War Time Weddings

Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.

On July 5th, 1922, Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen creates a passport with which, between 1922 and 1945, he managed to...

After the Kyrgyzstan Independence in 1991, the ancient practice of Ala-Kachuu ("grab and run") returned. Some women escape the men that kidnap them,...

Exclusive footage captures the wedding of American screen star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.

The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of battle forever. Using diaries, letters, photographs...

A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly...

This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and...

Crowds block the streets to catch a view of a handsome old carriage at a Jewish wedding.

Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The...

Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, better known as Pippa Bacca, was a 34 years old Italian artist. She crossed 11 countries involved in wars,...

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October Revolution of 1917 and, therefore, as one of the men...

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...