Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. His initial two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America's involvement in World War II.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7816 |
| Birthday | 1882-01-30 |
| Place of Birth | Hyde Park, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR, |
2020
Korea, A Hundred Years of War
5.5/2
A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative.
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Korea, A Hundred Years of War
2019
Laboratory Greece
8/3
A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look...
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Laboratory Greece
2012
The Untold History Of The United States
8.158/111
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
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The Untold History Of The United States
2015
Laissez-faire
10/1
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments...
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Laissez-faire
2008
Blood and Oil
6/7
The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood a...
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Blood and Oil
1940
Trifles of Importance
7.5/2
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number 7...
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Trifles of Importance
2021
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
4.9/7
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress follows the new presidential aircraft's creation, diving into how it transformed into a top-secret command cent...
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The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
2021
Parsifal: The Hidden Causes of World War II
8/1
Based on Worldwide Defeat by Salvador Borrego, it exposes the forbidden side of history and reveals Adolf Hitler's hamartia.
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Parsifal: The Hidden Causes of World War II
1950
Life Begins Tomorrow
6.6/5
Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1...
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2018
A Greater Society
0/0
It’s the 2014 midterms and residents of a South Florida retirement community feel the weight of democracy on their shoulders. In one of the most influ...
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A Greater Society
1995
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
7.274/62
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1...
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
2015
The Emperor's New Clothes
6.4/32
An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and provocateur Russell Brand’s emergence as an activist following...
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The Emperor's New Clothes
1942
The Navy Comes Through
6/11
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
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The Navy Comes Through
2019
Curtiz
5.848/23
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate th...
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Curtiz
1991
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
8/1
Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These events are described within the backdrop of the evoluti...
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Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
2021
The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America
7/3
Elected in November 1932, as the economic crisis ravaged the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt immediately put all his campaign promises into a...
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The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America
2023
LOLA
6.468/110
Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous mac...
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LOLA
1991
Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House
0/0
A special that takes a look inside the White House.
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Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House
1939
Til Vesterheimen
9/1
The film depicts Olav Vs and Märtha from Norway's trip to the USA in 1939
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Til Vesterheimen
2023
The Kennedy Dynasty
7.5/2
The story of a powerful political and economic dynasty, fundamental to understanding the turbulent destiny of the United States of America throughout...
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The Kennedy Dynasty
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
9/2
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1986
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
0/0
The story behind the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
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Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
1950
The Golden Twenties
7/1
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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The Golden Twenties
2003
The Fog of War
7.705/298
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from wo...
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The Fog of War
1943
Fala: The President's Dog
7/2
Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.
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Fala: The President's Dog
2003
Stalin: Man of Steel
0/0
Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head o...
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Stalin: Man of Steel
1939
The Roaring Twenties
7.538/266
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartl...
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The Roaring Twenties
1942
The World at War
6.833/3
Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War.
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The World at War
1939
The Fight For Peace
9/1
A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini.
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The Fight For Peace
1942
United We Stand
0/0
Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the narra...
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United We Stand
1945
To the Shores of Iwo Jima
6.8/10
Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in...
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To the Shores of Iwo Jima
2024
The Bloody Hundredth
7.2/46
Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.
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The Bloody Hundredth
2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
7.3/6
Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Musso...
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Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
1996
A Web of War
10/1
The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain, and a Polish underground member are told by the very sa...
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A Web of War
1944
Know Your Ally: Britain
4.6/8
Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Departmen...
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Know Your Ally: Britain
1964
The Guns of August
8/1
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
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The Guns of August
2005
The Great Raid
6.529/377
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 5...
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The Great Raid
2009
Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility
7.3/7
A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated on each other.
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Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility
2012
De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
9/1
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De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
4.9/8
Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2023
The Mistake that Killed Hitler
0/1
In April 1945, as Stalin's Red Army approach from the East and the Western Allied forces quickly approach through France and Belgium, Adolf Hitler awa...
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The Mistake that Killed Hitler
1945
Crimean Conference
10/1
The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalition was held from February 4 to February 11, 1945...
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Crimean Conference
1997
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
10/1
Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries...
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Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
2009
Iran: The Hundred Year War
8/1
What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?
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Iran: The Hundred Year War
1985
Backstage at the White House
0/0
This unique glimpse into the private lives of our Presidents and their families showcases some of the most significant personal moments they have expe...
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Backstage at the White House
1940
The Archives
6/1
A Washington Parade reel....
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The Archives
1996
Inside the White House
7.3/3
Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and unprecedented access to its hallowed halls, this program from National Geographic takes viewers on an in-depth...
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Inside the White House
2008
All the Presidents' Wives
1/2
A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States.
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All the Presidents' Wives
1943
Show-Business at War
7/4
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Show-Business at War
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.333/9
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1939
Scouts to the Rescue
10/1
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, le...
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Scouts to the Rescue
1944
The Valley of the Tennessee
9/1
U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.
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The Valley of the Tennessee
2017
The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill
8.545/11
Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between...
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The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill
1943
Ode to Victory
4.333/3
This short uses a musical suite to show Americans what they are fighting for in World War II. As an orchestra in military dress plays different "chapt...
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Ode to Victory
2019
Storm Front in Mayo
7.5/4
Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Fl...
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Storm Front in Mayo
2014
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
8/10
A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, pol...
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Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
1946
Okay for Sound
7/2
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 Augus...
