Winston Churchill

En 1945, dos jóvenes soldados estadounidenses, los hermanos Budd y Stuart Schulberg, reciben el encargo de recopilar pruebas filmadas y grabadas de los horrores cometidos por el infame Tercer Reich para demostrar los crímenes de guerra nazis durante los juicios de Núremberg (1945-46). La historia de la realización de «Núremberg: una lección para el mundo de hoy», un documental histórico de primer orden, estrenado en 1948.

Sigue momentos privados raros de la vida de la Reina, incluido su compromiso en Balmoral y imágenes detrás de escena de su primera gira en el extranjero con su familia.

The pride of Napoleon's victories, the Arc de Triomphe, whose first stone was laid in 1806 at the top of the Champs-Élysées, is, along with the Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited monuments in the French capital. Wanted by an emperor, inaugurated under the reign of a king (Louis-Philippe) and sanctuarized by the Republic, this patriotic temple polarizes the passions of a whole nation. A historical portrait before "packaging", which teems with anecdotes and unsuspected details.

La historia de la Reina Isabel II contada por los que mejor la conocen

A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative.

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets and details of which have only recently been partially revealed.

Julie Andrews starred in Hollywood productions that have become iconic movies, winning an Oscar for her performance as Mary Poppins, a symbol of the magic of musicals from the 1960s. And yet, behind the squeaky-clean image hides a much more tortuous career, with its moments of glory and tough times, all of which explain the longevity of a story that is still being written.

A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories. «If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe» Paul Craig Roberts

Teherán, Irán, 19 de agosto de 1953. Un grupo de conspiradores iraníes que, con el beneplácito del depuesto tirano Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, han conspirado con agentes del MI6 británico y de la CIA estadounidense, consiguen poner fin al gobierno democrático liderado por Mohammad Mosaddegh, un dramático hecho que dará inicio a la trágica era de los golpes de estado que, orquestados por la CIA, tendrán lugar, a lo largo de las décadas siguientes, en decenas de países de todo el mundo.

September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.

Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Flavin, a young girl who works at a post office, used as a weather station, in Blacksod, in County Mayo, the westernmost promontory of Europe, far from the many lands devastated by the iron storms of World War II.

Arrojando nueva luz sobre un punto geopolítico conflictivo, la película, escrita y producida por John Maggio y narrada por el actor coreano-estadounidense John Cho, confronta el mito de la "Guerra olvidada", documentando el conflicto posterior a 1953 y sus consecuencias globales.

Both a visit to a very peculiar exhibition at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany, as well as an unprejudiced look at the artistic depiction of violence throughout history and the ways in which that depiction has been gendered.

Film que desentraña la anatomía del histórico referéndum del Brexit, que culminó en la decisión del Reino Unido de abandonar la Unión Europea. Un retrato detrás de las cámaras sobre la campaña política y sobre las tácticas utilizadas para reconducir la opinión de todo un país.

How could Hitler and Stalin, sworn ideological enemies, come to a secret pact in 1939? The captivating and detailed story of the diplomatic fiasco that led to the signing of the Nazi-Soviet pact and its devastating consequences.

Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.

Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between 1940 and 1945, these two enormously contradictory personalities faced each other in both politics and war. A clash of giants whose story begins in the trenches of the World War I and ends with the debacle of the World War II.

En 1947, Lord Mountbatten asume el puesto de último virrey de la India, con el mandato de transferir la soberanía a su pueblo. En su residencia viven arriba los gobernantes británicos, mientras 500 criados hindúes, musulmanes y sijs viven abajo.

Fighter pilot, inventor, spy - the life of Roald Dahl is often stranger than fiction. Through a vast collection of his letters, writings and archive, the story is told largely in his own words with contributions from his last wife Liccy, daughter Lucy and biographer Donald Sturrock.

A unique celebration of the Queen's ninety years as she reaches her landmark birthday in April. Film-maker John Bridcut has been granted special access to the complete collection of Her Majesty's personal ciné films, shot by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen herself, as well as by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Much of it has never been seen publicly before. Various members of the Royal Family are filmed watching this private footage and contributing their own personal insights and their memories of the woman they know both as a member of their own close family and as queen. Among those taking part are the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Kent and his sister Princess Alexandra, who has never before given an interview.

