History Documentaries
A good history doc is what the documentary addict in you needs. People say that the best judge of future actions is to look toward our past history. From grim to wonderful, we have done some amazing things and history has been made. The category of history docs will have something interesting in there for any and all.
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Appointment in Tokyo
This Documentary shows the history of World War II operations in the Pacific, from the fall of Co...
4.5
Views: 8,237
History
Space Shuttle Disaster
At the end of a nearly flawless 15-day mission in early 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disinteg...
8.5
Views: 7,373
History
Cracking the Mayan Code
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hierogly...
7.3
Views: 8,786
History
Infinite Secrets
In 1991, a small Medieval prayer book was sold at auction. Miraculously, some original writings o...
9.0
Views: 11,401
History
Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Ancient Mystery
Whether serving as Christian church, Islamic mosque, or secular museum, Hagia Sophia and its soar...
9.5
Views: 8,537
History
Colosseum: Roman Death Trap
1500 years ago, how did the Romans engineer bloody spectacles and reenact sea battles? Explore ho...
9.4
Views: 9,194
History
The Forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis in America
By the dawn of the 19th century, the deadliest killer in human history, tuberculosis, had killed ...
7.7
Views: 7,597
History
Italian Renaissance
Presented by Peter Weller. The great roman empire has collapsed, ending its period of domination....
8.5
Views: 10,310
History
Children of the Middle Ages
Medievalist Dr Stephen Baxter takes a fresh look at the Middle Ages through the eyes of children....
8.1
Views: 12,427
History
The Search for the Atocha
Our Lady of Atocha was the most famous of a fleet of Spanish ships that sank in 1622 off the Flor...
10.0
Views: 9,106
History
Civilisations: The Garden of Babel
Mesopotamia was the site of the Sumerian civilisation, which flourished at the confluence of the ...
8.9
Views: 10,418
History
Secret Towers Of The Himalayas
The Himalayan Towers are a series of stone towers located mostly in Tibet. Carbon dating shows th...
7.3
Views: 9,034
History
Engineering An Empire: Russia
At the height of its power the Russian Empire stretched across 15 times zones, incorporated nearl...
8.0
Views: 8,977
History
Ancient Black Ops: The 47 Ronin
A look back to 18th-century Japan when 47 dishonoured samurai - known as ronin - gathered to aven...
8.0
Views: 8,765
History
Hannibal The Annihilator
Hannibal battles his way across the frozen alps. Bloodies the ground with tens of thousands of Ro...
7.7
Views: 8,856
History
Hitler in Colour
Documentary using only original colour footage charts the 12 years from Adolf Hitler's rise to po...
8.1
Views: 10,173
History