History Movies

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies,...

Short-film based in facts. How cinema became this big cultural phenomenon.

For over 150 years, Fort Niagara protected the strategic point at the mouth of the Niagara River. Four nations struggled to conquer it, and thus...

After hearing about a pagoda's mysterious disappearance, a group of filmmakers embarks on their journey to find an explanation.

The director's grandfather is a blind fortune teller and his father a real-estate owner. They have grievances against each other for dismantling the...

National Center for Lesbian Rights, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award), for its...

The Pittsburgh History Series is an ongoing series of hour-long documentaries that highlight various parts of our city's history. Since 1988, these...

Part of BBC Arena's Animal Night, this film chronicles a strange era in history when animals were put on trial in human courts.

Elizabeth concerns the life and work of calligrapher, typographer, and graphic designer Elizabeth Friedlander. The film takes an essay form,...

Packed with drama, high emotions and cliff-hanger moments, Australia Says Yes is the intimate and personal history of struggle and perseverance that...

What happens when man's reason is used as a weapon to slice through the accumulated detritus of ignorant and benighted ages and into the glorious new...

When hundreds of letters from members serving in the First World War are discovered in the roof of The Mildmay working men's club in London, two...

To help prevent the unthinkable from ever coming true, it is important to know what could really happen....the most awesome and deadly display of...

Hollywood's fascination with werewolves has fueled a galaxy of scary movies, but the centuries-old legend that inspired them may be the most horrific...

This is a Labour Party film from 1938, featuring footage from around New Zealand pre 1938. This film predates the National Film Unit and is part of...