La historia de Hans-Thilo Schmidt, ingeniero berlinés que, en la sombra, contribuyó a ganar la guerra de los servicios de inteligencia contra Hitler y a alterar el curso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, al revelar a Francia los secretos de Enigma, la máquina que hace indescifrables los mensajes alemanes. Asche, nombre con el que es conocido por los franceses, se afilia al partido nazi y desde su puesto de funcionario comienza a pasar información sobre el rearme secreto de Alemania y el calendario de las futuras invasiones.

England, 1940, during World War II. An MI5 officer, codenamed Jack King, infiltrates a network of conspirators, a British fifth column sympathetic to Nazi Germany, in order to control the organization and destroy it in the event of a German invasion. But who was he? A single person or several?

This documentary-style short follows two impoverished teens performing on the streets of London in the days leading up to the London Blitz of 1940.

En 1945, después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la caída del régimen nazi, los derrotados, fueron maltratados atrozmente, especialmente aquellos alemanes étnicos que habían vivido pacíficamente durante siglos en los países vecinos de Alemania, como Checoslovaquia y Polonia. Una desgarradora historia de venganza contra civiles inocentes, la historia de actos tan crueles como la ocupación nazi durante los años de guerra.

En un futuro no muy lejano, un avión se dirige a Berlín en medio de una tormenta. Entre los pasajeros hay una niña que su junto a un historiador que ha de dar una conferencia sobre la Unión Europea, una unión de estados que ya hace varios años que dejó de existir. El desbarajuste que se vive en Europa provoca problemas técnicos en el aeropuerto de Berlín y el avión se desvió primero en Amsterdam y luego a otros aeropuertos. Mientras tanto, el historiador le cuenta a la niña para que se deshizo la Unión Europea.

In the last 250 years, free-market ideology has played a central role in the development of the logic and rhetoric that have influenced the daily life of populations throughout the world. It was cornered for a few decades during the twentieth century in favor of a social economy for the public interest, and then returned to the limelight in the last thirty years of the century to dominate the logics that drive world economies, doing the favor of the elites at the expense of 99%. Through the testimony of six people informed about the facts, Laissez-faire offers a historical and ideological perspective through which to identify the fundamental problems of the economic mechanism on which societies are based.

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.

Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not just to the mind, but to the heart and, deeper down, in the guts. Examining the speeches that provoked radical change, surprised pundits or shocked listeners, poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech. Simon gets the inside story behind some of the famous speeches of the modern age, talking to Tony Blair's speechwriter, to Earl Spencer on his controversial address at his sister's funeral and the woman who challenged the rioters in Hackney. We hear how Peter Tatchell confronted the BNP, Paul Boateng on how Enoch Powell's divisive speech personally affected him as a child, and Colonel Tim Collins, whose charge was to motivate his troops on the eve of the Iraq war. Simon discusses the nuts and bolts of speech writing with Vincent Franklin, aka the blue-sky thinking guru Stuart Pearson from The Thick of It, and gets tips on powerful delivery from actor Charles Dance.

The documentary "Reza Shah" begins with the rise of Reza Khan to power and looks at his reign from beginning to the end.

Lo que Stone tenía en mente era un documental de una hora, que con el paso del tiempo ha ido evolucionando hasta convertirse en un proyecto que ha dominado sus ratos libres durante los últimos cuatro años y medio, “hasta convertirse en este monstruo”, explica el director

Marking the Diamond Jubilee (1952-2012) of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles shares his memories of the private side of his mother, the Queen, making use of his family's home movies.

London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.

La compleja relación entre los hermanos reales Eduardo VIII y Jorge VI, ambos en el centro de la infame crisis de abdicación de 1936, es el tema de este excelente documental.

Alemania, costa del mar Báltico, mayo de 1945, unos días antes del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Una pequeña patrulla soviética llega a una casa aislada donde una anciana baronesa da refugio a un grupo de niñas huérfanas y a un niño que está decidido a continuar con la lucha.

Seventy years on, brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor take viewers through the key moments of the Battle of Britain, when 'the few' of the RAF faced the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. As they fly historic planes, meet the veterans, explore the tactics and technology, Colin and Ewan discover the importance of the Battle and the surviving legacy of the 1940's campaign for the modern RAF.

