Best History Films of 1996
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
Sergei Eisenstein was the ... the director's rise to prominence after the Soviet Revolution and his fall from grace during Stalin's reign of terror. [ best history films - 1996 ]
When We Were Kings
In 1974, boxers Muhammad ... an Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature and won a Special Jury Recognition Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. [ best history films - 1996 ]
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
The Pacific Ocean island ... this documentary also highlights the excitement of underwater exploration, and the danger. Former President George Bush introduces the program. [ best history films - 1996 ]
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, ... surface to try and shed some light on this tragedy that today still sits in a shroud of uncertainty. [ best history films - 1996 ]
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Arguably the greatest film ... journalists, historians, and filmmakers, such as long-time Welles assistant William Alland, newspaper writer Jimmy Breslin, and director Peter Bogdanovich. [ best history films - 1996 ]
A Perfect Candidate
A Perfect Candidate documents ... is surprisingly forthright with the filmmakers about the political process, at one point admitting, "We provide entertainment, not solutions." [ best history films - 1996 ]
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
This documentary offers a ... work distributed on radio, television, records and films. When she died in 1975, her whole country went into mourning. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Storm the Skies
This Spanish documentary film ... the Kremlin. The filmmakers traveled the world and interviewed over four dozen people in their gripping quest for answers. [ best history films - 1996 ]
We Remember Marilyn
We Remember Marilyn is ... footage, and clips from Marilyn's films, including Bus Stop, How to Marry a Millionaire, and Some Like It Hot. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Mysteries, Magic & Miracles [Video Series]
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Elvis: The Complete Story
The life and career ... and worked with him, this documentary gives a portrait of Elvis the Man, as well as Elvis the Entertainer. [ best history films - 1996 ]
JFK in Ireland
In June of 1963, ... made his ancestors proud. Only five months following this sentimental and historical trip, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX. [ best history films - 1996 ]
The Young Kennedy Women
The Young Kennedy Women ... are included in the 50-minute program, which also features Senator Edward Kennedy discussing the strengths of the Kennedy women. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Tribute to Ronald Reagan
This program chronicles Ronald ... 39th president of the United States. It was made with the full cooperation and support of the Reagan Administration. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Biography: Adam & Eve
A&E's award-winning series Biography ... of interviews with biblical scholars, location footage, paintings and artifacts to take an in-depth look at Adam and Eve. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Biography: Mary of Nazareth
This program presents a ... heaven at her death. Archival materials, scholarly commentary, reenactments, and personal testimonies, tell the story of Mary of Nazareth. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Biography: Pope John Paul II - Statesman of Faith
This biography presents the ... peace. Archival film clips, photographs, and interviews with friends, colleagues, and historians tell the story of the beloved pontiff. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Thomas Jefferson's eloquence and ... Actors Edward Herrmann, Sissy Spacek, and Danny Glover are among those who read some of the featured historical passages. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Theodore Roosevelt: Roughrider to Rushmore
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The Invincible Fighter: The Jackie Chan Story
The setting is Hong ... how some of the stunts are set up and carried out, as they put the action in action films. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Daniel Defoe
Back in the early ... Series: Daniel Defoe features this work and many of his others, including Colonel Jack, Roxana, and Captain Singleton. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Charles Dickens
This tribute video to ... A Christmas Carol, as well as for other literary masterpieces such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: George Eliot
This documentary is part ... impulses. Using diaries, letters, and illustrations, this film shows George Eliot to be a woman ahead of her time. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was one ... turned to writing poems in later life. This 30-minute documentary examines the long life of this Victorian gentleman writer. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Samuel Johnson
This documentary chronicles the ... being a pauper. Most of his reputation as a writer and scholar is based on his Dictionary of 1755. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: James Joyce
You'll meet Irish literary ... of some of his works including A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan's Wake, and Ulysses. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: John Keats
This film is one ... second generation of Romantics. His evocative work, in homage to nature, include "To Autumn", and "Ode to a Nightengale". [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: D.H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence is ... Lawrence as a writer who was heavily influenced by the social mores and societal inhibitions prevalent during his lifetime. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: George Orwell
