Best History Films of 2007
Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII
Join narrator Hal Holbrook ... skies with no motor to propel them, no landmarks to guide them, and no parachutes to ensure their safety. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Rape of Europa
Adolf Hitler spent years ... million dead. The film features rare newsreel footage and photographs documenting the Nazis' obsession with art; Joan Allen narrates. [ best history films - 2007 ]
National Geographic: Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
For millennia, the strange ... of locating Nefertiti's mummy and answering longstanding questions that may shed some light on why and how she vanished. [ best history films - 2007 ]
NOVA: Missing in Mig Alley
Hop in the cockpit ... they attempt uncover the ultimate fate of those who were never declared dead, but never returned home from combat. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Sherman's March
As helmed by Rick ... the story, King pulls from combination of dramatic reenactments and the written accounts of participants in the actual event. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Sands of Oblivion
In 1923, after acclaimed ... and excavates the items once again, with a team of archaeologists, to investigate the truth behind these legendary events. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Nanking
Filmmaker Bill Guttentag takes ... Leonsis, who had read Chang's obituary and subsequently been prompted to read the author's best-selling account of the massacre. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes
French filmmaker Christian Delage ... witnessed at Auschwitz and a chilling testimony by the SD leader responsible for the deaths of 90,000 Russian Jews. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Oswald's Ghost
For the Baby Boomers, ... the Kennedy assassination while drawing telling parallels between that pivotal event and the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy. [ best history films - 2007 ]
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Richard Trank's documentary I ... Wiesenthal's descendants; they intercut this interview footage with rare archival footage of Wiesenthal. Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman narrates. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Steal a Pencil for Me
A man, his wife, ... the war draws to a close all three survivors are forced to make some difficult, and potentially life-altering, decisions. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
The reflective documentary Pete ... Brown unveils the extent to which Seeger continually prompted societal change through his consciousness-raising music and offstage social efforts. [ best history films - 2007 ]
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17: Flying Fortress is ... of the atomic bomb, and strategic bombing formations, and the utilization of the B-17 bomber. Archival footage is featured. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Sacco and Vanzetti
Filmmaker Peter Miller explores ... the narrative by highlighting just what a lasting impression the Sacco and Vanzetti case has had on American culture. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Encyclopedia of Modern Armor: The Medium Tank
The Encyclopedia of Modern ... Medium Tank shows how these vehicular weapons became one of the key tools of war during the twentieth century. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The War File: The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain ... uses a combination of illuminative archival footage and revealing historical commentary to tell the definitive account of this event. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Trial 1963-1965
Filmmakers Rolf Bickel and ... nearly two years of testimonies, this historic trial is sure to appeal to law scholars and history scholars alike. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Chicago 10
The Kid Stays in ... the voices of Nick Nolte and Mark Ruffalo among others, Chicago 10 premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. [ best history films - 2007 ]
In the Shadow of the Moon
Filmmaker David Sington merges ... and audio recordings from Mission Control lend a newfound sense of poignancy to a variety of oft-recounted historical milestones. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Encyclopedia of Modern Armor: Engines of War
The Encyclopedia of Modern ... II, as well as showcasing a number of machines created in the years since the end of that conflict. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Unlocking Ancient Secrets of the Bible
For centuries, scientists and ... features dramatic reenactments of many events from the New Testament and explores the martyrdom of the early Christian saints. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The History of Warfare: The Battle of Gettysburg
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American Experience: Alexander Hamilton
A gifted statesman ultimately ... to transform a struggling young republic into an industrialized nation with the power to compete on a global level. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Time Machine: Aftershock - Beyond the Civil War
The A&E/History Channel original ... or placid but rife with violence, bloodshed and strife, and thus, every bit as terrifying as the war itself. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Time Machine: The True Story of Che Guevara
From his famous motorcycle ... produced to explore the life of the man whose visage has become an iconic symbol of hard left politics. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Voices from Hitler's Army
Voices from Hitler's Army ... German war machine during WWII. Archival footage of battles augment the harrowing personal stories shared by the former soldiers. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Lost Tomb of Jesus
Director/producer/screenwriter Simcha Jacobovichi teams ... solve the mystery behind what could be one of the most significant archeological discoveries in the history of man. [ best history films - 2007 ]
A Christmas Family Tragedy
