Did the American Revolution start in Massachusetts or Rhode Island? Ken Burns tackles the tough question.

With the six-part, 12-hour documentary series set to premiere Nov. 16, Burns faced questions about whether the spark for the ...

A long-lost diary from China is shedding light on a D-Day landing mystery

The diary was by Lam Ping-yu — a Chinese officer who crossed the world to train and serve with Allied forces in Europe.
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HMS Ajax: How a lone British Cruiser destroyed an entire Italian Squadron, 1940 (Documentary)

The Battle of Cape Passero (1940) unfolded in the early hours of October 12, during World War II. British cruiser hms Ajax, ...
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The Hilarious New Documentary About Extreme Birdwatching That’s Winning Over Even Non-Birders

Birding is having something of a pop-culture moment. Uzo Aduba’s “world’s greatest detective,” from this summer’s Netflix hit The Residence, was a birder, as is Mark Ruffalo’s FBI agent character in ...

Sarah Ferguson was the Duchess of Excess when building Sunninghill Park - the bath was so big the builders nicknamed it HMS Fergie

Perhaps one of Fergie's most lavish expenses is that of Sunninghill Park, the former marital home she shared with Prince ...
Mining Weekly

World Gold Council releases Elton John documentary

Gold industry organisation the World Gold Council (WGC) has released a documentary that explores gold’s influence on culture, creativity and society, as told through the voice and life stories of ...

Researcher rewrites the history of one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks 110 years later

Endurance was made in Norway three years before the trip and originally named Polaris. The 144-foot-long wooden ship was sold ...
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Inside Britain's Last Surviving Second World War-Era Submarine | HMS Alliance

HMS Alliance is a Royal Navy A-class, Amphion-class or Acheron-class submarine, laid down towards the end of the Second World War and completed in 1947. Over her 28-year career, she held the world ...
LGBTQ Nation

These 5 documentaries reveal surprising aspects queer Hispanic immigrant experience in the U.S.

The Trump administration’s wholesale assault on immigrants living and working in the U.S. — whether undocumented or here legally — has arguably made household names of immigrants like Mahmoud Khalil, ...
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Vietnam Survivor Stories

Vietnam War veterans recounting some of their most poignant memories of their time overseas This 2005 SDPB documentary features Vietnam War veterans recounting some of their most poignant memories of ...
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New documentary 'Orwell 2+2=5' examines how authoritarians come to power

Director and producer Raoul Peck and producer Alex Gibney join Morning Joe to discuss the new documentary 'Orwell: 2+2=5'.Oct. 2, 2025 Saddled with Trump's unpopular agenda, Republicans look for ways ...
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New documentary about the Malka Leifer case centres trauma, persistence and survival

Amy Maguire receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Between 2019 and 2023, I reported on the Malka Leifer case for The Conversation. As an international lawyer, my focus was on the ...