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National Geographic: Stonehenge Decoded
This National Geographic documentary attempts to trace the origins of the world famous Stonehenge. The filmmakers utilize special effects in order to reconstruct ... [ History movie ]
American Experience: Grand Central
Explore the tragedy that inspired Grand Central Terminal and follow the dramatic construction of this ... [ History movie ]
Yankee Stadium: Baseball's Cathedral
This documentary looks at the rich baseball history of New York's historic Yankee Stadium. Opening in 1923, the structure played home to baseball's dominate franchise through the 2008 season. This release showcases ... [ History movie ]
American Experience: Kit Carson
Whether you view him as one of the great American heroes or a deplorable crusader who savaged ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 2007
Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII
Join narrator Hal Holbrook as he examines the crucial role that gliders played in World War II offensives in this documentary that follows the history of the glider from the race to master the sky to the beaches of Normandy and ... [ History movie ]The Rape of Europa
Adolph Hitler spent years struggling to establish himself as an artist before his political ambitions rose to the surface and he brought the Nazi Party to power in Germany, and documentary filmmakers Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham ... [ History movie ]
National Geographic: Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty
For millennia, the strange and inexplicable disappearance of ... [ History movie ]
NOVA: Missing in Mig Alley
Hop in the cockpit and strap yourself in for one of the wildest rides ever in this documentary that allows the viewer to experience exactly what it was like to do battle in some of the fiercest dogfights in the history of aviation. The year ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 2006
World War 1: American Legacy
The forgotten stories and selfless sacrifices made by the American men and women who valiantly served in the Great War come together to offer a ... [ History movie ]
The Exodus Decoded
Producer James Cameron teams with director Simcha Jacobovici ... [ History movie ]
Prince Among Slaves
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East L.A. Marine: The Untold True Story of Guy Gabaldon
Prior to his death at age 80 on August 31, 2006, USAF veteran Guy Gabaldon of East Los Angeles led ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 2005
The Cultural Philosophy Of Paul Robeson
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Expo: Magic of the White City
Expo: Magic of the White City documents the historically significant Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Considered by many to be the ... [ History movie ]
NOVA: A Daring Flight
This documentary chronicles Louis Blériot's 1909 flight across ... [ History movie ]
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Renowned director Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan chronicles the career of the singer and songwriter during the ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 2004
Gettysburg and Stories of Valor [Public Television Edition]
This is a condensed version of the two-part Civil War ... [ History movie ]
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Directed by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train offers a ... [ History movie ]
Liberty Bound
In a time when the delicate balance between democracy, capitalism, and fascism is constantly shifting, filmmaker ... [ History movie ]
The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman
For the second half of the 20th century, Lew Wasserman was the most powerful man in show business, even if most people had no idea who he was. Born in Cleveland, OH, in 1913, Wasserman started ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 2003
Johnstown Flood
Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss and directed by Mark Bussler, Johnstown Flood, tells the story of the massive flood that destroyed the town of Johnstown, PA, on May 31, 1889. Using ... [ History movie ]
Fate Did Not Let Me Go
A long-lost letter transcends time and death in this moving tale of a mother's love and the strength of the human spirit. Days before her death in the Thereseinstadt concentration camp in World War II, Valli ... [ History movie ]
New York, Episode 8: 1945-2003 - The Center of the World
The three-hour documentary Center of the World is part of producer/director Ric Burns' massive 14 1/2-hour filmed history of New York City. More specifically, this film is an ... [ History movie ]
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
This Ken Burns documentary is a vivid celebration of pioneering "automobilist" Dr. Horatio ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 2002
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Robert Evans' rise from second-string actor (who really was discovered while lounging by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel) to head of one of Hollywood's biggest movie studios is told ... [ History movie ]
National Geographic: Lewis & Clark - Great Journey West
In 1804, two American military officers, Merriweather Lewis and William Clark, were given an assignment by President ... [ History movie ]
My Sister Maria
Eighteen years after his acclaimed 1984 documentary on Marlene Dietrich, actor/director Maximilian Schell has created another moving portrait of a ... [ History movie ]
American Experience: Ansel Adams - A Documentary Film
Ansel Adams chronicles the life and art of one of America's best-loved photographers. Raised by a doting father who encouraged Adams' eccentricities, the young boy focused his intense energy on becoming a concert ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 2001
The Directors: Barbra Streisand
Directors: Barbra Streisand profiles the actress, producer, film director, and notorious perfectionist. Streisand, who directed Yentl, The Prince of Tides, and The ... [ History movie ]
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail aboard Shackleton's ship the Endurance to Antarctica, ... [ History movie ]
Fidel
Fidel Castro is one of the world's best known and most recognizable ... [ History movie ]Churchill
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The American Nightmare
In the late '60s, the tone of American horror films began to shift in the wake of the startling success of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead -- horror ... [ History movie ]
Paragraph 175
Academy-award winning documentary filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman direct this harrowing, lyrical look at the persecution of ... [ History movie ]
Ancient Mysteries: The Hidden City of Petra
The city of Petra is the subject of this installment of a series exploring ... [ History movie ]
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
On November 9, 1938, Adolph Hitler's ugly war against the Jews began in earnest with the "Kristallnacht," in which Nazi troops joined with angry mobs to attack synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses, and ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1999
The Source
Director Chuck Workman, who documented the life of pop culture icon Andy Warhol in his 1990 film Superstar, here explores the lives, works and influence of four leading ... [ History movie ]
My Best Fiend
To say the working relationship between director Werner ... [ History movie ]
Underground Railroad
Perhaps the most dramatic protest movement against slavery, The Underground Railroad was a massive organized ... [ History movie ]
Ancient Mysteries: Camelot