This edition of the ... Police in Burma. The 18-volume series salutes writers from many periods, including Shakespeare, John Keats, Virgina Woolf, and others. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Sir Walter Scott
This video is about ... about how this sensitive man balanced his writing talents with his need to support his wife and five children. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Percy Bysshe Shelley
This documentary looks at ... education. He died early in life, a victim of the sea; his wife later wrote the classic novel Frankenstein. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Virginia Woolf
This video, part of ... this avant-garde writer, featuring portraits, photographs, and archival material along with commentary from scholars about Woolf and her work. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: William Wordsworth
Follow the career of ... documentary uses portraits, paintings, documents, maps, and other archival material to tell the story of this socially minded writer. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: William Faulkner
This thirty-minute video highlights ... contemporaries included Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway. Faulkner was known for melodramatic violence in his stories, novels and screenplays. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Ernest Hemingway
Spend time with Ernest ... 1961. This documentary includes interviews, memoirs, and photographs that give viewers an inside look at Hemingway's life and writings. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Herman Melville
Part of the popular ... passages from Moby Dick and The College Colonel. Also includes dramatized excerpts from Bartleby, Moby Dick, and Billy Budd. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Mark Twain
Journey through the life ... set along the southern Mississippi River and utilize the dialect of the area, something unheard of for mid-1800s fiction. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald
This video, part of ... this troubled writer, featuring portraits, photographs, and archival material along with commentary from scholars about Fitzgerald and his work. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Henry James
The Famous Authors video ... style. His most memorable works include, Daisy Miller, The Portrait of a Lady, and The Turn of the Screw. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: John Steinbeck
This video, part of ... video captures the world of Steinbeck, featuring portraits, photographs, and archival material along with commentary from professors and scholars. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Walt Whitman
This video, part of ... this acclaimed poet, featuring portraits, photographs, and archival material along with commentary from scholars about Whitman and his work. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Edgar Allan Poe
One of the most ... life that was filled with melancholy, depression, and alcoholism, only to end mysteriously just prior to his fortieth birthday. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: Eugene O'Neill
Get to know the ... compass and for being very critical of society, O'Neill's personal views never affected his characters, whether heroes or villains. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Authors: George Bernard Shaw
The Famous Authors video ... include Pygmalion (on which the musical My Fair Lady was based), Man and Superman, Candida, and many others. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Joseph Haydn
One of the most ... classical master and includes a look at some of his major works, with excerpts performed by the Elysian Ensemble. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Elysian Ensemble plays ... many say that this Austrian was one of the greatest composers of Western music to have ever lived. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Franz Schubert
Part of the Famous ... after his death at the age of 31. The famed Elysian Ensemble provides the musical accompaniment for this video. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach
Practically unknown in his ... innovative master musician. The video series also includes profiles of Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and others. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Johannes Brahms
Part of the Famous ... music written without a corresponding story or scene. The famed Elysian Ensemble provides the musical accompaniment for this video. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Part of the Famous ... composers Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, and Johannes Brahms. The famed Elysian Ensemble provides the musical accompaniment for this video. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Richard Strauss
Part of the Famous ... ruin affected the quality of his later work. The famed Elysian Ensemble provides the musical accompaniment for this video. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Richard Wagner
Part of the Famous ... Fluegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman), among many others. The famed Elysian Ensemble provides the musical accompaniment for this video. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Giacomo Puccini
Step back in time ... La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, and Turandot. The 1996 film is a behind-the-scenes study of an incredible musical genius. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Giuseppe Verdi
Part of the Famous ... Trovatore, Don Carlo, Otello, Aida, Falstaff, and Rigoletto. The famed Elysian Ensemble provides the musical accompaniment for this video. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Famous Composers: Igor Stravinsky
Part of the Famous ... Pieces for Clarinet, and the religious work Symphony of the Psalms. The famed Elysian Ensemble provides the musical accompaniment. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Hey, Hey We're the Monkees
