General Interest / World History

An African Community: The Masai
An African Community: The Masai
The nomadic Masai of the highlands of East Africa lead lives shaped to a great degree by their environment. Grazing lands for their cattle are...
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Archaeologists at Work
Archaeologists at Work
In this film, two archaeologists excavate a site. The artifacts they find are clues to the lives of ancient people of the Southwest. Afterwards, what...
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Asia: An Introduction
Asia: An Introduction
Asia has great diversity in its many cultures and geographic regions. This film examines the lifestyles of each major region in Asia, where...
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Ballad of the Iron Horse
Ballad of the Iron Horse
In a unique re-creation of the flamboyant era when railroads were king, this documentary surveys the parallel histories of the “iron...
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The Changing World of Charles Dickens
The Changing World of Charles Dickens
Superb performances from some of the most memorable works of Charles Dickens, including "David Copperfield," "Dombey and Son," "Great Expectations"...
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Christmas in the Holy Land
Christmas in the Holy Land
Christendom in all its diversity converges in the Holy Land at Christmastime. The various sects — Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Protestant, Copt,...
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Danzig 1939
Danzig 1939
This film documents the struggle of the Jewish community of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) to survive the brutal assault of the Nazis. The community...
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East Africa: Two Lifestyles
East Africa: Two Lifestyles
The life styles found in two Tanzanian villages, 400 miles apart, are compared and contrasted by following the daily activities of two men: a...
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A Fragile Peace: 1918-1929
A Fragile Peace: 1918-1929
In the decade after World War I and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, growing unrest gradually began to erode the spirit of optimism that...
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Holy Qur’an (Koran)
Holy Qur’an (Koran)
The Qur’an (Koran) is sacred to all Moslems. It is regarded as God’s direct word, (the text is always in Arabic) and may never be...
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Hymn to Aton
Hymn to Aton
In the days of the great Pharaohs, during Egypt’s Golden Age, lived Akenaton, also called Amenhotep IV, King of Egypt. Down through the ages,...
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In Dark Places: Remembering the Holocaust
In Dark Places: Remembering the Holocaust
Decades after the end of World War II, the calculated extermination of 6 million European Jews continues to stagger our comprehension. How could it...
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