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Maiya May goes to Cheyenne to visit a supercomputer. In Michigan, she observes the explosive end of a coal plant. Returning to Atlanta, Maiya and Dr Marshall Shepard discuss climate challenges and vulnerabilities in the U.S. Part 5 of 6.
The Siege of Leningrad by the German Armed Forces began on 8 September 1941 and ended on 27 January 1944. A remarkable story both of heroism and mankind’s failings – and one of the worst atrocities carried out by Germany during the Second World War.
Victorian Britain on Film offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era when a thrilling new invention, the motion picture camera, first captures a nation on film. Most of these films have been transformed by colourising them for the first time. They offer a rare portrait of a powerful and prosperous nation - and Empire - on the cusp of great change.
Rare film footage, restored and colourised for the first time, provides an intimate window into how everyday Edwardians lived, worked, and socialised. We see the great state occasion of Queen Victoria’s funeral in 1901, footage of life in the Lancashire coalfields, and we also see footage of days out, parades, fun parks, and seaside holidays. Part 1 of 2.
Rare film footage, restored and colourised for the first time, provides an intimate window into how everyday Edwardians lived, worked, and socialised. We see hundreds of workers taking to the streets to fight for better pay and conditions, footage of a football match in Burnley, and the shocking footage of Emily Wilding Davison colliding with the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby. Part 2 of 2.
The 1993 Waco siege begun as a raid, turned into a 51-day standoff, and ended with the destruction of a five-storey building and 75 people dead. A quarter of a century later, we revisit the American tregedy through rarely seen footage and interviews.
