History Movies of 1991

Ken Burns' America: Empire of the Air - The Men Who Made Radio

Adapted from Tom Lewis' best-selling book, this documentary by premier historic filmmaker Ken Burns examines the legendary figures who took the small-scale hobby of radio and turned it into ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

Air War in Vietnam

Per its title, the home video release Air War in Vietnam provides a documentary-style overview of the ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday is recognized as one of the greatest blues and jazz vocalists of all time. This program tells her story. Holiday's ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

Blood in the Face

Blending archival and interview footage, Blood in the Face is a close-up examination of the emergence of far-right-wing ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

Originally telecast on the award-winning PBS series The American Experience, this documentary chronicles the formation and battlefield heroics of the first all-black Union regiment, the ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

Pictures From a Revolution

In 1978, new photographer Susan Meiselas just happened to be in the country of Nicaragua as the government of Anastasio Somoza was being overthrown and the ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

When It Was a Game

This HBO documentary examines baseball's golden age from the Great Depression on through the late 1950s. Using archival footage and keen commentary, When It Was a Game shows many of baseball's ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents - Flight II

MPI Home Video takes a look at the famed presidential jetliner with its second film about the U.S. president's private plane, Air Force One. Known as the flying White House, this massive jet has been the ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

ABC News: Lifting the Fog - The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

In 1945, the United States ushered in a new era of warfare when, near the close of World War II, they ... [ History movie - 1991 ]

I Worked for Stalin

In lieu of the one-person autobiographical account suggested by the title, I Worked for Stalin plunges headfirst, into the web of power and intrigue present amid the six members of tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin's "innermost ... [ History movie - 1991 ]