Exclusive photographs, intimate interviews, ... to study the crime further or simply leave the past alone, murder ballads are written and ghost stories born. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Steep
In this documentary about ... landscapes, Steep offers the chance to experience the atmosphere that mountain skiers experience when they're engaged in their sport. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Last Stand of the 300: The Legendary Battle at Thermopylae
The engrossing History Channel ... accounted for the Greeks' lengthy holdout, and utilizes both digital animation and dramatic reenactments to relay the thrilling story. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Nixon: A Presidency Revealed
The scandals and achievements ... the manner in which the president's contempt and distrust of his own staff ultimately led to his spectacular downfall. [ best history films - 2007 ]
NOVA: Pocahontas Revealed
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Russian Revolution in Color
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Modern Marvels: The Sears Tower
The history of the ... was erected, and how it is successfully maintained decades after it originally changed the face of the Chicago skyline. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Indian Warriors: The Untold Story of the Civil War
While the American Civil ... intensely personal reasons that some Native Americans were drawn into what is often painted as a "White Man's Folly." [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Unholy Battle for Rome
The History Channel takes ... for exploring the symbolic and strategic motivations for Adolf Hitler's attack on the Italian capitol during World War II. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Vampire Secrets
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The Great Inca Rebellion
Traditional history tells us ... of casualties. The documentary National Geographic: The Great Inca Rebellion explores the stunning newfound evidence that corroborates this hypothesis. [ best history films - 2007 ]
National Geographic: Engineering the Impossible
Via stunning on-location footage ... of three of history's most awesome man-made constructions: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Roman Colosseum and Chartres Cathedral. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Mr. Untouchable
As the political revolt, ... another 2007 release, American Gangster, a fact-based drama which portrays both Barnes and another powerful drug kingpin, Frank Lucas. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Jimmy Carter: The President from Plains
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The Five Books of Moses
The home video release ... of the Pentateuch - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy - from the King James Version of the Bible. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Ganges
Running in excess of ... the sea and the land itself witnesses the union between Indian cities such as Calcutta and the Sunderbans swamps. [ best history films - 2007 ]
A Newsreel History of the Third Reich, Vol. 10
As is the case ... the end of that year, with a strong emphasis on the bombardment of Paris and Hitler's Berlin-centered Commemoration Day. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Ghosts Among Us
The special interest documentary ... the tragic later life of Dracula's Bela Lugosi, and the now vacant and spectral homes of former Hollywood stars. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Star of Bethlehem
In the gospels, the ... Star of Bethlehem explores the historical data behind this miraculous event and the resonance of it through the centuries. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Most Honorable Son
The tale of 1940s ... the American cause. Via moving, telling archival footage and interviews, the PBS documentary Most Honorable Son tells Kuroki's story. [ best history films - 2007 ]
History's Heroes: Patrick Henry - Quest for Freedom
American Animation Studios presents ... and entertaining storytelling, this release is designed to make learning more fun than any history book on the shelves. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Little Rock Central High: 50 Years Later
The events that transpired ... progress eked out by the school, even as they unveil related challenges that still confront students and faculty members. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Best of Civil War Minutes: Confederate
From the history book ... these military men lived and died. Episodes include "Faces of Lee," "Sunken Blockade Runner Cargo," and "Confederate Battle Flags." [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Best of Civil War Minutes: Union
From the heroes of ... one of these artifacts tells a compelling story, and host ichael Kraus does his best to relay them all. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Bee Gees: Stayin Alive
The documentary release Bee ... recorded by the brothers Gibb for the feature film Saturday Night Fever, and issued by RSO in December 1977. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Elvis Presley: Heartbreak Hotel
The documentary release Elvis ... and Tom Petty, who discuss the significance of the tune for themselves and the American musical landscape per se. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Other Side of the Country
Filmmaker Catherine Herbert takes ... bloodshed - offers a poetic look at the Ugandan people's will to survive under even the harshest of circumstances. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The History of Indiana University Basketball
History of Indiana Basketball ... their time at the university, many of whom discuss their relationship with the long-time coach, the adversarial Bob Knight. [ best history films - 2007 ]
History of Kentucky Basketball
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American Assassin: Lee Harvey Oswald Behind The Iron Curtain
The documentary American ... - and thus sheds a new and disturbing light on the events that transpired in Dallas in November 1963. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Real Heroes: Inspirational Stories of Giving
Pat Boone hosts the ... who fled its borders to find sanctity for himself and his family in the United States; and several others. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Afroamerindios
