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Historical Films
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Films that put the focus on the history of a topic or an era.
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Guns, Germs and Steel: National Geographic
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book and national best seller, Guns, Germs, and Steel is an epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to...
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Heart of Darkness: The Vietman War Chronicles
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Experience the real story of the Vietnam War as told by those who understood it best – the men who fought it. The longest military conflict in U.S. history, the Vietnam War claimed the lives of more than 58,000 Americans in addition to nearly 6 million...
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Heros of Iwo Jima
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The flag-raising atop Mt. Suribachi during the epic World War II battle of Iwo Jima is the focus of this stirring documentary narrated by actor and ex-Marine Gene Hackman. James Bradley, son of one of the flag-raisers and author of the best selling Flags...
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In The Shadow of The Blade
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A restored war-battered UH-1 Huey helicopter flies across America to capture the untold stories of America's longest war. Winner WorldFest Best of Show, Gold Documentary, Vietnam Veterans of America President's Award. Acquired by The Military Channel...
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Internationale, The
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THE INTERNATIONALE chronicles the fascinating history of the legendary song written in 1871, after the brutal suppression of the government spontaneously formed by the people of Paris, known as the Paris Commune. This rallying cry for all the oppressed...
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Into The Arms Of Strangers
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Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport. 2000 Academy Award (Oscar) Winner. In 1938 and 1939, about 10,000 children, most of them Jews, were sent by their parents from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to the safety of England...
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Last Days
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1998 Academy Award (Oscar) Winner. Five Jewish Hungarians, now U.S. citizens, tell their stories: before March, 1944, when Nazis began to exterminate Hungarian Jews, months in concentration camps, and visiting childhood homes more than 50 years later. An...
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Long Way Home, The
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After WWII, Jewish Holocaust survivors are moved into Displaced Persons' camps. After delays, more physical hardship, and years of uncertainty, they are permitted to begin new lives in Israel and the U.S.
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Murder on a Sunday Morning
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2001 Academy Award (Oscar) Winner. French documentary about the trial of a black American teenager accused of robbing and murdering an elderly white tourist at a Florida hotel. The film follows the teen's defense team as they build a case that shows...
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New York Underground: American Experience
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Ric Burns (brother of the famed documentarian Ken Burns) presents an exhaustive history of New York City from the settling of the area by the Dutch to the attack by terrorists nearly 400 years later. Told in a sentimental tone, Burns weaves a lyrical...
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