Rare Footage From The 20th Century's Most Critical Turning Points

From secret military programs to history’s most infamous mysteries, dive deep into the events that shaped our world. Explore the tragic secrets of the Sedlec Ossuary, the high-stakes tension of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the dark history behind the Whitechapel murders, and the devastating engineering failures that changed modern safety forever. Featuring expert analysis and rare historical records, this documentary unpacks the real stories behind the headlines. Discover the truth behind history's most fascinating turning points, notorious trials, and forgotten catastrophes. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. This channel is part of the History Hit Network. Any queries, please contact owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com

Go behind the grand stories of Henry VIII to uncover the brutal reality of everyday life in Tudor England. From executioners and kitchen workers to farmers, soldiers, alewives and sailors aboard the Mary Rose, discover how ordinary people survived poverty, war, disease and the demands of a ruthless king.

As the Industrial Revolution reshaped society, a new generation of radical thinkers challenged how humanity understood reality, religion, and freedom. From Hegel’s grand systems to Nietzsche’s critique of traditional morality and Sartre’s existentialism, this documentary explores how 19th and 20th-century philosophers transformed Western thought. Discover how these profound ideas continues to influence modern politics, ethics, and human consciousness. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. This channel is part of the History Hit Network. Any queries, please contact owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com

Explore the collapse of six ancient civilizations in this full archaeology and ancient history documentary. From the Akkadian Empire and Bronze Age collapse to the Maya, Doggerland, Sodom and Helike, discover how drought, war, earthquakes and tsunamis brought entire worlds to an end. From the fall of the world’s first empire and the mysterious Bronze Age collapse to the abandoned Maya cities, the drowning of Doggerland, the search for biblical Sodom and the destruction of the Greek city of Helike, this nearly five-hour documentary investigates some of history’s greatest catastrophes. Archaeologists, historians and scientists examine evidence of devastating droughts, mass migration, warfare, earthquakes, tsunamis and a nt worlds destroyed by one sudden disaster—or by a chain reaction of environmental, political and social crises? Discover: • How drought helped bring down the Akkadian Empire • The mystery of the Sea Peoples and the Bronze Age collapse • Why many great Classic Maya cities were abandoned • The prehistoric world hidden beneath the North Sea • The controversial search for the real city of Sodom • The disaster that buried the Greek

As China’s economy surged in the early 21st century, its growing power began reshaping relationships across Asia. From divided Korea and rivalry with Japan to Chinese investment in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the film examines how trade, infrastructure and political influence were extending Beijing’s reach. Travelling through Xinjiang, India, Nepal, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the documentary also explores nationalism, Tibet, democratic freedoms and the tensions surrounding China’s emergence as a regional hegemon. Could economic power restore China’s historic position at the centre of Asia — and would that eventually produce a new empire? Documentary: China: The Rebirth Of An Empire Directed by: Jesse & Jeremy Veverka Production: Veverka Bros Productions (2010)

Discover unpublished and rarely seen photographs from the Battle of Berlin in 1945, brought together in an exclusive collection for history enthusiasts. More than 200 historical photographs take you through the final days of the Third Reich and reveal scenes rarely shown in documentaries. When Germany began to rebuild its armed forces during the 1930s, the Kriegsmarine started from a very different position than the army or the Luftwaffe. The restrictions imposed after World War I had deeply limited German naval power, and when Adolf Hitler accelerated rearmament, Admiral Erich Raeder pushed an ambitious program to make Germany a maritime power once again. The so-called Plan Z envisioned a gigantic fleet of battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, and submarines capable of challenging the Royal Navy, but it was meant to be completed around 1945–1948. The war began too soon. In September 1939, Germany entered the conflict possessing powerful ships like the Deutschland, the Admiral Graf Spee, and later the Bismarck and Tirpitz, but it lacked a fleet large enough to directly face the immense British naval power. ​Faced with this inferiority