The documentary Afroamerindios posits ... former and pays tribute to its celebrators, thus contributing to the preservation of Native American cultural tropes and ideas. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Keys to the Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Symbols
The documentary Keys to ... medieval codes used by societies such as Freemasons and unveils the startling psychological and spiritual powers that lie therein. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Hail to the Chief: Presidential Elections
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Road to Revolution: Historic Boston
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Road to Revolution: Historic Philadelphia
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Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen
Even amid a culture ... details what has been described as the most important Egyptian archaeological find since the discovery of King Tut's tomb. [ best history films - 2007 ]
This Is War: Memories of Iraq
In this 2007 documentary, ... Memories of Iraq centers on nine National Guard members and includes footage and images shot by the servicepeople themselves. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Pennsylvania Train Stations: Restored and Revitalized
In the early 1900s ... The Pennsylvanian Apartments in Allegheny County, this is one ticket that's sure to thrill locomotive enthusiasts of all ages. [ best history films - 2007 ]
American Gangster: Season 02
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Athens: Dawn of Democracy
If contemporary views of ... of Athens by Sparta, which scoffed at its political notions and put an antithetical system of government in place. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Dragons and Rings
Explore the questions that ... simply taking a look into the past, and opening our minds to the endless possibilities of our mysterious universe. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Pablo Escobar: King of Coke
Throughout the 1970s and ... interviews with law enforcement and political figures to chart the rise and fall of the powerful Columbian drug lord. [ best history films - 2007 ]
National Geographic: Prehistoric Predators
The zoological documentary National ... over lesser members of the animal kingdom) suffered from rapid extinction, while smaller and seemingly more vulnerable species persisted. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Bob Dylan's New York: Behind the Greenwich Village Folk Scene
The Magical History Tour ... points during that period, including The Chelsea Hotel, the Carnegie Hotel, the clubs of Fourth Street and many others. [ best history films - 2007 ]
NOVA: Sputnik Declassified
For many around the ... satellite to spy on the Russians, and extended pre-Sputnik discussions about how the U.S. should kick-start the space race. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Columbus: The Lost Voyage
The History Channel's Columbus: ... with finding a passage to the Orient, to the deteriorating condition of his ships, and the threat of mutiny. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Nazi Spies in America
It marks a WWII-era ... mistrust and broken allegiances that led to their downfall and their bleak end at the hands of the FBI. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Lost Book of Nostradamus
To this day, Michel ... the possibility that it may both foretell the now-ongoing conflict in the Middle East and presage a global apocalypse. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Gustave Courbet
While seldom discussed in ... times, and approach to the craft of painting, and asks what prompted him to hone such a unique style. [ best history films - 2007 ]
1968 With Tom Brokaw
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Ray: The Rayful Edmond Story Part 2
Filmmaker Troy Reed explores ... who went from making millions every month to doing hard-time as his business on the outside continued to thrive. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Sputnik Mania
Fifty years after the ... those steps on international relations, and the staunch determination of Americans to always be the first and the best. [ best history films - 2007 ]
The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth
Released in conjunction with ... before crossing the Potomac River and ultimately ending at the northern Virginia tobacco barn where Booth was gunned down. [ best history films - 2007 ]
View from the Stoop: A Bronx Retrospective 1940-1970
View from the Stoop: ... Theater, and Freedomland, as well as interviews with such native sons as Regis Philbin, Garry Marshall, and Danny Aiello. [ best history films - 2007 ]
National Geographic: The Road to War - Iraq
This National Geographic documentary ... part needed to happen in order to retaliate for the attacks on New York City on September 11, 2001. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Last Stop Kew Gardens
Novelist, filmmaker, and P.S. ... refuge from Adolph Hitler while building a tightly knit, hybrid community of German-speaking Americans in the 1940s and 50s. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Long Live Pakistan
Certainly, few nations have ... and shakers, including one with the late prime minister Benazir Bhutto, filmed just prior to her December 2007 assassination. [ best history films - 2007 ]
NOVA: Absolute Zero
The documentary special NOVA: ... achieving the formation of the Bose-Einstein condensate, a rare form of matter that appears as temperatures reach absolute zero. [ best history films - 2007 ]
A Newsreel History of the Third Reich, Vol. 13
In lieu of presenting ... of Tunisia, the bombardment of German defenses at Leningrad, and the 10th anniversary celebration of Hitler's rise to power. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Historic Encounters: Against All Odds - The Quest for Malta
This historical documentary addresses ... their geographic placement. In telling this seldom-heard story, the program draws on first-person interviews, CGI animations, and dramatic recreations. [ best history films - 2007 ]
Dogfights: Season 02
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