One Day In Auschwitz

Narrated by Kelsey Grammer One Day In Auschwitz tells the story of a day in the most infamous Nazi death camp. The story is relived by survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon who returns to Auschwitz with two girls the same age as she was when she was held there.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2015 Duration: 48 Minutes.

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Mystery Quest: Hitler`s Escape

At the end of World War Two Adolf Hitler and his Wife Eva Braun went to the Führerbunker in Berlin. The story since has been they both committed suicide and not wanting his body to be displayed as happened to Mussolini he requested for the corpses to be burned. However since then with no evidence offered there has been numerous theories that in fact Hitler escaped. In post war years sightings of Hitler have been reported from Germany to South Africa and South America. Now with modern technology the History Channel attempt to finally answer the question Did Hitler Escape ?

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2009 Duration: 55 Minutes.

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Pol Pot: The Most Evil Men In History

Part of the "Most Evil Men In History" series this film profiles former leader of Cambodia Pol Pot. Pot lead the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until the year before he died in 1997. It's estimated up to 3 million people died as a result of his politics, this from a country with a mere population of 8 million.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2001 Duration: 22 Minutes.

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The Rise And Fall Of Muammar al Gathafi

In this documentary trace the history of former Libyan leader Muammar al Gathafi through various archive footage. The film is an independent documentary that claims to be impartial however does seem to fall on the side of the former Green Revolution leader. Included are some graphic scenes some may find disturbing.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2013 Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes.

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Devil's Island: Colonies Of The Condemned

Colonies of the Condemned narrated by Stacy Keach is a series that looks at some of the most harsh prison colony's in history and in this documentary we discover perhaps the most severe. Devils Island located in French Guiana acted as a prison colony for over 100 years from 1852 to 1953 those sentenced to time there could look forward to a strict labour camp were beatings were common and even execution by guillotine was used. In the film we travel back to the forgotten Island and learn some of the history behind this colony of the condemned.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2002 Duration: 50 Minutes.

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Rogue Nation: History Of Convict Australia

In this documentary historian Michael Cathcart explores the fascinating history of Australia as a penal colony. From 1788 for eighty years over 160,000 convicts were sent to Australia but within a few years many were settling into their new life and looking to establish equal rights. It's a story of a power struggle between the establishment in Australia and London and the settled convicts, meanwhile the native Aborigines were often forgotten. The video contains the two episodes of Rogue Nation namely Honour Among Thieves and Rights of Passage.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2009 Duration: 1 Hour 38 Minutes.

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Spanish Inquisition: Brutal Torture & Murder By The Church

The Spanish Inquisition is perhaps the darkest part of the history of the catholic church. For over 350 years the church carried out religious forced conversion, those who refused to convert to Catholicism faced incarceration, torture and even death. This bloody Religions Cleansing lasted from the creation of the "Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition" in 1478 right through to 1834. In the documentary titled Spanish Inquisition: The Brutal Truth we see an evil regime under the rule of the Church that carried out acts reminiscent of The Gestapo or KGB.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2000 Duration: 50 Minutes.

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The Great War (All 26 Episodes)

In 1964 The BBC ran a 26 part documentary series on the First World War containing almost 18 hours in total. The documentary was the most complete on WWI at the time from pre-war tensions through to the final conflicts and the aftermath as Europe tried to rebuild and reconcile. Narrated by Michael Redgrave and with input by a huge number of those involved it was an important series for many reasons not least being filmed fifty years after the start of the war it had access to those that future WWI documentaries never could.

The play list below has all 26 episodes plus two bonus episodes the BBC screened in 2014 the fiftieth anniversary of the original release. The series itself in a way is a look back at the history of documentaries in a decade were such programming was becoming popular. During and for some time after the second world war the Newsreel dominated and while newsreels showed actual events much was re-enacted in a documentary fashion.

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Ancient Egypt's Ten Greatest Discoveries

In this 2008 Discovery channel documentary leading Egyptologists have picked the ten most significant discoveries from ancient Egypt. We learn how the discoveries from the Khufu ship to the Valley of the Golden Mummies were made, the history behind each and their significance in preserving Egyptian history. Modern technology is also used to decipher clues that are still presenting themselves hundreds of years after the findings were first made.

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The Screaming Mummy: Unknown Man E

When archaeologists found over forty royal Mummy's in 1881 it was one of the most important discoveries ever made. Included was the founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty Ahmose I, last great Pharaoh Usimare Ramesses III and other leaders such as Amenhotep I, Thutmose I, Thutmose II, Thutmose III, Ramesses I, Seti I, Ramesses II, and Ramesses IX. That alone was an unprecedented find but altogether there was over 150 bodies found in the tomb.

Many of the mummy's could not be identified and these were each given a letter as way of identification. But one of the unidentified mummy's really stood out, he was Unknown Man E. Unlike all the others Unknown Man E was not mummified in accordance with the customs of the time, he was covered in quicklime paste and wrapped in sheepskin both completely out of line with tradition and religious beliefs. Even more confusing Unknown Man E was bound at the wrists and ankles and his face was captured in what appeared to be a scream. In the documentary Egyptologist Bob Brier investigates and tries to put a name to the most mysterious Mummy ever found.

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Harem Conspiracy: Death Of The Great Pharaoh Ramesses

Three thousand years after death of Pharaoh Usimare Ramesses III Egyptologist Susan Redford investigates the circumstances surrounding Ramesses, known as the last great Pharaoh. With his empire in decline did one of his wife's Queen Tiye plot an assassination aided by her son Pentawer in order to get him on the throne ? In this National Geographic documentary Redford looks to uncover any scraps of evidence remaining to finally close the three thousand year old case referred to as the Harem Conspiracy.

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Raising The Mary Rose: A Timewatch Guide

The Mary Rose was an English war ship in the 16th century said to have been the favorite of British Tudor King Henry VIII. The ship was built at the start of the century and Launched in 1511, with restoration needed 35 years later in 1536 after plenty of action. The ship was finally sunk on 19 July 1545 near the Isle Of Wight and there it stayed for over 400 years. Then in 1971 the ship was rediscovered and efforts were made to salvage what could be saved from the wreckage, at the start by a small number of archaeologists, historians and divers then later a Trust dedicated to recovering the ship. Eventually it became clear not only could the salvage artifacts from the ship they may be able to raise the entire Mary Rose from the sea bed.

BBC Programme Timewatch tracked the work on the Mary Rose from early on and so has extensive footage from over 30 years. Together with the latest findings right up to 2015 this documentary covers one of the most important and ground breaking maritime archaeology projects ever.

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