Best History Films of 1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Dear America: Letters Home ... a co-production involving Bill Couturie, a previous Emmy winner for Vietnam Requiem, and the Vietnam Veterans Ensemble Theatre Company. [ best history films - 1987 ]
Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime
This documentary concerns Harry ... continues to be one of humankind's more dreaded diseases, and that political and economic forces dominate research and development. [ best history films - 1987 ]
Korea: The Forgotten War
Archival U.S. government footage ... leading up to the historical 1953 Armistice Treaty make it clear how important negotiations are in times of war. [ best history films - 1987 ]
Elvis '56: In the Beginning
Narrated by musician Levon ... job assembling what was available within their meager budget to nostalgically recreate a year that few will ever forget. [ best history films - 1987 ]
Claudio Arrau: The Emperor
Pianist Claudio Arrau was ... career, leading up to a triumphant performance of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto, one of the signature pieces in Arrau's repertoire. [ best history films - 1987 ]
NOVA: Hitler's Secret Weapon
During World War II, ... course of history. Nova: Hitler's Secret Weapon features interviews with rocket pioneers Werner Von Braun and General Walter Dornberger. [ best history films - 1987 ]
The Adirondacks: The Lives and Times of an American Wilderness
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Ken Burns' America: Huey Long
In this excellent documentary, ... on the night of Sept. 8, 1935. New evidence put together in the 1990s suggests that Weiss was framed.) [ best history films - 1987 ]
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
The Emperor's Naked Army ... Hara seems to ask whether the terrible nature of this buried incident is worth the violence of Okuzaki's methods. [ best history films - 1987 ]