This documentary examines the legends and facts surrounding the mystery of the mythic place called Camelot and its wise leader, King Arthur. Whether fact or fiction, ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1998
Hispanic Hollywood
This video documentary looks at the history of Hispanic or Latino stars and pictures in Hollywood, focusing on the last half of the 20th century. Stars such as Jimmy Smits, Antonio ... [ History movie ]
Louise Brooks: Looking For Lulu
While Louise Brooks had a relatively brief career as a Hollywood ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1997
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
Rarely has any actor, and especially one with a filmography as rich as that of Marcello Mastroianni (1923-1996), been ... [ History movie ]
The Directors: Ron Howard
From Opie to the director of Apollo 13 and Ransom, Ron Howard grew up in Hollywood and this video details it all. Darryl Hannah, Tom Hanks, and Kevin Bacon are ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1996
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
Sergei Eisenstein was the most widely acclaimed and influential filmmaker the Russian cinema has ever produced, and his best known films (The Battleship Potemkin and Oktyabr) are still regarded as ... [ History movie ]
When We Were Kings
In 1974, boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman came to the still-emerging and ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1995
The Celluloid Closet
Based on Vito Russo's groundbreaking 1981 work of film history, The Celluloid Closet gathers clips from dozens of ... [ History movie ]
Anne Frank Remembered
This ground-breaking British documentary offers the most complete biographical account ever compiled of the young Jewish girl whose simple diary entries and observations brought the grim realities of the Holocaust to millions of ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1994
The Hollywood Collection: Audrey Hepburn Remembered
The 28-volume Hollywood Collection offers a comprehensive library chronicling the lives of Tinsel Town's famed studio performers. This video chronicles the life of Hollywood's last screen ... [ History movie ]
Liberation
This documentary effectively focuses on the Allied war effort and in particular how it related to ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1993
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
In the 1930s, Leni Riefenstahl was arguably the most important and accomplished female filmmaker of her generation; however, since her primary sponsor was ... [ History movie ]
UFO Secret: The Roswell Crash
UFO Secret: The Roswell Crash contains information presented by two men who have made it one of the goals of their lives to document the supposed crash of an alien aircraft in the city of ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1992
Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story
Produced and narrated by Robert Redford, the documentary Incident at Oglala is an examination ... [ History movie ]
The American Gangster
This documentary look at the origins of American crime ... [ History movie ]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 ... [ History movie ]
Air War in Vietnam
Per its title, the home video release Air War in Vietnam provides a documentary-style ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1990
Berkeley in the Sixties
Berkeley in the Sixties takes a fond, if not always loving, look back at the epicenter of leftist political activism during the seventh ... [ History movie ]
ABC News: The Fall of Communism
The rapid collapse of communism in Eastern and Central Europe in the late '80s shocked the entire world. Its demise is documented by ABC News: The Fall of Communism, hosted by ABC's Pierre Salinger. News ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1989
The Beatles: Alone & Together
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J'ai Été au Bal
This lively documentary takes the viewer deep into the Cajun and ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1988
Imagine: John Lennon - The Definitive Film Portrait
The personal film archives of Yoko Ono were utilized for this feature-length ... [ History movie ]
The Hollywood Collection: Gregory Peck - His Own Man
Gregory Peck narrates his film biography complete with movie clips and interviews with friends. ~ All Movie ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam was first telecast April 3, 1988, over the HBO cable service. Based on the book of the same name, the ... [ History movie ]
Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime
This documentary concerns Harry M. Hoxsey, the former coal miner whose family's ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1986
Going Hollywood: The War Years
Hollywood's dramatic contribution to the war effort including clips from Bataan, Pride of the Marines, and Cover Girls, as well as newsreel footage and interviews with the day's biggest stars. ~ All Movie Guide [ History movie ]
Guitarra! A Musical Journey Through Spain
Classical guitarist Julian Bream reviews 500 years of musical history involving the Spanish guitar and its distinctive music. In this television ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1985
What Happened to Kerouac?
This biographical documentary tackles the legend of Jack ... [ History movie ]
Battle for Dien Bien Phu
This war documentary chronicles the Vietminh's 1954 siege at Dien Bien Phuh from beginning to end. ~ All Movie Guide [ History movie ]History Movies of 1984
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
The man who assembled the remarkable documentary ... [ History movie ]
Frida
Frida Kahlo was more than a mere Mexican artist. Crippled, Kahlo used her art to speak ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1983
The Times of Harvey Milk
A documentary portrait of San Francisco's first openly gay politician, city supervisor Harvey Milk, The Times of Harvey ... [ History movie ]
The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
In an era when opinion polls seem to determine the opinions of ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1982
The Atomic Cafe
The Atomic Cafe is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes sobering collection of film clips taken from American ... [ History movie ]
National Geographic: Egypt - Quest for Eternity
This National Geographic documentary explores ancient Egypt through the relics it left behind. The camera follows several Egyptologists as they walk through the temples as Luxor and Karnak, ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1981
Bix
"Bix" Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was one of the best (and ... [ History movie ]
Hitler's Mistress Eva Braun
The film shot by Eva Braun, Hitler's mistress and wife for a few hours, is presented in this informative video. Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Speer, Bormann and Von Ribbentrop were captured on her film as they visited Hitler's mountain ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1980
The Day After Trinity: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
"I have become death," declared nuclear scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer upon first witnessing the terrible power of the atomic bomb. The Oscar-nominated documentary The Day After Trinity uses newsreel ... [ History movie ]
Russian Opera at the Bolshoi: The Vintage Years
This documentary is an immensely entertaining and educational look at the history of Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Opera. It includes rare photographs, film footage, and archival ... [ History movie ]History Movies of 1979
The War at Home
An acclaimed documentary, The War at Home reveals what happened in Madison, Wisconsin during most of the 1960s and the ... [ History movie ]
