History TV Shows in the Yahoo! Directory

The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color [read review]
Witness World War II through rare color film, and read letters from a nation redefining itself. A series from PBS.
www.pbs.org/perilousfight
History Channel: The French Revolution
Documentary examining the key figures and events of the French Revolution.
www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=209830
NOW With Bill Moyers: Selling War
Overview of the use, and nature of, propaganda from ancient times to the modern era.
www.pbs.org/now/politics/propaganda.html
Time of the Lincolns, The
Film examining the Lincolns' personal history, slavery and freedom, and the Civil War.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns
American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till
2002 PBS special detailing the death of Emmitt Till, the 14-year-old black boy who was murdered after he whistled at a white woman in Money, Mississippi.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till
American Experience: War Letters
Contains program transcript, excerpts from soldiers' letters home from the Civil War to Vietnam, a chronology of U.S. military actions from 1775 to the 1990s, and more.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/warletters
CBC: Canada, A People's History
Video clips, episode guide, behind the scenes, games and puzzles, teacher's guide, and many pages of historical content.
history.cbc.ca/history
Queen Victoria's Empire
Online companion to the PBS television series. Includes educational resources and an online game exploring the British empire under Victoria.
www.pbs.org/empires/victoria
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Companion site to the Academy Award nominated documentary.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro
Bringing Down a Dictator
PBS film of the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic by an avowedly nonviolent group of student revolutionaries called Otpor.
www.pbs.org/weta/dictator
Broken Arrow
Authentic portrait study of the famed Apache leader Cochise.
www.womenwritersblock.com/ourfavwest17.htm
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
PBS American Experience documentary examining the 1974 kidnapping of teenage heiress Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/guerrilla
Ancestors
A family history and genealogy television series.
byubroadcasting.org/ancestors
Digging for the Truth: The Adventures of Josh Bernstein
History Channel television series that takes viewers to remote locations around the globe to investigate some of the world's greatest archaeological mysteries.
www.historychannel.com/diggingforthetruth
American Experience: Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Chronicles the life of Malcolm X from birth until his assassination at age 39. Narrated by Alfre Woodard, with historical clips and interviews with Maya Angelou, Ossie Davis, Alex Haley, and others.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/malcolmx
The Barbarians Are Coming
Companion to the History Channel special on Vikings, Goths, Mongols, and Huns.
www.historychannel.com/barbarians
Secrets of the Dead II
PBS series investigates mysteries of the ancient and recent past; including murder at Stonehenge, the tomb of Christ, death at Jamestown, and the Salem Witch Trials.
www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets2
In Search of Ancient Ireland@
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Elie Wiesel, First Person Singular
2002 PBS special on the life and work of author, activist, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Includes biography, photos, teacher resources, and more.
www.pbs.org/eliewiesel
Enemies of War
PBS film which examines the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests and two women in El Salvador. Includes background on the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).
www.pbs.org/enemiesofwar