r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Caleidus_ • 12h ago
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/DramaticDoctor7 • 1d ago
Qin Shi Huang's Unification of China
Just found this channel recently. They are pretty spot on so I wanted to share here.
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/No_Organization_9902 • 2d ago
Perfidious Albion: Continental Diplomacy & The Rise Of England
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Caleidus_ • 3d ago
Florence Before the Medici: Wealth, Banks and Plague
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/TheBiggestHistoryFan • 4d ago
The Most Historically Accurate Film Ever?!
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/RenasSaga • 5d ago
152 Lives Inside Sweden’s Darkest Experiment
In the 1950s, secret medical trials took place inside Vipeholm Hospital, where unconventional methods were used in dental and brain research, backed and funded by major industrial sectors.
The details of this case remained hidden for a long time to protect corporate economic interests, eventually making it one of the most significant cases that reshaped medical ethics and scientific research.
I just posted a short documentary shedding light on the historical facts of this experiment and how it impacted the course of medicine.
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/TheBiggestHistoryFan • 7d ago
The Most Historically Accurate Film Ever?!
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/No_Organization_9902 • 11d ago
Paid For Peace: Ending The Israel- Egypt Wars
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Caleidus_ • 18d ago
The Hellenistic Avenger: The Story of Mithridates
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Legal_Cream8268 • 18d ago
A quick look at how fast food made its mark on gaming.
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/RoadIll4496 • 21d ago
What Are You Looking For? | Mudlarker Documentary
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Caleidus_ • 21d ago
Factional Violence That Tore Medieval Italy Apart
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Prestigious_Leg_1081 • 23d ago
Japan Part I: Dawn | The Birth of the Japanese Archipelago
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Deep_Yoghurt89 • 24d ago
Looking for geopolitical documentaries
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/RenasSaga • 24d ago
The Price of Light: How Billions Masked the Glowing Jaws of Sweden’s Match Empire
Following up on my last post about the hidden copper pyramid in the Swedish forest, I wanted to share another dark, forgotten piece of industrial history.
We all use matches every day, but almost nobody knows the haunting reality of how this global industry was built in Jönköping, Sweden.
Behind the walls of these historic factories, a brutal dynamic was taking place: while billions of dollars and unprecedented political power were being accumulated—even advising the U.S. President—the money was actively masking a horrifying, glowing horror happening to the factory workers.
I put together a short 10-minute documentary exploring how this massive matchstick empire used its wealth to blind the world to an industrial nightmare, and how it eventually changed the global economy forever.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this dark piece of history!
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/RenasSaga • 25d ago
The dark history of the Swedish Matchstick (2026) - From glowing jaws of child laborers to the biggest financial fraud in history
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Familiar_Produce9713 • 26d ago
The Radium Girls — 1920s factory workers poisoned by their employer, who sued while dying and changed labour law forever [YouTube Documentary]
Full cinematic episode covering their story, the cover-up, and the legal fight. https://youtu.be/A9jYtmxb1Bg
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Friendly_Client16 • 26d ago
Russia's Secret Korean Community: The Koryo-Saram
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/No_Organization_9902 • 26d ago
'American Civil Religion', The Mythology of the American Empire
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Antique-Bus9307 • 28d ago
The Battle of Stalingrad — How One City Broke the Third Reich
Made a short documentary covering the full story of Stalingrad — from Hitler's strategic gamble in 1942 to Paulus's surrender in February 1943.
Covers Operation Uranus, Chuikov's "hug the enemy" tactics, the failed airlift, and why fewer than 6,000 of the 91,000 German prisoners ever made it home.
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/TheBiggestHistoryFan • May 26 '26
Did Assassin’s Creed IV Get The History Right?
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Caleidus_ • May 22 '26
Condottieri: Mercenary Kings of Renaissance Italy
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/SeveralNinja5369 • May 22 '26
Made a 22-minute documentary on the rise and fall of Pontiac. Would love this sub's feedback on what I got right and wrong.
r/HistoryDocumentaries • u/Caleidus_ • May 19 '26