Your Guide To The Best History Documentaries Starting With The Highest Reviews

Steep

Starring: Anselme Baud
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Created By: Mark Obenhaus
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 2008-03-18
Running Time: 92 minutes

Thrilling and spectacular, Steep is a mesmerizing documentary in the Warren Miller mold about extreme skiing, but with more emphasis on the drive and psychology of the adrenaline-hooked athletes involved. A number of skiers are captured in archival and original footage braving the odds against surviving runs down astonishingly steep, dangerous slopes. Among the subjects is Bill Briggs, who ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Shine a Light

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2008-07-29
Running Time: 122 minutes

Martin Scorsese leaps into the madness of the Rolling Stones’ organization in Shine a Light, barely controlling (in a most entertaining way) a documentary that culminates in the Stones’ best concert on film. The movie’s highly entertaining, pre-performance prologue finds a frazzled Scorsese trying to get a clue about the band’s plans for a very special New York City date in 2006, a ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Shine a Light [Blu-ray]

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2008-07-29
Running Time: 122 minutes

Martin Scorsese leaps into the madness of the Rolling Stones’ organization in Shine a Light, barely controlling (in a most entertaining way) a documentary that culminates in the Stones’ best concert on film. The movie’s highly entertaining, pre-performance prologue finds a frazzled Scorsese trying to get a clue about the band’s plans for a very special New York City date in 2006, a ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns

Starring: Bud Abbott
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs Paramount
Release Date: 2004-09-28
Running Time: 1140 minutes

Ken Burns tops himself with this epic of American history, told in "nine innings," with a skilled narration by John Chancellor and the voices of Paul Newman, Jason Robards, Billy Crystal, and other stars. The series spans 150 years, starting with the myth-debunking tale of baseball's true beginnings -- when it was a game "one degree above mayhem." Then follow the growth of America's National P... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Trinity Home Ent
Release Date: 2007-09-11
Running Time: 77 minutes

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Battle 360 - Season 1 (History Channel) (Steelbook)

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Release Date: 2008-08-26
Running Time: 470 minutes

It would be an understatement say that Battle 360: Season 1 has substantial appeal for World War II and naval history "enthusiasts." Considering the depth and thoroughness of the program and the sheer volume of data and information on hand--and with ten episodes, each more than 50 minutes long, there's very little that’s not covered--it’s likely that experts, fanatics, and obsess... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Dogfights -The Complete Season 2 (History Channel)

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Release Date: 2008-06-24
Running Time: 799 minutes

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Haunted History - Haunted Histories Collection (Hauntings / Vampire Secrets / Salem Witch Trails / The Haunted History of Halloween / Poltergeist) (History Channel)

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Release Date: 2007-09-25
Running Time: 300 minutes

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Cities of the Underworld - The Complete Season 1 (History Channel)

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Release Date: 2007-10-30
Running Time: 611 minutes

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How the Earth Was Made (History Channel)

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Running Time: 94 minutes

There's a lot of information in How the Earth Was Made, but perhaps the most interesting relates to time. Quite often, the numbers are so staggering that scientists refer to it as "deep time," an appropriate term when one grapples with the notion that our planet is 4.5 billion years old, or that the oceans were formed by rainfall that lasted literally millions of years, or that 700 million ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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