Aunque Hitler y Stalin nunca se encontraron cara a cara estuvieron obsesionados el uno con el otro durante toda su carrera. Su enemistad rompió radicalmente con toda relación precedente entre ambas naciones. Por primera vez este documental hace un doble retrato de ambos dirigentes y de la intensa lucha que mantuvieron separados por miles de kilómetros de distancia. Al profundizar en el material de archivo de batallas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial procedentes de Moscú, Leningrado, Stalingrado y Berlín, se puede sacar la conclusión de que el conflicto entre Alemania y la U.R.S.S. tomó un cariz personal entre ambos dirigentes que recrudeció la lucha hasta límites insospechados. Ambos eran radicalmente opuestos en cuanto a ideología, pero estaban hermanados en cuanto a crueldad y sed de sangre. -información de la distribuidora

Michael Cockerell tells the story of how prime ministers have coped with life after Number Ten, after Tony Blair became the youngest member of the ex-PMs' club for a hundred years. The film reveals who left office bankrupt, who did TV commercials for Cheshire cheese, who had his own chat show and who has never had a single happy day since leaving Number Ten. Cockerell, who met the eight PMs prior to Blair, looks at what Tony planned do next and just how many millions he could make from being an ex-PM.

This film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on President Bush, 9/11 and the war in Iraq and Kerry's 20-year tenure in the Senate.

El propio Steven Spielberg presenta este documental de 76 minutos, narrado por varios supervivientes del holocausto que tuvieron contacto con Oskar Schindler. A través de sus palabras y de imágenes de archivo se traza un recorrido desde la ocupación alemana de Polonia hasta la liberación de los judíos, pasando por el ghetto y los campos de trabajo.

Documental canadiense dividido en tres partes en la cual se analiza la evolución y el comportamiento de las corporaciones multinacionales modernas.

A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic countryside, moving on to describe his fighting experience from WWI, and closing with a look at the Finnish inspiration for the scholar's self-invented languages of Elfish. In between are interviews with the cast of the films and some clips, by far the most from "The Fellowship of the Ring", but a few glimpses of Rohan riders (from "The Two Towers") are provided. Also, there are interviews with a range of the filmmakers.

Rafe y Danny crecieron juntos en una zona rural estadounidense y su amistad se ha prolongado a lo largo de los años hasta las filas del ejercito del aire, donde los dos son pilotos de combate. Rafe encontró en Evelyn, una valiente enfermera, al amor de su vida, pero pronto es llamado a servir en la fuerza aérea británica para combatir a los nazis como representante del ejército estadounidense. Mientras tanto, Danny y Evelyn son enviados a la base aérea de Pearl Harbor en Hawai. Una vez allí, ambos se enamoran mientras Rafe es derribado en combate. Para sorpresa de ambos, Rafe sobrevive y regresa a Pearl Harbor pero todo se complica cuando se produce un mortal bombardeo por parte del ejercito japonés.

This film covers the extraordinary life and great speeches of Winston Churchill that include the words: 'We shall never surrender,' 'blood, toil, tears, and sweat,' 'This was their finest hour.' 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few,' 'the end of the beginning.' Churchill's life and speeches were an inspiration during a time when the world needed it most.

Before his journey into exile Jacobo Arbenz, the overthrown President of Guatemala, is presented to photographers stripped down to his underwear: an image seen around the world. Arbenz had led the successful 1944 revolt against the military dictatorship, a regime that had oppressed Guatemala since colonialism. Arbenz, the son of Swiss immigrants, was celebrated as a national hero. Elected President in 1950, Arbenz was not a member of any party - he didn't issue any manifestos. But he began to fulfill his promises - farmers got their own land. 'The first act of justice since colonial times,' said Arbenz. In the early 1950s, with the Cold War intensifying, then Vice President Richard Nixon said, 'Arbenz is not a Guatemalan President.' Nixon called him 'a foreigner, manipulated by foreign powers.' The young President of Guatemala was soon overthrown, declared a traitor, and chased out of the country.

The very name conjures up images of the good life black tie affairs and high society balls. Yet their long saga proves that money is no guarantee of happiness or stability. John Jacob Astor built an empire by parlaying a job in the fur business into a real estate empire so vast he became the richest man in the world. Follow the fortunes of five generations of Astors in this special BIOGRAPHY. From John's son William, who doubled the family fortune and earned the nickname "the landlord of New York," to the astounding charitable contributions of the Astor Foundation, the incredible story of the famed family comes to life through interviews with family members, archival footage and period accounts. Trace the feud and reconciliation that led to the creation of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and find out how the Titanic disaster forever transformed the Astors and their reputation.

