Watch Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide

Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide is a two-part documentary that examines the tensions between the British and the Dutch for control of worldwide trade in the 17th century. England and the Dutch Republic waged massive battles at sea and during raids on settlements in Asia, Africa and North America. Much of the documentary centers on the New Amsterdam colony, detailing how it eventually became New York. Large-scale re-enactments, computer animation and interviews with experts describing tactics and technology, while historians provide a modern perspective of how political leaders initially responded to the demand for freedom of conscience and religion.

Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide is a 2009 documentary with a runtime of 1 hour and 52 minutes.