1929.

3: The Dry Crusade | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

3: The Dry Crusade | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

BBC Two | 1997 | 50'00''

Examining the very beginnings of Prohibition from early colonial roots andnd the settlers of Kansas to the fo...

1: The Roaring Twenties | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

1: The Roaring Twenties | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

BBC Two | 1997 | 49'58''

Ed Asner narrates a documentary examining the effects of Prohibition in America in the 1920s and 30s. Th...

9: Crime and Prohibition | Time to Remember

9: Crime and Prohibition | Time to Remember

BBC Four | 2010 | 29'02''

Material from the 50s newsreel documentary series Time to Remember tells the story of the media circus that surrounded gangsters ...

American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941 | History File

American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941 | History File

BBC Two | 2007 | 1'58'55''

A history of America, 1917-1941, through the eyes of a variety of characters from the era.

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The War of Independence

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04: The World Turned Upside Down | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War

04: The World Turned Upside Down | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War

BBC Two | 2003 | 49'04''

By 1781, the British had enjoyed command of the sea and with it the ability to move th...

02: American Crisis 1776 | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War

02: American Crisis 1776 | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War

BBC Two | 2003 | 49'00''

As Washington is forced out of New York, his army begins to desert, until a daring raid across...

03: The War Moves South | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War

03: The War Moves South | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War

BBC Two | 2003 | 49'02''

The British open a new front in the southern colonies, winning a series of victories and findin...

01: The Shot Heard Around the World | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War

01: The Shot Heard Around the World | Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War

BBC Two | 2003 | 49'03''

The war for independence is often regarded as a people's struggle for liberty in th...

S3E5: Let Freedom Ring: The Boston Tea Party | Days That Shook the World

S3E5: Let Freedom Ring: The Boston Tea Party | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2005 | 29'03''

The story of the Boston Tea Party.

The Liberty Bell | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

The Liberty Bell | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 4'30''

The Liberty Bell's history is actually shrouded in fiction, and comes from a story by the most popular a...

Hamilton The Musical | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Hamilton The Musical | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 4'10''

Lucy speaks to a historian about why despite Hamilton's much lauded reception, it could be in danger...

French coalition | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

French coalition | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 3'28''

July 4th 1776 may have been ''independence day'', however battles continued where the Americans received...

The Declaration of Independence | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

The Declaration of Independence | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 5'57''

Lucy introduces the Declaration, its compromises and the different drafts it went through...

Paul Revere | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Paul Revere | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 3'01''

Lucy explores the different versions of Paul Revere's iconic tale of riding into the night to warn the Patri...

Concord and the 2nd Amendment | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Concord and the 2nd Amendment | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 4'57''

Lucy examines the facts behind the mythologised tale of the Patriot militia who defeated th...

The American Revolution | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

The American Revolution | American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2019 | 52''

Lucy gives a short summary of the American Revolution which is generally accepted historically.

Declaration of Independence | Horrible Histories

Declaration of Independence | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2020 | 2'30''

Writing his Declaration of Independence, things get awkward between Thomas Jefferson and his slaves.

Founding Fathers | Horrible Histories

Founding Fathers | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2020 | 2'32''

Together they bring a new constitution, a new system of government, and an epic pop ballad!

Boston Tea Party | Horrible Histories

Boston Tea Party | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2020 | 2'44''

GameTube: Zack Septic-Tank plays through the Boston Tea Party and starts a war (parody of Jacksepticeye).

Patriots vs Loyalists | Horrible Histories

Patriots vs Loyalists | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2015 | 2'34''

The Americans are revolting against the English, wanting their land back to themselves, but with an army of farmers and help from ...

Moon Landing Special | Stargazing

Moon Landing Special | Stargazing

History | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'28'41''

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain travel to where the historic Apollo 11 ...

Surviving 9/11

Surviving 9/11

History | BBC Two | 2021 | 1'29'48''

A deeply personal film that moves between accounts of the two-hour period when terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and the Pentagon and hijacked Flight 93 and...

9/11: Inside the President’s War Room

9/11: Inside the President’s War Room

History | BBC One | 2021 | 1'28'58''

Twelve hours with the president on 9/11 - with direct testimony from President Bush, Vice-President Cheney and senior staff - as ...

Malcolm X (1992)

Malcolm X (1992)

History | BBC Two | 2024 | 3'08'53''

Biographical epic about the influential and controversial black nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster to his ministry ...

