S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4

The history of atomic energy, from Democritus and alchemists to the first nuclear power plant, atom-powered ships and spacecrafts.

There was a time when clothes were made in Sweden. The industry had its heart in the Sjuhärad region, and was largely made up of women. Today, the Swedish textile industry is virtually wiped out.

A brief history of women in politics, in 20th and 21st century Switzerland. The often tortuous route travelled by Swiss women in order to escape the kitchen sometimes obscures other battles won during their march towards equality: social security cover for pregnancy, marriage law, elective abortion, equal pay..

This is a film about the sometimes tragic, often colorful, but always inspiring story of Butte, Montana as told by the miners, writers, and others who live and work on the Richest Hill on Earth.

Kamchatka, the eastern boarder of the Russian Empire in the middle of 19th century, was a huge, wealthy and sparsely populated region. It was here that, in 1854, in the fervor of the rather unfortunate for Russia Crimean war, events would transpire which would later be called the only ray of light that broke through the dark clouds of that era. England and France are formidable opponents and if they declare war on you, rest assured, they will attack wherever possible. This means that the targets include the Black Sea, the Baltic, the North Sea and the Pacific Ocean. And in the Pacific Ocean the number 1 target is Petropavlovsk, a strategically important city with a population of 1,531 people and a very small garrison.