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315 History Films
True Stories of the Past & Present:
Our rapidly growing collection of history documentaries includes: Explorer Bob Ballard's successful quest to be the first to locate the legendary Titanic in 1985, in Secrets of the Titanic; and, Return to Tarawa, the story of WWII veteran Leon Cooper's trip to "Red Beach", hallowed ground, now desecrated by trash.
Related Topics: War, True Crime, Cold Case, September 11, Iraq, India, Hurricane Katrina, Black History
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Cries from Nagasaki
Experimental video inspired by children's accounts from Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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Way of the Warrior
This documentary examines the visceral nature of war and the bravery of Native-American veterans who served in World War I, World War II,
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The Oneida Speak
The instructional television program, THE ONEIDA SPEAK, is based in part on oral interviews of Oneida Indian elders in Wisconsin conducted between 1939-1941
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Blackfeet Encounter
In the summer of 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition headed home from the Pacific Ocean
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Looking Toward Home
Looking Toward Home is a one-hour documentary which explains government relocation programs in the 1950's
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The Great American Footrace
THE GREAT AMERICAN FOOTRACE documents an extraordinary 3,422-mile cross-country trek in 1928, won by 19-year-old Cherokee Indian Andy Payne
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The Liberators of Bulgaria
An American journalist and the Russian emperor change the map of 19th century Europe
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Making War Horse
MAKING WAR HORSE is the story of how Michael Morpurgo's children's novel became one of the most popular and acclaimed productions in the National Theatre's history
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Short Long Journey
About people, not only about Jews; about the evil in us, not only about the Holocaust; about the present, not only about the past
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Intolerance
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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The Trojan Women
Euripedes adaption stars Katharine Helpburn, Vannessa Redgrave, and Genevieve Bujold
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Double Take
This documentary-fiction hybrid paints a vivid portrait of American media run amok during the Cold War
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Abraham Lincoln
Returning to the historic era of his greatest success, Griffith paid homage to the sixteenth President in this moving drama starring Walter Huston
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Seeds of Destiny
Postwar propaganda film in support of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
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To Bear Witness - A Living ...
Fourteen people who live in a community on the Virginia Peninsula witnessed first hand the greatest atrocity in world history
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There is a Fault in Reality
A moving, inspiring and often shocking story that gives an insider's view of schizophrenia
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The Abortion Pill
THE ABORTION PILL examines the pros and cons of a drug that can end a pregnancy without surgery
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Olmsted and America's Urban...
A look into the formation of America's first great city parks in the late 19th century through the eyes of Frederick Law Olmsted
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Invisible Citizens: Japanes...
The first in-depth look at a group of Japanese-Americans whose pride forced them to conceal their suffering following internment
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No Place to Hide - Inside I...
Uncensored, controversial reportage of Iraq during the Gulf War
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Tin Soldiers
Through UN-soldier Gunnar Brandsdal's video diary, we follow the Force Mobile Reserve camp in Southern Lebanon in 1996
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Secret People
A shocking history of leprosy, told by the victims who live in the last remaining leprosy sanatorium in Carville, Louisiana
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Discoveries of a Marionette
A warm and humorous film growing from the entertaining and errant life of Alf Merner
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Wall (Mur)
Meditation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict wherein the filmmaker blurs lines of hatred by asserting her identity as Arab-Jew
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Injury Slight
This film re-enacts the true account of an ace fighter pilot, shot down in the jungles of New Guinea during World War II
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CSNY / Déjà Vu
Since their debut in the late 'sixties Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young have functioned as the "town criers" of their generation
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Raindrops Over Rwanda
Follow Honore Gatera along his journey to build peace in Rwanda
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Churchill's Island
A classic propaganda film about Churchill's plans to defend the UK "from land, sea and air" during WWII
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What If?
A film about the fate of a German fencer, Helene Mayer, a 17 year-old Jewish girl who won a gold medal in the 1928 Olympics
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Hijacking the Holy Land - P...
Through lies and hatred, Palestinian propaganda seeks to rob the Jewish people of their rich history in the holy land of Israel
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Inuit Odyssey
An arctic anthropologist takes a journey across the North and a millennium back in time, tracing the origins of the modern Inuit
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Roswell: The UFO Uncover-Up
A celebration of the well-documented UFO crash and government cover-up of our planet's famous encounter with aliens
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The Secret KGB Psychic Files
Footage of the KGB ghost hunters, KGB's bizarre psychic experiments, and the complete story surrounding the Roswell UFO crash
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Monsters of the UFO: Incide...
The only documentary focused the bizarre UFO/alien encounter at Kelly, Kentucky in 1955
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The Nature of Things: Man a...
The fascinating story of the ongoing evolution of the dog
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Gerrymandering
For the first time, Gerrymandering exposes the most effective form of manipulating elections short of outright fraud
