The story of the Forgotten Battle in the Forgotten War: how a small band of Australians, Canadians and New Zealanders in Korea gave up their Anzac Day barbecue to stop the Seoul-bound Chinese Army in its tracks.
The Battle of Kapyong became the turning point of China’s Fifth Offensive in the Spring of 1951. The aim of the offensive was to finally drive the foreign troops out of South Korea and into the sea. What happened instead, changed the history of the Korean War.
More than thirty years ago, the youth of New York’s neglected neighborhoods started a revolution by spray-painting their names on subway trains. The energy and freedom of this expression has inspired generations of youth throughout the world, yet the established authorities and institutions continually deny its merit. Working against the powers of the media, the police, and the art world, aerosol artists have developed a unique worldwide culture based on respect, camaraderie and a shared struggle to re-claim and re-create their environments.
Hugh Bonneville reveals how a perfect storm of political intrigue, power struggles and clashing religious passions combined caused the event that changed the world: the killing of Jesus. Countdown to Calvary offers a revolutionary new telling of “the greatest story ever told” – the story of a wandering Jewish healer and preacher, who went from zero to hero in a single week, 2000 years ago.
In the summer of 1931, a mysterious man appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the Canadian Arctic. After purchasing supplies in a local village he disappeared into the desolate landscape and spent the rest of the short summer building a cabin and preparing for winter. Six months later, local Aboriginals reported to the RCMP that they believed the mysterious Trapper was vandalizing their trap lines. Several officers were dispatched to the Trapper’s cabin to question him about the complaint. In an attempt to talk to the Trapper one officer knocked on the cabin door and was shot without warning.
Gibraltar is a tiny peninsula famous for its big Rock – the Rock of Gibraltar. Despite being found in the south of Spain it is a British territory. Since 1704 Spain has been demanding it belongs to them. The battle between Gibraltar, Spain and Britain is centuries old; for over 300 years Spain have fought for Gibraltar while Gibraltarians have refused, choosing instead to remain with Britain. Gibraltar is the only colony that never wanted to be decolonized. In true Asterix and Obelix style, this tiny people have united to stand against a disproportionately huge power – Spain. The result is an extraordinary story of human will and determination against all odds.
This is the story of China’s enduring search for oder through the mastery of time. Modern day astronomers, science historians, and time scientists draw on fascinating parallels between past and present: from modern time-keeping labs to 4,000 year old Neolithic observatories. An epic tale of science, imperial history and intrigue.
In 2011 a team from the University of Basel made two astonishing discoveries in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. By chance they came across a new tomb that was the first to contain a body since the discovery of Tutankhamun. Then they discovered that the tomb beside it, which had never been excavated before, held the bodies of around 50 people. But who were all the people in these two linked tombs?
This film follows the archaeological detective story to uncover the answer. It pursues the trail that leads to one of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs, Amenhotep III – and to the women he was close to. And the film also reveals the astonishing project behind the re-emergence nearby of the largest temple ever built in ancient Egypt – the lost mortuary temple of the same pharaoh, Amenhotep III.
Dancing In The Sky pays tribute to the extraordinary life of William Rhodes-Moorhouse the first airman ever to be awarded the Victoria Cross. Capturing the life of a mischievous young boy we follow Will’s childhood growing up in the upper class circles of Northampton.
From his family connections to some of New Zealand’s fore- most pioneers, to the intriguing story of his Maori heritage, all will be revealed. In 1906-1907 he spent some months in New Zealand where he was hailed as a Maori Chief. This mystified him. The family at home had never discussed or admitted to such a sensitive matter. Back in England he became heavy involved in aviation and teamed up with James Radley and together they built the Radley-Moorhouse monoplane. He became a regular contestant at the newly popular air-shows and races that were springing up across Europe and in the United States.
Upon the outbreak of war he immediately joined the RFC as a 2nd Lt at the age of 27 and joined No 2 Squadron RFC at Merville. A large portion of documentary concentrates on his skill as a pilot following his missions that are well documented. In particular the last 24 hours of his life receives special attention, what were his intentions on that April afternoon. Before leaving he wrote letters to his wife and his son talking of the impossible odds of him returning from this mission. William Rhodes-Moorhouse paid the ultimate price for an act of valour.
In just 3 years, 8 months and 20 days, the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia killed some 2 million people – men, women and children. Even after they were ousted from power, these perpetrators of genocide were never brought to trial. And the international community remained silent.