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Apr 25, 2024 · Vote up the greatest Civil War documentaries of all time. The American Civil War was one of the most contentious times in US history. From 1861-1865, 620,000 soldiers died - nearly the equivalent for how many American soldiers were lost in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War ...
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- 'Hearts and Minds' (1974) Director: Peter Davis. A documentary about the Vietnam War that’s as powerful as Best Picture-winning war films about the conflict like Platoon and The Deer Hunter, Hearts and Minds was also an Oscar winner, for Best Documentary.
- 'They Shall Not Grow Old' (2018) Director: Peter Jackson. Best known for making films about an epic fantastical war with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson was also the director behind a documentary about a real-life conflict: World War I. That documentary was They Shall Not Grow Old, which can also be compared to Jackson’s prior work in the sense that it was made using remarkable technology, here being used to colorize and make old, grainy WWI footage look more life-like and visceral.
- 'The Memory of Justice' (1976) Director: Marcel Ophüls. Marcel Ophüls is best known for his historical/war documentaries that are in-depth and exhaustive, but his work is undeniably fascinating.
- 'Restrepo' (2010) Directors: Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington. Restrepo offers the sort of visceral and tense experience most acclaimed war movies also provide, yet here, it’s done with footage of real soldiers having their participation in a war zone documented.
From San Juan Hill to the beaches of Normandy, from the jungles of Vietnam to the Persian Gulf, the three-hour documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Ives tells the dramatic and often...
3 days ago · The 2024 total eclipse seen across North America. April 8, 2024. "GMA" gets a first look at the documentary, which sheds new light on the complex history of how America entered World War I.
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The War That Made America, a PBS documentary, tells the story of the French and Indian War and how it impacted the American Revolution.
Drawing on unpublished diaries, memoirs and letters, The Great War tells the rich and complex story of World War I through the voices of nurses, journalists, aviators and the American troops...
Nov 3, 2023 · Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi discusses her new documentary, which seeks to discover what inspired the people behind the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
