Movies: Historical
- 2024
The Battle of Portland Harbor (2024)
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Battle of Portland Harbor was a Civil War that took place in 1863. This is a independent student-made documentary about it....
- 2024
Hilversum in Black and White (2024)
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Hilversum in Black and White portrays Hilversum in the period 1924-1974. Using amateur footage and excerpts from Polygoon newsreels from that period, the film shows how the town grew from its five hundredth anniversary in 1924 to a city of one hundre...
- 2016
Mr. Movie Poster (2016)
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Paul Crifo designed over 140 movie posters between 1950 and 1980 and is one of the most prolific and talented designers of the genre. Crifo was devoted to the art of design and illustration, but his humble nature diminished the recognition he deserve...
- 1928
Snow in Curitiba (1928)
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In 1928, the city of Curitiba went through a rare snowstorm. To this day, it is the harshest snowstorm to ever take place in the city. Everything was recorded by Alberto Botelho in this short documentary....
- 2006
Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Opdagerne (2006)
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- 2007
The Furthest Mosque (2007)
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Following the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) recommendation to journey to three mosques - (in Makkah, Madinah and Jerusalem), this film sets out in the company of British bass player Danny ‘Hamza’ Thompson to discover the reasons why the last of these thr...
- 2006
Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Hjælperne (2006)
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- 1994
Saffron Threads (1994)
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Two Catalonian women are travelling through Cornwall in 1611, in the company of an Englishman and find themselves forced by bad weather to take shelter in a small farmhouse. The evening promises to be a difficult one due to the lack of any common la...
- 2014
The House That Eye Live In (2014)
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Migrating by sea from Holland as an eight-year-old, Dirk de Bruyn went on to be a doyen of Australian experimental cinema. But as this intimate film reveals, his work is suffused with the trauma of migration, and the struggle to recognise himself as ...
- 2014
PARDONS OF INNOCENCE: THE WILMINGTON TEN (2014)
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This documentary recounts the turbulent history surrounding the troubled desegregation of New Hanover County Public School System in North Carolina during the late 1960s through 1971, and the violence that led up to the false prosecution and convicti...
- 2014
Bon cop de falç. La història de l'himne (2014)
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- 1969
Buenos Aires (1969)
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This is a short documentary about the old City of Buenos Aires and the new one. It’s an observational piece where the old photos of the same places invite us to live in the old Buenos Aires for a few minutes....
- 2025
Attic Archaeology (2025)
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After accidentally blowing a hole in his ceiling, an early 20th-century scientist discovers the ruins of an ancient civilization in his loft....
- 1979
Salt: Essence of Life (1979)
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Explores the historical and contemporary significance of salt, detailing its extraction from the earth and oceans, its role in food preservation, livestock nutrition, and its various industrial uses. The film highlights how salt has shaped human civi...
- 2022
Echoes of the North: Four Chapters in Time (2022)
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A new film made from more than a hundred fragments of archive film, Echoes of the North transports you back to Northern England a century ago, taking its audiences down the highways and byways of northern life in the early 20th century - its industri...
- 2019
Juanas, bravas mujeres (2019)
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The documentary "Juanas, bravas mujeres", by Sandra Godoy, portrays the life of Juana Rouco Buela and her fight for women's rights....
- 1980
Achtung Kinder Pumm (1980)
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- 2019
Factory (Super)Women (2019)
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Factory (Super)Women explores the narratives of factory women who paved the way towards Singapore's economic success. Inspired by his mother and grandmother's experiences as factory workers, producer and researcher Pang Wei Han seeks to record the or...
- 2012
Meninos do Constestado (2012)
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- 2006
Det danske Congo-Æventyr - Erobrerne (2006)
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