History Documentaries

Empires, wars and the people caught up in them.

• Medieval & Vikings
• Kings, Queens & Tudors
• Exploration & Empire
• American History
• Asia, Africa & the Middle East

Topics

• Vikings documentaries
• Knights & Crusades documentaries
• The Black Death documentaries
• Mongols & Steppe Empires documentaries
• Samurai & Feudal Japan documentaries
• Ottomans & the Islamic World documentaries
• The Tudors documentaries
• British Royal History documentaries
• French Kings & Revolution documentaries
• Romanovs & Tsars documentaries
• The Age of Discovery documentaries
• Slavery & Abolition documentaries
• The British Empire documentaries
• The Industrial Revolution documentaries
• The Renaissance documentaries
• The American Revolution documentaries
• The Civil War documentaries
• The Wild West documentaries
• The Presidents documentaries
• Prohibition & the Depression documentaries
• Modern China documentaries
• India & Pakistan documentaries
• African History documentaries
• Middle East History documentaries

• These Divers Search For Slave Shipwrecks and Discover Their Ancestors (18 min, National Geographic)
• Voodoo, Torture, and Pirates: New Orleans History Revealed | Hidden History (24 min, National Geographic)
• The Astonishing Life Of China's Tyrant Empress | Wu Zetian (48 min, Absolute History)
• Death By Wallpaper: The Hidden Killers In The Victorian Home | Hidden Killers (59 min, Absolute History)
• The Body Destroying Effects Of Victorian Beauty | Hidden Killers (30 min, Absolute History)
• Fighting for Freedom: The Little-Known Story of Muslims and the Civil War (26 min, PBS)
• Why Did These Strange 1950s Inventions Kill So Many People?| Hidden Killers (59 min, Absolute History)
• The Eugenics Crusade (114 min, American Experience)
• Rare Colour Footage Of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation (80 min, Our History)
• Black Americans and the Revolutionary War (56 min, PBS)
• How A 600-Year-Old Break In The Royal Lineage Has Made Every Monarch Since Illegitimate (48 min, Absolute History)
• How The Opium Trade Destroyed China’s Greatest Empire | Empires Of Silver (59 min, Absolute History)
• Is This Australian Man The Real King Of England? | Britain's Real Monarch (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Gruesome Life Of A Victorian Match Girl | History Of Britain (43 min, Absolute History)
• Why Bloody Mary Hated Queen Elizabeth I | Two Sisters (43 min, Absolute History)
• The Gilded Age (113 min, American Experience)
• 7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold (136 min, Fall of Civilizations)
• 4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun (82 min, Fall of Civilizations)
• Wu Zetian: China's First & Only Female Emperor | Empress Who Ruled The World (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Tudors' Bizarre 12 Days Of Christmas Ritual | Tudor Monastery Farm (59 min, Absolute History)
• Is Every Civilization Doomed to Fail? - Gregory Aldrete (23 min, After Skool)
• The Renaissance - The Age of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci (1/2) (42 min, DW Documentary)
• How Hawaii Was Stolen by the US | Stolen Paradise (53 min, ENDEVR)
• A Day In The Life Of An Edwardian Family | Turn Back Time: The Family (57 min, Absolute History)
• Going Back In Time To Work In The Tudor Era | Tudor Monastery (59 min, Absolute History)
• The Brief, Violent Life of Billy The Kid (54 min, American Experience)
• Uncovering the Secrets of Washington, D.C. | Hidden History (20 min, National Geographic)
• China's First Emperor's Deadly Quest For Immortality (101 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Untold Story Of The 1381 Peasants Revolt | Peasants Revolt (53 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Why Did Queen Victoria Hate Her Firstborn Son So Much? (44 min, Absolute History)
• Exploring The British Tudor Period | History Of Britain (44 min, Absolute History)
• The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon (168 min, American Experience)
• Mongolia: Rise and fall of an empire (52 min, DW Documentary)
• Mao's Red Terror in China (107 min, Free Documentary - History)
• The Great Depression - America's Biggest Economic Crisis (55 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Inside Obama's Presidency (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Exposing The Myths Of Little Bighorn And General Custer | Battlefield Detectives (47 min, Our History)
• Decadence and Downfall In Iran: The Greatest Party In History (76 min, Real Stories)
• Black Tuesday: The People Who Lived Through The Great Depression | When The World Breaks (82 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Discovery Of The Earliest Human Ancestor | First Human (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Krakatoa: The Volcanic Eruption That Changed The Course Of History | Catastrophe (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Professional Bakers Attempt To Make Bread From 1830 (55 min, Absolute History)
• Why Did Britain Get China Addicted To Opium? | Empires of Silver (59 min, Absolute History)
• How The Tudors Did Their Laundry | Tudor Monastery (59 min, Absolute History)
• Could You Survive As A Tudor Pig Farmer? | Tudor Monastery EP3 (59 min, Absolute History)
• How New Electricals Made The Edwardian Home A Deathtrap | Hidden Killers (59 min, Absolute History)
• The Deadly Secrets Of The Tudor Home | Hidden Killers (59 min, Absolute History)
• FDR’s Path to the White House (1882-1933) (106 min, American Experience)
• The Philippines' Sulu Sultanate That Dominated Maritime Trade For Centuries | The Mark Of Empire (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Who was Genghis Khan? | Secret History of the Mongols (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Ancient Origins of the Chinese People | Story of China w/ Michael Wood (55 min, PBS)
• Life With Mongolian Nomads (51 min, Real Stories)
• 1922 - 1991: The Complete History Of The Soviet Union (133 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Case Of The Baltic Sea Anomaly | The Mystery Beneath (58 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The 3,000 Year-Old Girl Buried In An Oak Coffin | Egtved Girl (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Chairman Mao: The Dictator Who Starved 45 Million Citizens (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Raw Industrial Power Of World War II America (43 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The History Of The Gullah: From Africa To America | Circle Unbroken (54 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Horrific Truth Behind Nazi Doctor's Evil Experiments| Destruction (76 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Have Muslims Been Praying In The Wrong Direction For Over 1000 Years? | Sacred City (85 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)