Historical Documentary Movies

Emmett Till was brutally killed in the summer of 1955. At his funeral, his mother forced the world to reckon with the brutality of American racism. ...

The battles between the ruling empires and houses of nobility that would decide the fate of the Caucuses, the real Middle Earth, and ultimately the...

The director’s mother, Mirka Mora, avoided Auschwitz by one day. On his father’s side many perished in the Holocaust. These facts...

Keith Garner visits historical locations, elegant chapels and bustling city centres as he discovers the impact of the work of cleric and theologist...

At the dawn of the Christian era, Petra, capital of the rich kingdom of the Nabataeans, bordering the deserts of Arabia, Syria and the Negev, was...

Considered the finest example of Byzantine architecture in the world, Hagia Sophia was constructed on a scale unprecedented in human history. Built...

From 1929 to 1939 Edgar Feuchtwanger lived across the street from Adolf Hitler in Munich Germany From his bedroom the young Jewish boy often viewed...

A documentary about the life of former U.S. Secret Service agent, Clint Hill, who served under five United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford...

Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official...

National Geographic - Le Big Bang Des Dinosaure

For the first time, survivors talk about life after the camps. How does one return to a life that was interrupted with such violence? How does one...

Follows British soldier-cameramen Sgt. Mike Lewis and Sgt. Bill Lawrie, who, in April 1945, accompanied British troops to what they were...

A documentary made by History Time on YouTube. Written, researched and produced by Pete Kelly.

This documentary explores the events surrounding the greatest maritime tragedy in the history of the Pacific coast, the sinking of the Princess...

On April 17, 1975, the face of Cambodia would forever be changed. As Khmer Rouge soldiers marched into the capital city of Phnom Penh, the...