Historical Documentary Movies

They come from all walks of life and have lived for almost a century. They have lived through the upheavals of history. They are funny, moving and...

A cinematic journey to discover, through previously unpublished documents and manuscripts, the world of writer and ethnographer Grazia Deledda, the...

The Three Musketeers is a legendary work, whose heroes have rocked multiple generations. These fictional musketeers have eclipsed the real...

She's been around for so many decades but hasn't aged a day. She's had more than 180 different jobs; she's been president, she's been to the moon,...

Secluded from view by nine-meter-high walls and composed of 980 buildings, the Forbidden City in Beijing is the largest imperial palace ever built in...

In May 1980, more than 800 people lived for 33 days near Gorleben in the protest camp ‚Free Republic of Wendland‘ and thus prevented for...

Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.

A documentary chronicling the history and final days of the Crayola House, a legendary DIY punk venue in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Through archival...

From time immemorial, the Bretons have fought many battles to safeguard their culture, rich in language, music and dance. However, Brittany was for a...

Churchill, a name typically associated with braveness and altruism. Recently found evidence from Soviet and British sources however brings up...

As early as 1920, the journalists of the "Münchener Post" recognized the danger posed by Adolf Hitler. Consistently and boldly they wrote about...

A fascinating archaeological and scientific investigation on the world's best-selling book. When was the Bible written ? Who wrote it? Under what...

Ever since I was a kid I have been interested in the paranormal and now as an adult I can finally discover the truth for myself. I visited the West...

Since the invention of the automobile, women have distinguished themselves by their daring: the history of women in motor sport.

The saga of fitness, which exploded in the 1980s and contributed, in its own way, to liberating women's bodies.