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Okay for Sound
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
7.5/12
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2018
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
7.357/14
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public re...
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Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2015
Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
8.5/2
On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this sur...
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Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb
1941
Buck Privates
6.73/74
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A...
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Buck Privates
2012
Edward & George: Two Brothers, One Throne
0/0
The complex relationship between royal brothers Edward VIII and George VI, who were both at the heart of the infamous abdication crisis of 1936, is th...
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Edward & George: Two Brothers, One Throne
1950
Wonderful Times
8/1
Compilation film about a very German first half of the 20th century.
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Wonderful Times
2007
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
7.6/32
Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring int...
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White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2012
41
6.2/9
An HBO documentary, takes a ‘personal, not political’ look at George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.
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41
1994
FDR
7.214/7
Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises:...
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FDR
2020
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
7.5/2
The history of the East Lake Meadows public housing project in Atlanta and the people who lived there from 1970 to its demolition in 2000, with specia...
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East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
1945
Tuesday in November
8/1
A propaganda short about the 1944 United States presidential election, produced by the Office of War information, for overseas distribution. It is mea...
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Tuesday in November
2020
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
7.1/8
The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over t...
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Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
1932
1932 Lake Placid Olympics
0/0
IOC has restored 18 minutes from the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. Ten of those minutes are silent sequences from men’s speed skating. The other eight mi...
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1932 Lake Placid Olympics
2011
Reagan
6.1/20
Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president, Rona...
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Reagan
2019
Where's My Roy Cohn?
5.4/14
Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project,...
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Where's My Roy Cohn?
2020
The Soul of America
6.3/7
Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the count...
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The Soul of America
1982
Genocide
7.55/20
The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust co...
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Genocide
1942
For Me and My Gal
6.481/53
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
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For Me and My Gal
1991
Wild by Law
7.25/4
Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling San...
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Wild by Law
2023
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
6.5/2
In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collect filmed and recorded evidence of the horrors comm...
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Filmmakers for the Prosecution
2013
Sirius
6.217/23
Dr. Steven Greer—an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher—discloses top secret information about classified energy and propulsion techniques, in...
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Sirius
2014
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
7.6/16
The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the ter...
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JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
1996
The Astors: High Society
9/0
The very name conjures up images of the good life black tie affairs and high society balls. Yet their long saga proves that money is no guarantee of h...
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The Astors: High Society
2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
7.031/49
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2016
Pornography
4.3/3
Everything you always wanted to know about pornography (but were afraid to ask).
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Pornography
1967
The United States in the 20th Century 1932-1940
0/0
Presents the history of the U S from the inauguration of Franklin D Roosevelt to the eve of World War II, including the Great Depression and New Deal...
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The United States in the 20th Century 1932-1940
1933
First Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
0/0
The Inauguration ceremony for Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4th 1933.
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First Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
3.833/6
Marooned sailors discover a World War II ship haunted by its late captain.
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The Extraordinary Seaman
2007
Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
0/0
Using over an hour of new, never-before-seen material, combined with footage from 1946, producers David Abravanel Stein and Patrick S. Cunningham have...
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Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut
1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
7.556/9
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken...
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1943
What We Are Fighting For
10/1
An air raid warden demonstrates safety measures, while a refugee from Occupied Europe reveals why she came to America.
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What We Are Fighting For
2019
USS Indianapolis: The Final Chapter
0/0
The discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreck site, 18,000 feet below the Philippine Sea, is detailed. The ship's sinking during World War II was the la...
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USS Indianapolis: The Final Chapter
2016
Remember Pearl Harbor
0/0
Narrated by veteran Hollywood actor Tom Selleck, REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR chronicles the personal stories of veterans and citizens who witnessed the surp...
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Remember Pearl Harbor
2001
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
6.75/2
Documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw. National Geographic delves into the untold storylines and unresolved mysteries surrounding the Japanese attack on...
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Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
1942
The Civilian Serves
0/0
A silent short film promoting the United States Citizens Defense Corps, a group in which civilians served locally to aid in the war effort and to prep...
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The Civilian Serves
2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin
7.6/27
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
2022
The American Führer
7/1
The story of the fascist conman Fritz Julius Kuhn is as unknown as it is terrifying: Kuhn is a German immigrant who pretends to be Hitler’s deputy in...
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The American Führer
X-Day: The Invasion of Japan
0/0
By spring of 1942, Japan controlled the western Pacific, the Philippines, and large parts of Indochina. America and her allies knew that final victory...
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X-Day: The Invasion of Japan
1938
Speaking from America
6/3
How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted acros...
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Speaking from America
1963
Was der Wehrmachtsbericht verschwieg
0/0
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Was der Wehrmachtsbericht verschwieg
2002
10,000 Black Men Named George
3.875/8
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied...
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10,000 Black Men Named George
2019
The Swamp
0/0
The history of the Florida Everglades and the efforts to reclaim, control and preserve the vast area once viewed as a wasteland.
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The Swamp
1967
Guardian of the Atom
0/0
Produced by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, this educational film introduces the organization’s role in developing and regulating nuclear technolog...
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Guardian of the Atom
1942
Why We Fight Series
0/0
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2024
A Citizen's Guide to Preserving Democracy
1/1
Through interviews and real-life examples, Hari Sreenivasan and Dr. Haass explore how Americans are working towards strengthening democracy and renewi...
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