Nøgleord Historical Documentary

Et århundrede efter Shackletons Endurance sank under isen, finder eventyrere frem til det legendariske skibsvrag og en fantastisk fortælling om overlevelse.

Interviews med overlevende jøder, SS-folk og beboere fra områderne omkring koncentrationslejrene, som beretter om dødstransporter, gaskamre og andre dele af nazirigets tilintetgørelsesapparatur.

Hitler ønskede at blive husket af eftertiden. Allerede i begyndelsen af sin karriere omgav han sig med en hær af kameramænd, der filmede taler, møder og vigtige begivenheder. Hitler - A Career består udelukkende af materiale fra diktatorens samtid, med billeder der ikke har været vist andre steder. Her beskrives, hvordan Hitler udviklede sig fra ung kunstinteresseret til at blive Europas bøddel, og hvordan klimaet i Tyskland efter 1. Verdenskrig gjorde det muligt for nazisterne at tage magten ved en blanding af terror, manipulation og løfter om en bedre morgendag...

Ved hjælp af originale optagelser og interviews fortæller denne dokumentar den nervepirrende historie om Apollo 13 og kampen for at få astronauterne sikkert hjem.

"Fog of War" er historien om en amerikansk drømmer, der gik fra ydmyge kår til toppen af politisk magt. Robert S. McNamara var både vidne til og medspiller i mange af de vigtigste begivenheder i det 20 århundrede: 1930'ernes depression; industrialiseringen i krigsårene; udviklingen af en ny slags krigsførelse baseret på luftstyrke og skabelsen af det nye amerikanske meritokrati. Han var også en idealist, hvis drømme og idealer blev udfordret af den rolle, han spillede i historien.

I 1979 skrev den amerikanske forfatter James Baldwin (1924-87) et brev til sin forlægger, hvor han beskrev sit næste projekt, Husk dette hus', der skulle fortælle USA's historie gennem tre af hans myrdede venners liv, Medgar Evers, Malmcolm X og Martin Luther King. Bogen blev aldrig skrevet, men den haitianske instruktør Raoul Peck bruger det efterladte manuskript til med Baldwin's egne ord at fortælle en desværre sørgelig aktuel historie om USA's racistiske historie.

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

The Blues (2003) is a seven-part documentary series produced by Martin Scorsese that explores the history and influence of blues music. Each episode, directed by a different filmmaker, traces a unique aspect of the genre’s evolution—from its African roots to its global impact. Originally airing on PBS, the series includes Scorsese’s Feel Like Going Home, Wim Wenders’ The Soul of a Man, Richard Pearce’s The Road to Memphis, Charles Burnett’s Warming by the Devil’s Fire, Marc Levin’s Godfathers and Sons, Mike Figgis’ Red, White and Blues, and Clint Eastwood’s Piano Blues.

Journalist and writer Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age. He attempts to prove that a climatic event 12,000 years ago wiped out an entire civilization far more sophisticated than the simple hunter-gatherers some archaeologists believe lived at that time.

Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.

This biopic profiles history's most spectacular madman, tracing his journey from humble roots to complete mastery of Germany.

The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world—and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.

History as we generally know it is full of holes or half-truths, and a mother lode of juicy details have been lost, distorted, covered up or simply ignored along the way. Former Naval officer and actor Jamie Kaler is on a mission to set the record straight on the most familiar and beloved stories from our nation's and military's past, filling in the blanks, debunking the occasional myth, and exploring why we sometimes get our own history, well, slightly wrong

From legendary John Ward, immortalized in fiction as Jack Sparrow, and English explorer Francis Drake; branded Pirates by their enemies but heroes by their comrades, to the notorious Pirates of the Caribbean shrouded in myth.

This docuseries uses scientific breakthroughs and archaeological research to bring new perspectives to some of the most remarkable, but mysterious, religious locations. Each episode focuses on a site, exploring fundamental questions about the landmarks and the people who constructed them. Exploring the sites allows the show to provide insight into the ancient civilizations and how their practices and struggles are reflected in the shrines and temples they constructed.

Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hold popular beliefs that we take for Evangelical truths. Thus, we believe that Hiroshima caused Japan to surrender, that the Marshall Plan saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that Mao Zedong was a necessary evil for China’s modernization. Of course, these judgements contain some truth; but, too broad-stroked to be accurate, they contradict the historical reality by denying its complexity. What if the truth was slightly different? Through an exploration of great national or international myths, this full archive documentary collection revisits the key moments of the 20th century with a new perspective in order to provide a new, smarter and more subtle interpretation, bringing elements to light that have been forgotten or sometimes overshadowed.

Love, conflict, family - nobody's done it better. Acting legends reflect on the greatest writer who ever lived – and the dangerous, exciting world that ignited his creativity.

Explore the art of music recording with a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of brand new sounds. Featuring more than 160 original interviews with some of the most celebrated recording artists of all time, Soundbreaking explores the nexus of cutting-edge technology and human artistry that has created the soundtrack of our lives.

The history of warfare from antiquity to the Falklands War; each episode looks at warfare from the perspective of different participants: infantryman, artillerist, cavalryman, tanker, airman, guerrilla, surgeon, logistician and commander.

Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of titan rises…Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J.P. Morgan Jr., Henry Ford, and William Boeing. Their fight to reach the top will transform America as they compete to dominate new industries—from the highways to the skyways. After years of fighting each other, and FDR, these rivals must unite during World War II to defeat a greater enemy and save the world.

According to recent science the Neanderthals are not the knuckle-dragging apemen of popular imagination. In fact they are our distant ancestors. About 2% of the DNA of most people is of Neanderthal origin—and it continues to affect us today. Ella Al-Shamahi enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the master of performance capture, and a group of experts to investigate Neanderthals.

The definitive story of the deadly 2004 tsunami as it travels from country to country, with unseen archive video and untold stories of survival.

A documentary series about heroines of the II World War. Stories told from the perspective of the characters are full of emotions and tension, they show courage, sacrifice, willpower but also recklessness or pragmatism. Characters of the series are not flawless monuments but regular women with their own problems, who happened to play an important role in the history. The visual style of the project is animadoc. It comprises archival materials, interviews with experts, and sequences of fictionalised scenes: shots stylised as comic frames, where an actor is connected with scenography hand-drawn by comics illustrators.

In the turbulent formative centuries of early Europe, power-hungry family dynasties fought for domination of the continent.

Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its '99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?