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Destroyer Down!

$25 - $120

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Classic Vietnam Air Force Operations Film -1960s US Air Force Military Aircraft From The Vietnam War Motion Pictures Film, Including The F-105 Thunderchief Jet Fighter Bomber

Classic Vietnam Air Force Operations Film -1960s US Air Force Military Aircraft From The Vietnam War Motion Pictures Film, Including The F-105 Thunderchief Jet Fighter Bomber

This propaganda film offers a historic look at Air Force operations in Vietnam; it was produced by Fairchild Aviation and, of course, highlights the ...

$11

from 1 store
American Experience - Surviving the Dust Bowl

American Experience - Surviving the Dust Bowl

A chronicle of the dark years in the 1930s when overplowed fields and poor agricultural practices led to vast dust storms known as "Black Blizzards" ...
  2 reviews
"Watched it air on PBS"
Reviewed by susanharris on Dec 3, 2012
I watched this for lack of anything better on TV, but I was amazed at the information it provided, and at the first . . .

$9 - $29

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Film by Ken Burns - Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Film by Ken Burns - Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Documentarian Burns' acclaimed chronicle of the two-and-a-half-year voyage of the early American explorers who wended their way to the Pacific, ...
  2 reviews
"Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery by Ken Burns"
Reviewed by AliventiAsylum on Jun 18, 2005
The Lewis & Clark expedition is finally given the attention it deserves in this magnificent documentary by Ken Burns.

$6 - $25

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Sherman's March

Sherman's March

When the documentarian is dumped by his girlfriend, Ross McElwee decides to retrace General Sherman's Civil War march on Atlanta, hilariously ...
  1 review
"Woody Allen does Gone with the Wind"
Reviewed by mary9999 on May 27, 2000
I saw this movie at a film festival in Vancouver about 15 years ago and adored it. I have owned a copy for years, watching . . .

$14 - $112

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Incident at Oglala - The Leonard Peltier Story

Incident at Oglala - The Leonard Peltier Story

In 1974, in a true incident, two FBI agents were killed in a gun battle that erupted on a reservation in Oglala, North Dakota. Leonard Peltier, a ...
  1 review
"Incident At Oglala-A Miscarriage Of Justice?"
Reviewed by skbreese on May 13, 2005
Compelling documentary of an incident involving representatives of the U.S. government and Native Americans near site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890

$6 - $40

from 5 stores
Amish - A People of Preservation

Amish - A People of Preservation

Education/General Interest, 54min
  1 review
"Amish - A People of Preservation"
Reviewed by phungus on Jul 20, 2007
If you want a brief intro to Amish life, check this out.

$12 - $16

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The "real" story of Butch Cassidy and Sundance containing historical photos and stories about these two outlaws.

$4

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Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control

Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control

This acclaimed documentary character study, from filmmaker Errol Morris (THE THIN BLUE LINE) focuses on the disparate lives of four nonconformists ...
  6 reviews
"one of the ten best films of all time"
Reviewed by smithra on Mar 14, 2002
No one can call themselves a film connoseiur or even an empathetic human without experiencing all of morris' films.

$9 - $13

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Coca-Cola: The History of an American Icon

Coca-Cola: The History of an American Icon

This behind-the-scenes documentary studies the life span of the Coca-Cola Company, one of America's biggest success stories. The program shows the ...
  1 review
"The Secret Elixir That Quenched The Never Ending Thirst And Conquered The World."
Reviewed by yrreb52 on Apr 29, 2003
Not balanced didacticism but should be interesting to students of Americana.

$9 - $15

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Sixties

Sixties

Five short years wrought a dramatic change in the United States. The years from 1960 to 1964 were to see assassinations, international crises, ...
  1 review
"PBS Looks Back at the Sixties With Love, Fear, and Regret"
Reviewed by JediKermit on May 27, 2008
America in the Sixties--I'm glad it was before my time.

$3 - $70

from 1 store
New York: The Center of the World - Vol. 8

New York: The Center of the World - Vol. 8

The eighth and final installment in Ric Burns' acclaimed NEW YORK series uses the birth of the World Trade Center to perfectly illustrate America's ...
  4 reviews
"New York Episode 8: The Center of the World 1946-2003"
Reviewed by AliventiAsylum on Oct 23, 2005
Free from political mud-slinging, this coda to the earlier series about New York City shows the rise and fall of the World Trade Center.

$10 - $25

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Ishi, the Last Yahi

Ishi, the Last Yahi

Linda Hunt narrates this documentary look at Ishi, the last survivor of the Yahi Native American tribe following massacres in California in the late ...
  1 review
"Ishi, The Last Yahi: The Man And His Story Are Worth The Price Of Admission"
Reviewed by morilla on Jul 30, 2009
A decent overview of the man and his story; but, much in need of additional reading for a more 'fleshed-in' account.

$9 - $13

from 3 stores
Search for the Ultimate Survivor: The Mystery of Us

Search for the Ultimate Survivor: The Mystery of Us

The welter of footage obtained about human evolution is condensed and presented in this informative program. Drawing on some detailed computer ...
  1 review
"Search for the Ultimate Survivor: The Mystery of Us"
Reviewed by some_guy5 on Jul 29, 2008
I loved it

$17 - $25

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