Category: Arts & Tradition

Chinese Porcelain Punchbowls Provide Peek Into Sydney History

Two early 19th Century punchbowls are now on display for a limited time in the Sydney Harbour Gallery at the Australian National Maritime Museum, offering a glimpse into the first European settlement. Made by unknown Chinese craftsmen, the hand-painted ‘Sydney punchbowls’ depict the scenes of the city dating from the Macquarie era (1810-1821). The bowls originated…


A Greek Islands Destination Cooking Class 1, in Santorini | Documentary

Award-winning host, lifestyle journalist, and Greco-Roman beauty Cynthia Daddona explores a gourmet cooking class and famous sites on the beautiful Greek island of Santorini. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on…


Operation Sussex | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Operation Sussex was one of the most important intelligence operations of World War II. This top-secret spy mission was created and directed by the headquarters of General Eisenhower. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later…


Granada’s Majestic Alhambra

In the historic city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, the charming streets and steep hills are filled with the scent of tapas and the sound of flamenco music, all of which rise to the Alhambra palace, a majestic Moorish fortress above the city. What American author Washington Irving called “the abode…


Heroes of the Somme | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Original archives from the Western Front are used to uncover the stories of seven men who were awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most prized military medal. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…


Small Is Beautiful: Miniature Paintings by Edward Greene Malbone

Parents often keep a photo of their children in a wallet or purse. Although worn and wrinkled, the photo keeps their children close to them as they go about their daily life. Families in the 18th and 19th centuries had the same wish, and so miniature paintings grew in popularity among prosperous early Americans.  Usually…


Rocky Mountain Troubadour

Even though musician John Denver didn’t have the lyrics memorized yet, he walked onto the small stage at the Cellar Door, an intimate music club in the quaint Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on December 30, 1970, and sang a new song he’d finished co-writing the night before. As he made his way through the…


Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda | Documentary

Sent to the Filipino city of Tacloban to report on the strongest typhoon in recorded history, a newscaster and his crew could not prevent themselves from becoming part of the story when they were forced to walk for six hours through the storm’s aftermath. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…


Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words | Documentary

This film is only available in North America because of territorial licensing. Justice Clarence Thomas recounts his extraordinary life story—from living in poverty as a child to serving on the Supreme Court. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original…


Medical Genocide: Hidden Mass Murder in China’s Organ Transplant Industry | Documentary

China now performs the most organ transplants in the world, yet has few voluntary donors. While the regime has admitted to harvesting organs from death row prisoners, they account for a tiny fraction of transplants performed in the country. Based on a decade of research, this documentary uncovers the true source of these organs: an…