Métronome

Le temps d'une histoire

Au nom d'Athènes

The documentary traces the course of the Greco-Persian Wars, a major conflict in ancient history between the Greeks and the Persians of the Achaemenid Empire in the early 5th century BC.

Les Espions du Général

The Aces' War

One month after the outbreak of World War I, Paris is bombarded by German airplanes. Parisians witness a whole new type of warfare. Five pilots from France, Germany, and Britain take us into the world of the greatest "flying aces" of the First World War.

Aux frontières de l'Histoire - La France

Bonaparte: The Egyptian Campaign

In the spring of 1798, Napoleon set out with 38,000 men and 10,000 sailors to conquer Egypt.

The Roman Empire Beyond the Myths

Megapolis: The Ancient World

Athens, Alexandria, Tikal and Rome: these legendary cities are some of the world's most famous archaeological sites. And yet, they still have not revealed all their secrets. The ambition of this series is to resuscitate the first megalopolises of universal history.

The Destiny of Rome

At the Battle of Philippi, Marc Antony and Octavian fight back their joint enemies to lay claim to Caesar's throne. Eleven years later, the two square off in the naval Battle of Actium to decide once and for all the destiny of Rome. The bitter personal rivalry between the two men climaxes when Marc Antony abandons his attacking forces to pursue the fleeing Cleopatra. This single act sounded the death knell of the Roman Republic and gave birth to an empire.

Napoleon: The Russian Campaign

This docudrama revisits one of the most astounding military campaigns and defeats in history, Napoleon's attempted invasion of Russia.

Trafalgar: The Greatest Naval Battle in History

This historical drama takes us back to one of the great battles in naval history. It took place in 1805 during the great Napoleonic Wars and pitted the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of Spain and France. In one of the most decisive engagements ever, the Royal Navy lost only one ship while sinking 22 French and Spanish warships. It put an end to Napoleon's plan to invade England.

Napoléon et la Bataille de Trafalgar : Le rêve d’une conquête

Le mobilier de Versailles, du Roi-soleil à la révolution

Au nom d'Athènes

L'histoire au quotidien

The Sorrow and the Pity

An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime, established in the south of France and headed by Marshal Pétain, and Nazi Germany.