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Mohawk is a 1956 drama starring Scott Brady and Rita Gam. The film reuses many sequences used from the 1939 film Drums Along the Mohawk. In 18th century upstate New York a quarrelsome white man named Butler (John Hoyt), seeks to foment war with the Indians to rid the Mohawk Valley of the natives and settlers he despises. Butler (John Hoyt) goes to the Iroquois chief to ask for his assistance, but the chief is not interested. However, the chief's son Keoga (Tommy Cook), and Indian brave...

New York is the skyscraper capital of the World. For over a 100 years architects there have been reaching skywards with their buildings to create the towering skyline for which the city is so famous. Never in all that time has anyone actually charted the building of a skyscraper. The process that transforms a city block from a nondescript piece of wasteland into this great tower that soars above the city's streets. That is what this series of four programmes does for the very first time. It is...

Charade is a 1963 American romantic comedy mystery film starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, George Kennedy, Walter Matthau, and James Coburn. Filmed on location in Paris, the film is noted for its score and theme song by Henry Mancini. While on holiday, Regina 'Reggie' Lampert (Audrey Hepburn), tells her friend Sylvie (Dominique Minot) that she has decided to divorce her husband Charles. Reggie also meets a charming American stranger, Peter Joshua (Cary Grant). On her return to Paris, Reggie...

During the 17th Century the Spanish Main was over run with pirates, foremost of whom was Edward Teach, the evil and notorious Blackbeard. Former pirate, Sir Henry Morgan, now in the service of the king had been sent to rid the seas of the very pirates he once led. Swashbuckling action and adventure with Robert Newton, Linda Darnell and William Bendix.

Las Vegas Lady is a 1975 American crime film starring Stella Stevens, Stuart Whitman, George DiCenzo, and Lynne Moody. Lucky (Stella Stevens) is in Las Vegas with two of her girlfriends, Carol (Lynne Moody) and Lisa (Linda Scruggs), and they have a plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Casino. A shadowy man is their contact and organizer. Each of the women would be a weak link in a scheme that has to be flawless. Lucky's boyfriend is a security...

Fifty million people died worldwide due to the 1918 influenza epidemic. This program examines how and why this epidemic killed so many. There were 675,000 deaths in America due to the 1918 flu, and the ancestors of people who died from the epidemic, as well as some of the oldest living survivors of the epidemic tell their heartfelt stories of how it was to live during this horrific time in American history. No one knew where the flu epidemic started or how to stop it. Funeral homes could not...

The Proud Rebel is an American western starring Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland and Harry Dean Stanton. The story is about a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among hostile neighbors in the American Midwest. John Chandler (Alan Ladd) is travelling through an Illinois town with his 10-year-old son David (David Ladd) to see a doctor. The locals try to steal David's dog and his father fights them off, but is threatened to be taken to jail by the sheriff....

In this film adaptation of Agatha Christie's best selling novel, eight strangers are invited to a desolate island of the south west coast of England. When they gather for dinner expecting to meet their host it becomes evident that they have been summoned to atone for their past sins. As the story unfolds they are each murdered as the 'Ten Little Indians' met their end in the children's nursery rhyme. There is no one else on the island so the killer must be one of the guests or servants. A...

Rudyard Kipling's classic jungle adventure tells the story of Mowgli (Sabu), a boy raised in the jungle by wolves. One day after being chased by his enemy shere khan the tiger, Mowgli comes across an Indian village and is curious to explore. Eventually he is accepted but when three greedy villagers discover that he knows where there is hidden treasure in a ruined temple the men try to turn the rest of the village against him whilst they go after the treasure. Korda's lavish production with...

The Snows of Kilimanjaro is a 1952 American film based on the short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. The film stars Gregory Peck as Harry and Susan Hayward as Helen and was nominated for two Oscars. The story begins with Gregory Peck (Harry Street) on safari in Africa. Harry has a severely infected wound as he lies outside his tent awaiting a slow death. In a delirious state, Harry reflects upon a relationship he had with Cynthia Green (Ava Gardner), whom he met in Paris. Harry and...

Classic 1950 crime film noir starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe and filmed on location in San Francisco. A man tries to blackmail 'Danny Boy', but is shot. The killer then spots unsuccessful painter, Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) and shoots at him before missing. Since Frank saw the shooter the police inspector wants to place him in protective custody, but Frank runs away. Eleanor (Ann Sheridan and Frank's wife) encounters reporter Danny Leggert (Dennis O'Keefe). He offers her $1,000 for...

This WWII action drama is set in the Mediterranean during 1941 after two British battleships, the Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, were sunk in Alexandria harbour by explosives placed under their hull. The torpedoes were carried on underwater 'chariots' operated by frogmen of the Italian 10th. flotilla. Gibraltar, the gateway to the Mediterranean, was their next target. Lieutenant Crabbe (Laurence Harvey) is assigned to deal with the new threat and protect the ships of the convoy at anchor in the...