The Salient

At the end of August 1914 Leuven became the victim of blind rage war. Virtually the entire city center was systematically destroyed by the Germans....

A century ago, from February to December 1916, the French and Germans provided a superhuman effort to control a few hills in eastern France, located...

The last shots had been fired in the First World War — but peace had yet to be made. Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s acclaimed work of...

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of...

When the United States entered World War I, its Army Air Service lacked a combat-ready aircraft – a liability that prompted a search to find an...

Esther Johnson’s film uses local archive footage to convey the story of Sunderland's involvement in the First World War, from the men who...

Professor Niall Ferguson argues that Britain's decision to enter the First World War was a catastrophic error that unleashed an era of...

This lost WWI documentary appears to be about the German zeppelin attacks on Londonon September 2nd, 1916.

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost...

This program provides, through 1st hand accounts & contemporary films & photographs, a rare insight into what really happened. Together with...