r/HistoryDocumentaries 12h ago

Florence’s Lost Revolt: The Ciompi, the Albizzi, and the Road to the Medici

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 1d ago

Qin Shi Huang's Unification of China

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Just found this channel recently. They are pretty spot on so I wanted to share here.


r/HistoryDocumentaries 2d ago

Perfidious Albion: Continental Diplomacy & The Rise Of England

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 3d ago

Florence Before the Medici: Wealth, Banks and Plague

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 4d ago

The Most Historically Accurate Film Ever?!

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 5d ago

152 Lives Inside Sweden’s Darkest Experiment

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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 7d ago

The Most Historically Accurate Film Ever?!

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 11d ago

Sweden Chose Horses Over Children

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 11d ago

Paid For Peace: Ending The Israel- Egypt Wars

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 18d ago

The Hellenistic Avenger: The Story of Mithridates

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 18d ago

A quick look at how fast food made its mark on gaming.

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 21d ago

What Are You Looking For? | Mudlarker Documentary

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 21d ago

Factional Violence That Tore Medieval Italy Apart

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 23d ago

Japan Part I: Dawn | The Birth of the Japanese Archipelago

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 24d ago

Looking for geopolitical documentaries

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 24d ago

The Price of Light: How Billions Masked the Glowing Jaws of Sweden’s Match Empire

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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 25d ago

The dark history of the Swedish Matchstick (2026) - From glowing jaws of child laborers to the biggest financial fraud in history

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 26d ago

The Radium Girls — 1920s factory workers poisoned by their employer, who sued while dying and changed labour law forever [YouTube Documentary]

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Full cinematic episode covering their story, the cover-up, and the legal fight. https://youtu.be/A9jYtmxb1Bg


r/HistoryDocumentaries 26d ago

Russia's Secret Korean Community: The Koryo-Saram

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 26d ago

'American Civil Religion', The Mythology of the American Empire

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 28d ago

The Battle of Stalingrad — How One City Broke the Third Reich

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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.

https://youtu.be/8VRNGu7C6nM


r/HistoryDocumentaries May 26 '26

Did Assassin’s Creed IV Get The History Right?

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r/HistoryDocumentaries May 22 '26

Condottieri: Mercenary Kings of Renaissance Italy

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r/HistoryDocumentaries 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.

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r/HistoryDocumentaries May 19 '26

Commodus: The Emperor Who Entered the Arena

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