Movies: History

"Come In" explores how Morse history is entangled with the history of the Spiritualist church. The Spiritualist Church was founded by the Fox sisters in 1850. They claimed that they were mediums who could communicate with the dead and they justified ...

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Documentary telling the surprising and positive story of how, throughout much of history, the races of the world's empires mixed together unquestioningly....

The video is made up of, on the sound side, a composition consisting of 58 words, in Japanese, accompanied by piano, and, on the image side, a series of images captioned, in Japanese and English, in correspondence with the recitation on the sound sid...

Animated in an authentic graphic style with period music, the film tells the story of the first hunt of Genghis Khan as a small boy named Temujin. Directed by Miagmar Sodnompilin (Mongolia). Produced for Italtoons by David Ehrlich (USA)....

A historical documentary about the Island of Jersey narrated by the people that live there. Directed by Richard Oliver....

Follow from the amazing restoration process of one of the most cherished and mysterious pieces of History: an Egyptian sarcophagus covered with hieroglyphics (painted wood). With exclusive interviews of experts, art curators and restorators, discover...

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A war. Two friends. Chaos will reign....

This experimental film explores the relationship between what we perceive as natural and what we perceive as unnatural and how this relationship changes over time due to natural and unnatural decay....

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Uses historic English locales, maps, paintings and animated scenes to reconstruct the life and career of Sir Francis Drake. Stresses his achievements as the first Englishman to sail around the world and as the leader of the fleet which defeated the S...

A look at the history of Blair County, Pennsylvania, celebrating centuries of stories, valor and courageous actions of the area’s peoples....

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No event in the ancient world compared to the Olympic Games. With Greek culture and influence at their height, the Games drew an audience of tens of thousands. At the heart of this documentary is an ambitious reconstruction of major events, from char...

For nine months in 1930, seven Bretons, lobster fishermen, were "forgotten" on a volcanic island by their employers, Normans from Le Havre, heirs of the last French whalers. Four employees would die on the spot. Their descendants today revive the mem...

The film maps the life and work of the historian Ján Mlynárik (1933 - 2012), which took place very close to the controversial events in the historical development of the former Czechoslovakia....

Explore the history, mission and daily operations of Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place for more than 400,000 Americans. This revered place honors the dead and brings great meaning to the living,...

A young soldier is caught between life and death after a tragic accident during war. As he drifts through memories of his life with his wife, Vicki-from prom to their wedding-he finds himself reflecting on love and the choices that define us....

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