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History Documentaries

History Documentaries are the greatest stories ever told. There’s nothing wrong with fiction, but history is filled with the most amazing stories ever told. History documentaries are about anything that happened yesterday: history documentary on culture, on war, on food, on fashion. History documentaries tell us about our ancestors: who they were, how they dressed, how they loved and how they died. History documentaries are very dear to my heart and these are all chosen with love. Enjoy.

• The Most Evil Women In History – Discovery Channel

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  The Most Evil Women In History – Discovery Channel. All the greats are here. Men, in general, have held power in history. With power, comes responsibility – Spider-Man said that. With absolute power comes absolute corruption. But, sometimes women rise to power and wreak havoc. These are their stories.

• For God, Tsar and Fatherland

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  Russian nationalism percolates in a castle outside Moscow, home of an emerging right-wing movement.

  
  

• Birth of Israel

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  Documentary examining the the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949, its continuing impact on Arab/Israeli relations and the implications for the Middle East peace process.
  Sixty years ago Israel established itself in the wake of the British Mandate of Palestine.
  For the Palestinians, expelled from their homes in the process, the Israeli [...]

• Genocide of the Armenians

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  documentary-log.com visitor Jay suggested these documentaries.
  “who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians” – Adolf Hitler 1939
  And with that, Hitler launched into the holocuast and hoped no one would care about the Jews.
  So few people are aware of the Armenian genocide, me included until just a few years ago. Turkey [...]

• A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles

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  A Hard Day’s Night is a scripted documentary. ie: The Beatles are acting. Still, this film offers an incredible look into Beatlemania, the mid 1960’s America, and mob mentality that forms around a musical group every so often. A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles: for the music lovers among us. Enjoy, yah, yah, yah!

• The Adventure of English: Birth of a Language

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  The Adventure of English: Birth of a Language traces the origins of the English language, how it has evolved, and where it may be heading. This is a great documentary for linguists, historians, and leprechauns.

• Inside Mecca

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  With unique access to Islam’s holiest city, National Geographic’s Inside Mecca follows three Muslims from very different backgrounds as they embark on an epic five-day reaffirmation of faith and quest for salvation Inside Mecca captures the look and feel, spiritual uplift, claustrophobia, grandeur and grit of the largest annual gathering [...]

• Walking With Dinosaurs

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  Those of you with great memories and a thirst for documentaries may remember when I posted Walking With Beasts. Here is where it all began: Walking with DINOSAURS. BBC brings us a rocking good documentary and they seemed to have a strong budget for this one, too.  Enjoy

• When We Were Pirates

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  After the months following 9/11 two Americans and two Norwegians travel to Bangladesh to begin an incredible journey. Born from the mind of a young adventurer, Daniel Casanova, these twenty-two year olds set out to build a traditional sailboat to sail 7,000 miles to Australia. The shoestring would-be adventurers settle down in Cox’s Bazar, a [...]

• Here’s Hockey!

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  To celebrate the Montreal Canadiens’ incredible Stanley Cup run, we bring you the documentary: “Here’s Hockey.” This documentary is from 1953 and is about professional hockey, specifically the legendary Montreal Canadiens in their prime. It’s got Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, and many body checks. Worth noting is how the game – the entire [...]