Historical Documentary Movies

Using vintage footage, this witty documentary explores the history and sociology of camping, from its origins in English high society at the end of...

Forty years after the abolition of the death penalty in France, voted on September 18, 1981, the guillotine remains in the collective imagination as...

At the dawn of the Christian era, Petra, capital of the rich kingdom of the Nabataeans, bordering the deserts of Arabia, Syria and the Negev, was...

During the Nuremberg Trials, the victors of the Second World War judge those responsible for the Third Reich.

A short, three minute documentary exploring audio recordings from the year 1894 to 1922, layered over home-footage from the year 1920 to 1985, as an...

After decades of inaccessibility due to unrest and wars, teams of archaeologists from around the globe return to the greatest sites in Mesopotamia in...

From one of the most violent communities in the country comes a documentary directed by parents of murdered children, reformed gang members, kids...