The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain, and a polish underground member are told by the very same Canadians who survived them.

"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, this award-winning documentary reveals previously unreleased and classified government footage from several countries.

Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the second of four parts.

Jim y Hilda Bloggs son una pareja de jubilados que viven en una remota zona rural de Gran Bretaña poco antes del inicio de una guerra nuclear. Profundamente patriotas, tienen absoluta confianza en su gobierno y se han informado sobre todo de qué es necesario hacer en caso de que el enemigo ataque su país. Jim ha leído los folletines oficiales sobre la la bomba atómica, e inicia la construcción de un refugio que les protegerá en caso de una explosión nuclear.

In 1945, Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that devastated the ancient city of Dresden. This short documentary returns exactly 40 years after its destruction and celebrates its renaissance with the re-opening of one of the most beautiful opera houses in Europe. One guest at this gala was the Canadian navigator of one of the bomber planes, returning to Dresden on a mission of peace that brought him face-to-face with the people who were once his enemies.

La verdadera historia del empresario checo-alemán Oskar Schindler (1908-74) contada por algunos de los judíos —más de mil personas— a los que salvó del exterminio durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again. The history of European Jewish culture and events before and during the Holocaust are seen in newsreels, photographs, and animated segments. The words of the victims of the era are read, and footage from the liberation os a concentration camp is shown.

Las vidas de Erik Lanshof y cinco de sus amigos más cercanos toman rumbos diferentes cuando el ejército alemán invade los Países Bajos en 1940: lucha y resistencia, miedo y resignación, colaboración y alta traición.

Peter Gabriel is among the rockstars performing the music of Lennon and McCartney against a montage of World War II newsreel footage.

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.

Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.

A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.

Documentary on the Greek history of the first half of the 20th century, from the Balkan wars until December events, with a special emphasis on the Asia Minor Catastrophe and its aftermath, through filmed documents by Joseph Hep, George Prokopiou, Achilleas Mandras, Philopimenas Finos, Gabriel Loggos and Kyriakos Kourbetis.

A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.

Compilation film about a very German first half of the 20th century.

Made at the end of WWII, this documentary looks at Britain's post-war period. During a time of economic hardship, Prime Minister Winston Churchill is concerned about the future of his nation.

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.

Part of a a video series that documents the fighting between the United States and Imperial Japan during and immediately after World War II.

Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance.

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Several scenes from early newsreels are shown.

El empresario Joseph E. Davies es nombrado por el presidente Roosevelt embajador de los Estados Unidos en la Unión Soviética para que averigüe cuáles son las intenciones de este país respecto a la inminente Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). El embajador se llevará algunas sorpresas en una nación que pocos conocen realmente.

A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.

Tras la invasión de Polonia por los alemanes, que marcó el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), las tropas del Tercer Reich invadieron Noruega, Dinamarca y los Países Bajos en un auténtico paseo militar. Pero para conquistar toda Europa Occidental era preciso ocupar Francia, una nación que apenas se resistió y acabó firmando una rendición, que sirvió a los alemanes para resarcirse de la humillante paz de Versalles (1919). A partir de ese momento, Gran Bretaña tendrá que hacer frente en solitario a los ataques alemanes. Así comienza la llamada "Batalla de Inglaterra" Tercero de una serie de documentales de propaganda conocidos como "Why We Fight".

Documental propagandístico de la serie "Why We Fight", que fue producida por el ejército de los Estados Unidos. Muestra las causas de la guerra, quiénes son los enemigos y por qué hay que luchar contra ellos.

The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.

Stephen Brice, a young lawyer in Civil War-era St. Louis, falls in love with Virginia Carvel, the daughter of his benefactor. But she is loyal to the South and Brice is committed to Lincoln's cause. In the course of the war, their convictions separate them, and Virginia becomes engaged to her cousin Clarence Colfax, a Confederate officer. Brice becomes an officer under General Sherman, and eventually finds himself faced with the captured Colfax, facing execution for spying. Brice must decide whether or not to intercede in his rival's behalf.

The Sidney Street siege. "HOUNDSITCH MURDERERS: THE GREAT ALIENS OUTRAGE AT MILE END SHEWING (sic) THE ACTUAL SCENES.

Coverage of the Siege of Sidney Street, 3 January 1911, including film of Winston Churchill witnessing the events.