January 30, 2026
History

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RODtv offers affordable, flexible access to rare documentaries on war, history, biographies, sports, and music. Stream anytime, anywhere on multiple devices with no long-term commitment.

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History WWII

To celebrate the 80th anniversay of VE Day

Over the period of the last 40 years, we have produced so many films on the second world war; and have accumulated an archive of over 2000 hours of footage from the period. We have interviewed hundreds of veterans, from both the allied and axis forces. Pilots, sailors, tank crews, soldiers, u-boat captains and more.

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Events History

What caused the Hindenburg to explode in a ball of flames

New York / Lakehurst, May 6th 1937, 7 pm: The "Hindenburg" has come all the way from Europe - a luxurious flying hotel, faster than any ship. The pride of the Third Reich prepares to land, and hundreds of onlookers have gathered to watch.

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History

Following in the footsteps of the Knights Templar

To know the secrets of Royston Cave, you would have to know the reason for going. It will then become a key to the rest. It forms a part of a great complex of places, all with the same purpose, but to know this, you would have to go a long way back in time,

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History Sport & Fitness

Champions of the World

It was the year of footballing glory, when the Beatles were topping the charts and only four per cent of young people went to university.The Britain of 1966 was a very different place to how it is today. Some newspapers didn't make England winning the World Cup for the first and only time their top story.

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