Till (2022)

Till (2022)

History | BBC Two | 2024 | 2'00'23''

After black 14-year-old Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for offending a white woman, his grieving mother goes public in her fight for justice. Activist org...

9/11 – The Truth behind the Third Tower | The Conspiracy Files

9/11 – The Truth behind the Third Tower | The Conspiracy Files

History | BBC Two | 2008 | 59'10''

Delving into the final mystery of 9/11: a third tower at the World Trade Centre, which along with the Tw...

Apollo 11: The Impact on Earth | Panorama

Apollo 11: The Impact on Earth | Panorama

History | BBC One | 1969 | 49'22''

Robin Day hosts this special edition of the current-affairs programme, marking man's first steps on the surface of the moon. Julian...

Race riots | Panorama

Race riots | Panorama

History | BBC One | 1967 | 49'50''

Panorama visits Cleveland, on the verge of race riots, to ask civil rights leader Martin Luther King whether his non-violent movement was now losing gr...

California 2000 | Panorama

California 2000 | Panorama

Approaches to History | BBC One | 1966 | 45'13''

A look at California's technology industry and its potential impact on the future. The Californian technology industry is by far the most advanced...

The Hydrogen Bomb | Panorama

The Hydrogen Bomb | Panorama

History | BBC | 1954 | 44'58''

Panorama hosts a discussion on the hydrogen bomb, with guests including physicist Joseph Rotblat, historian Bertrand Russell, the Archbishop of ...

The Black Panthers | Storyville

The Black Panthers | Storyville

History | BBC Four | 2016 | 1'44'33''

Documentary exploring the Black Panther party, its culture and political awakening for black people, which weaves archival footage with the v...

Rich Hall’s Inventing the Indian

Rich Hall’s Inventing the Indian

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2012 | 1'28'58''

Rich Hall goes in search of the real American Indian, a people who have too often been stereotyped on film and in literature, visiting...

The Kennedys: A Culture Show Special | The Culture Show

The Kennedys: A Culture Show Special | The Culture Show

History | BBC HD | 2011 | 58'58''

Jonathan Freedland chairs a discussion on John F Kennedy, while producer Joel Surnow talks about the mini-series The ...

Trump’s First 100 Days | Panorama

Trump’s First 100 Days | Panorama

History | BBC One | 2017 | 58'34''

A Panorama special looking at the first 100 days of President Trump. Jeremy Paxman crosses the US for a wry and searching examination...

The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy

The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 1'29'04''

For forty years, conspiracy theories have raged over the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Now, 3D computer animation of the cri...

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth

The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth

European settlers in America | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'28''

Documentary exploring the Pilgrims' journey west across the Atlantic in the 17th century. Celebrated each year at Thanksgiving, the e...

Nixon in the Den

Nixon in the Den

History | BBC Four | 2010 | 59'07''

David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the embattled presidency of Richard Nixon as he ran it largely from his 'den' - a hideaway office across the road from ...

S1E10: The Resignation of Nixon | Days That Shook the World

S1E10: The Resignation of Nixon | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 29'58''

The stories of a day that rocked the American presidency: the resignation of Richard Nixon.

S1E10: The Assassination of JFK | Days That Shook the World

S1E10: The Assassination of JFK | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 29'45''

The stories of a day that rocked the American presidency: the assassination of its youngest leader, John F. Kennedy.

S1E3: The Assassination of MLK | Days That Shook the World

S1E3: The Assassination of MLK | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 28'53''

This program follows the day Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

S1E0: Apollo 11 Moon Landing | Days That Shook the World

S1E0: Apollo 11 Moon Landing | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 29'45''

20/07/1969 - The day Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.

0: Learning Zone | Andrew Marr’s History of the World

0: Learning Zone | Andrew Marr’s History of the World

Germany 20th Century | BBC One | 2012 | 1'18'57''

Andrew Marr presents a selection of stories from his History of the World, specially rewritten for key stage 3 pu...

5: Civil Rights in the US | History File

5: Civil Rights in the US | History File

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 19'07''

Drama documentary covering the history of civil rights in the USA in the 50's and 60's. Today's story is about the legacy of slavery...

4: After Emancipation | History File

4: After Emancipation | History File

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 19'02''

Schools programme which looks at how people moved from slavery to freedom. How did former slaves acquire land? Where did they go when th...

6: The Panama Canal | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

6: The Panama Canal | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

Exploration and empires | BBC Two | 2003 | 49'24''

The story of French engineer Ferdinand De Lesseps' scheme to build a canal across Panama.

