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HistoryIndian Historical Documentary : The Reality of Mahatma Gandhi Scam(1923)

0 points 2 comments submitted 2 days ago by motopooja to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knNi2G8QLCQ

HistoryStrange Discoveries Behind Masterpiece That Made Us Rethink Full History Documentary (2015)

27 points 5 comments submitted 2 days ago by JustinJChild to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ItvF_1t-oY

HistoryChina History Documentary (2015) - Documentary about history of one of the most powerful nations on the earth

123 points 9 comments submitted 5 days ago by iamsaif295 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BzGmTZnAWo

Ancient HistoryAncient History : The Truth Behind Sky Tombs Revealed Full History Documentary Movies (2017)

19 points 3 comments submitted 6 days ago by markroxs to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvDcLkSUHAA

HistoryBBC's Heroes and Villains : The Shogun (2008) - Documentary detailing the events that led to the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

85 points 2 comments submitted 6 days ago by umadbro996 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-KaHiM9vGw

HistoryJourney to Oblivion: The Empress of Ireland Story (2013) - National Film Board of Canada documentary about the sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland in 1914

3 points 0 comments submitted 8 days ago by darkchiefy to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzZnFPGYng0

HistoryCulloden (1964) "Portrays the 1746 Battle of Culloden that resulted in the British Army’s destruction of the Jacobite uprising and, in the words of the narrator, “tore apart forever the clan system of the Scottish Highlands”."

9 points 0 comments submitted 9 days ago by llrajsll to /r/Documentaries

http://vebup.com/culloden

HistoryThe U.S. Army's Top Secret Arctic "City Under the Ice" - Camp Century (1960)

4 points 1 comment submitted 9 days ago by Darrkett to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/kUVnYKIUeQU?t=30

HistoryLet Us Live! (1953) The Story of East German Refugees Who escaped Communism by Making it to West Berlin During the Cold War

6 points 0 comments submitted 11 days ago by Darrkett to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEjKztWL8e4

HistoryWitch Hunt (2004) - "A look into the history of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692"

7 points 0 comments submitted 12 days ago by SoYoureALiar to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf00sZMRXFs

HistoryCayce's Legacy: (1877) - (1945) - New Edgar Cayce Documentary

2 points 3 comments submitted 15 days ago by hgbgvt to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwRRvH_cGo0

HistoryDwarka -- 12,000 Year Old City of Lord Krishna Found (2002)

0 points 0 comments submitted 20 days ago by FrogMantra to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZFS9Hij0M

History/FascismStory of Mussolini, The dictator of Fascist Italy. (2015)

30 points 10 comments submitted 21 days ago by sLack_NZ to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--tIaau9o4

HistoryFlavian Amphitheatre Colosseum/Coliseum Ancient History Documentary (2015)

12 points 2 comments submitted 21 days ago by onlyshawn to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRdjb3zI9k0

HistoryAtomic Bomb Blast Effects Camp Desert Rock (1959) US Military Historical Documentary

10 points 3 comments submitted 21 days ago by onlyshawn to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmfH_2Fuu80

HistoryThe Plague (2006) [360p]

5 points 0 comments submitted 24 days ago by MeowMixSong to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMu15u6GUcc

HistoryEmerging Face of Pakistan Documentary By Cynthia Dawn Ritchie (2016)

0 points 0 comments submitted 25 days ago by EmmaStn to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkNVl6bYThU

HistoryOne Day in september (1999) -- " examines the September 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics"

2 points 1 comment submitted 25 days ago by procrasturbate_daily to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8VHxcb8kFA

History(1944) After WWII FDR planned to implement a second bill of rights that would include the right to employment with a livable wage, adequate housing, healthcare, and education, but he died before the war ended and the bill was never passed. [2:00]

9,632 points 1,940 comments submitted 26 days ago by schwartzchild76 to /r/Documentaries

https://subtletv.com/baabjpI/TIL_after_WWII_FDR_planned_to_implement_a_second_bill_of_rights_that_would_inclu

HistorySecrets of Shaolin (2012) - "Awesome Kung Fu documentary HD"

14 points 0 comments submitted 26 days ago by tauqeers to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C518wITqjBQ

HistoryInside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb (2016) - Documentary which follows the construction of a trailblazing 36,000-tonne steel structure to entomb the ruins of the nuclear power plant destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. [59:00]

12 points 1 comment submitted 28 days ago by MonsignorRatliffe to /r/Documentaries

http://www.movieonz.com/2016/12/inside-chernobyls-mega-tomb-2016-full.html

HistoryThe Mummy Detective: The Three Kings (2004) - "An investigation on the birthdate of Jesus Christ son of Mary" (49min 33sec)

2 points 6 comments submitted 28 days ago by logicblocks to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKebpKjnm0

HistoryAre Ninjas Real? (2002) - "The True History Of Ninjas"

0 points 2 comments submitted 28 days ago by tauqeers to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0or58VDxtA

HistoryMozart's London Odyssey (2016) " Lucy Worsley traces the story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London."

6 points 3 comments submitted 29 days ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX9hWRWaqkE

HistoryPBS: Napoleon (2000) "A Four Part Documentary About The Rise And Downfall Of Napoleon"

42 points 9 comments submitted 1 month ago by herhaa to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/MrbiSUgZEbg

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