Seeking to capitalize on ... highlights include screen tests and performance footage from the combo's early days, as well as a solo Nesmith performance. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Thomas Jefferson
Ken Burns, America's most ... agonizing loss, and how men and women throughout history have negotiated the two in creating the quintessential American experience. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Hollywood Musicals of the '50s
A number of the ... including An American in Paris (1951), Showboat (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Damn Yankees (1958), and others. [ best history films - 1996 ]
The Heroes of Scotland: William Wallace - The True Story
This video is one ... backdrop of the rugged Scottish landscape and the atmospheric sound of the Scottish warrior's friend, the Great Highland Bagpipes. [ best history films - 1996 ]
The Heroes of Scotland: Rob Roy - The True Story
This documentary tells the ... Hollywood movie. This film features reenactments, dramatizations, expert commentary, plus the beauty of the Scottish countryside and the bagpipes. [ best history films - 1996 ]
The Heroes of Scotland: The Bruce of Bannockburn
This documentary examines Scotland's ... those who were willing to fight and lose their lives to secure their freedom from a tyrannical English king. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Celtic Britain: Mysterious Britain
This video features some ... to humans as sources of power and direction. This video is one of a three-part series on Celtic Britain. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Great Generals of the Ancient World: Alexander the Great
Arguably the greatest military ... throughout history, this entry from the Great Generals of the Ancient Worlds shows the term is synonymous with Alexander. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Celtic Britain: Wales - A Nationhood
This video is one ... made part of the United Kingdom. Accompanying the commentary is traditional singing by the legendary musicians of the country. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Great Generals of the Ancient World: Julius Caesar
One of three tapes ... line of Caesars from dominating Rome. The other two tapes in the series profile Hannibal and Alexander the Great. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Celtic Britain: Scotland Forever
This video centers on ... culture reflected in dialect, folklore, custom and architecture -- is one of a three-part series on the Celtic region. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Great Generals of the Ancient World: Hannibal
This tape, one of ... were ultimately crushed by Scipio. The other two tapes in the series profile Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. [ best history films - 1996 ]
In Search of History: Navajo Code Talkers
This documentary from The ... in the Armed Forces and answer questions about the code that is so sophisticated, it is still used today. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Crimes of the Century
The most notorious crimes ... Video takes viewers on a guided tour of some of the greatest atrocities ever committed upon mankind by mankind. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Biography: Admiral Chester Nimitz - Thunder of the Pacific
A&E presents the life ... the biography is when the legendary leader accepted the surrender of the Japanese aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in 1945. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Biography: Samson and Delilah
This video presents the ... and art historians discuss the story of love and betrayal, in which Delilah brought about the downfall of Samson. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Ancient Mysteries: Ancient Prophecy
A stunning look at ... famous predictions of Nostradamus, and a startling prediction made 16 years prior to the disastrous sinking of the Titanic. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Ancient Mysteries: Mystical Monuments of Ancient Greece
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Biography: Flash Gordon - Journey to Greatness
There are people walking ... Steve Holland, who played the role for television, provides an inside look at the world of this comics legend. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Ancient Mysteries: Incredible Monuments of Rome
Rome dominated the Western ... flourished in the great arenas of Rome, and the shocking rituals performed in magnificent temples dedicated to the gods. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Ancient Mysteries: Secrets of the Aztec Empire
For anyone who has ... The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan - one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in the history of the Americas. [ best history films - 1996 ]
American Experience: Spy in the Sky - The Untold Story of America's U-2 Spy Plane
Written, produced, and directed ... well as archival photographs from the CIA, NASA Ames Research Center, and UPI/Bettmann Archive, Inc. Hosted by David McCullough. [ best history films - 1996 ]
American Experience: The Wright Stuff
Written, produced, and directed ... McCullough hosts this program, which originally aired as an episode of the Emmy award-winning PBS series The American Experience. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Prophecy: The Next 1000 Years
Trace the prophecies of ... startling evidence that mankind may be sailing into rough waters with no forecast for a break in the clouds. [ best history films - 1996 ]
America's Castles: The Homes of Frank Lloyd Wright
Originally aired on A&E ... a chance to appreciate the designs which strove to eliminate the insignificant. This video is approximately 50 minutes long. [ best history films - 1996 ]
Vietnam: The Chopper War
This film takes a ... the way U.S. troops dealt with the Vietnam War, especially with regards to the difficult terrain in the area. [ best history films - 1996 ]