2: The Brooklyn Bridge | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

2: The Brooklyn Bridge | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 49'13''

This programme tells the story of father and son engineers John and Washington Roebling and their scheme to bu...

The Robert Kennedy Assassination

The Robert Kennedy Assassination

Cold War conflicts | Channel 4 | 1992 | 51'42''

Documentary on the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968, which illustrates arguments contrary to those which give Sirhan Sirhan as the lo...

S8E6: Natural Born Americans | Secret History

S8E6: Natural Born Americans | Secret History

History | Channel 4 | 2000 | 49'29''

American Indians have often been portrayed as true conservationists and guardians of nature, but is this view of them any more ...

S4E7: Hello Mr President | Secret History

S4E7: Hello Mr President | Secret History

History | Channel 4 | 1997 | 50'21''

When Lyndon Baines Johnson assumed the office of president of the United States on the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November...

16: 1957: Skin Deep | People’s Century

16: 1957: Skin Deep | People’s Century

History | BBC Two | 1996 | 53'25''

Through nonviolent and more direct methods, people rally to fight segregation in South Africa, and several states in the United ...

The Black American Fight for Freedom

The Black American Fight for Freedom

Citizenship | BBC Two | 2021 | 58'47''

Fifty years on from the promise of equality and the Civil Rights Act, this documentary reveals the moments where America had the chance ...

22: Star Wars: 1981-1988 | Cold War

22: Star Wars: 1981-1988 | Cold War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1998 | 46'23''

Reagan's 1983 ''Evil Empire'' speech sets the tone for a more aggressive US posture against the Soviet Union, and the costly arms race is...

Paris Is Burning | Arena

Paris Is Burning | Arena

History | BBC Four | 1990 | 1'10'04''

A vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene.

Eruption at Mount St. Helens | Surviving Disaster

Eruption at Mount St. Helens | Surviving Disaster

Geography | BBC One | 2006 | 59'17''

Mount St Helens' in Washington State stood almost 10,000 feet high and in 1980 had not erupted for over one hundred years.

2: The Road to Repeal | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

2: The Road to Repeal | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 50'11''

It took the rise of Al Capone and a crime wave that swept the nation to convince America that prohibition ...

The Reagan Legacy | Wheeler on America

The Reagan Legacy | Wheeler on America

History | BBC Two | 1996 | 50'38''

(5/5) Charles Wheeler explores the social impact of Reaganism on today's America.

Drugs and Punishment | Wheeler on America

Drugs and Punishment | Wheeler on America

History | BBC Two | 1996 | 49'32''

(4/5) Charles Wheeler looks at prison population growth and asks if penalties for drug offences are too harsh?

America’s Long March | Wheeler on America

America’s Long March | Wheeler on America

History | BBC Two | 1996 | 49'20''

(3/5) Charles Wheeler looks at the disappointed hopes of black America from Johnson's 1965 Voting Rights Act to the radicalis...

A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

History | BBC Two | 1996 | 49'41''

(2/5) Charles Wheeler charts the origins and the decline of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programme, looking at how it changed the liv...

Blackfeet | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Blackfeet | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 9'32''

Ray meets the descendants of the Blackfeet Native American tribe. The plentiful bison were the lifeblood of the tribes a...

The Oregon Trail | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Oregon Trail | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 3'09''

Ray explains the route Pioneers would take through the Great Plains and how naturally this was dictated by a river.

Death and the Pioneers | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Death and the Pioneers | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 2'15''

Ray examines the types of illnesses common amongst the Pioneers and how many wouldn't survive the long trip.

The Homestead Act | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Homestead Act | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 6'59''

Ray visits old sod-houses built during the Homestead Act. The scheme encouraged families to grow crops off the P...

Buffalo killings | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Buffalo killings | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 7'55''

Between 1800 and 1890, the Pioneers killed over 30 million bison, leaving them nearly extinct in North America.

The Navajo | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Navajo | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 6'51''

Ray meets some descendants of the Navajo who existed on the sparse and cruel terrain of Monument Valley and finds out w...

Soldiers in the desert | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Soldiers in the desert | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 5'16''

Ray meets a historian who takes him through life as a soldier who governed the early Pioneers and the harsh...

The Apache | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

The Apache | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 4'04''

Ray details the innovations of the Apache, including moccasins for footwear and use of the agave plant.

Apache warriors | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

Apache warriors | How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

European settlers in America | BBC Four | 2014 | 4'35''

Ray describes the war between the Apache's and the Frontier army that lasted over 40 years.

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