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Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.

Based on a poem by Marie Jacobs, the animated short 55 Socks, by Oscar-winning director Co Hoedeman, pays tribute to the ingenuity of the Dutch people during a dark period of their history - the winter of hunger of 1944-45. It's the closing months of the war in occupied Holland and some women unravel a beautiful bedspread in order to knit 55 socks to barter for food. Reaching back into his childhood memories, Hoedeman has made a simple, poetic film of rare beauty.

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

A two-part documentary about the Russian Army's disastrous assault on Grozny on New Year's Eve, 1994.

When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it.

After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, generations of veterans seek solace in their rural hometown. Jonah Greenstein’s patient, exquisite shots examine enduring community traditions, and reveal the inwardness of private lives.

In 651, Khan Kubrat died and the Khazars accelerated their raids upon Great Bulgaria. His five sons split the Bulgarian tribe and each led his to find new land where they could live in peace. Khan Asparukh, the youngest son, went west and, after an arduous journey lasting for years, southward across the River Danube, into Moesia. In 680-81, in alliance with the Slavs, he inflicted stunning defeats on the Roman legions and forced the Byzantine Empire to recognize the formation of the new state of Bulgaria in the lands where it still exists today.

A documentary covering the actions of the 6th Marine Division on Okinawa during WWII.

June 6, 1944. Several American paratroopers from the 82nd airborne land near the village of Graignes, 30 kilometers from their initial objective. Surrounded by an SS division, helped by the local population, they organize their defense.

Delve into the inner workings of the Third Reich, where power, paranoia, and ambition ruled. This series uncovers the complex relationships and deadly rivalries between Adolf Hitler and his top-ranking Nazi leaders. From their united rise to power to the fractures that emerged as egos clashed and loyalty was tested, discover the secrets behind the men who shaped and executed the Nazi regime's dark agenda. Through betrayal, manipulation, and unchecked ambition, witness the internal power struggles that ultimately influenced the fate of the Third Reich and the course of history.

In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated this epic battle with his favorite cast including Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan-tai, as a celluloid tribute to these nameless souls.

Jamila lives with her son and mother-in-law in a village. Her husband Hashem works in town. When the war broke out, he leaves town and comes to village. He unites the villagers to protest the Pak military. On the other hand, with the help of Kader Ali Pakistani Mejor Sarfaraj takes away Jamila to the camp. She and other women were victimized by Pakistani Army. By the time, they get united and protest the army.

In August 1950, waiting for UN troops to arrive, the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a mission to defend the country from North Korean troops.

Events take us to the beginning of World War II in the small town of Stavrovo. Its unique location, a passing railway and a fork in several roads, proximity to the front line, made it attractive to German troops. They placed a rather large garrison in the city. In the city and in its outskirts, an underground was organized. Most of which were recent graduates of the school. This is a story about two fates, two former schoolchildren - Alexei and Dmitry. The first went underground and tried in every possible way to prevent the invaders, giving his life for his homeland. The second sided with the enemy and became an executioner for his own compatriots.

The movie tells the story of the first three days of the Korean war

The story is based on the life of Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat. 55 years ago during 1962 Indo-China war , when the destiny of war was pre decided, there stood a brave soldier from 4th Garhwal Rifle against all odds and guarded our post from Nurunaang Base in Arunachal Pradesh then called NEFA border.

Journalist Max Arian retells his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust in the Netherlands while contemplating on why more Jewish people were deported from the Netherlands than from any other Western European nation.

Based on true events set during WWII in Northeast China, an ordinary man is thrust into a turbulent fate against the backdrop of the inhumane bacterial experiments conducted by the Japanese Imperial Army's notorious Unit 731.

A Dergue regime commander puts pressure on a father and coerces him to give him his daughter's hand in marriage. The daughter reluctantly obliges to this arrangement, knowing her father's freedom and well being depends on it. However, she meets and falls in love with a young man who gives her the confidence to defy her father and the arrogant commander she despises. The ruthless commander, however, will stop at nothing to make sure she stays in his possession.

In the depths of a snowy forest in an unknown wartime, two soldiers from opposing armies try to outwit each other in a perilous game of cat and mouse - until they find themselves outplayed by destiny.