Department of History

History Films Database

  1. Home
  2. History Films Database

You must be logged in to add a new listing. Click here to login to add a new listing.

ID # Title Film Type Playing Time Release Date Color or BW Description Keywords Volume Notes Links
240D
 Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire
N/A
ancient history, Aztecs, colonization, Indians, indigenous people, South America
138
 Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union: Part I
N/A
Sets forth the dramatic events which occurred before, during, and after the Russian Revolution. It takes the viewer through the First and Second World Wars, the Cold War, and finally through the crumble and collapse of this once mighty nation.
Cold War, communism, Lenin, Russian Revolution, soldiers, Soviet Union, Stalin, war, World War I, World War II
part 1 of 2
139
 Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union: Part II
N/A
Cold War, communism, Lenin, Russian Revolution, soldiers, Soviet Union, Stalin, war, World War I, World War II
part 2 of 2
433
 River, The
N/A
fly fishing, United States, Western America
292
 Road to Indian Independence
N/A
51
 Roanoke Parts I and II
N/A
Story of the early settlers in North Carolina.
colonizing, immigration, North Carolina history, Roanoke, rural, U.S. history
**This video is missing, October 17, 2006. Missing November 13, 2006, 2/7/07.
450
 Rock and Roll: Crossroads, Blues in Technicolor
N/A
20th century, blues, cultural history, Music, rock and roll, social history
452
 Rock and Roll: Punk, the Perfect Beat
N/A
20th century, cultural history, Music, punk, rock and roll, social history
448
 Rock and Roll: Renegades in the Groove
N/A
20th century, cultural history, Music, rock and roll, social history
This video is missing, October 17, 2006.
449
 Rock and Roll: Shakespeare's in the Alley, Respect
N/A
20th century, cultural history, Music, rock and roll, social history
451
 Rock and Roll: The Wild Side, Make It Funky
N/A
20th century, cultural history, Music, rock and roll, social history
205D
 Roger & Me
N/A
206D
 Roger and Me
DVD
90 minutes
2003
Color and B&W
In 1989, Michael Moore, winner of 2002's Best Documentary Feature Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Bowling for Columbne, triumphantly burst upon the American moviemaking scene with Roger & ME, a hilarious, penetrating forerunner of the independent film movement. Moore doggedly and hilariously tried to do what every working stiff dreams of: Talk to the man at the top. His efforts to meet General Motors Chairman Roger Smith and persuade him to visit Flint, Michigan frame a film that uses humor to devastating effect. Roger & Me champions people over profits and slyly lampoons corporate America as it sjhows how the Flint folks cope with economic setbacks. As the Village Voice's J. Hoberman wrote, the result is "gutsy, populist, outraged and outrageous.
General Motors, Hilarious, penetrating forerunner of the independent film movement
380
 Rolling the Freights
N/A
trains
118
 Romero
feature length film
115 min
Color and B&W
A powerful account of the tenure of Archbishop Oscar Romero in El Salvador, and his assassination in 1979. The movie develops the conflicts surrounded by debate in the Catholic Church of its proper social role in the midst of emerging civil war while graphically portraying the consequences.
20th century, assassination, Catholic Church, Civil War, El Salvador, liberation theology, Oscar Romero
188D
 Romero
DVD
105 minutes
1989
Color
ROMERO is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his country. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people. Acclaimed Actor Raul Julia stars as this man of God forced by the unspeakable events going on around him to take a stand - a stand that ultimately leads to his assassination in 1980 at the hands of the military junta.
Archbishop, assassination, El Salvador, priest, Romero
259D
 Romero
feature length
105 min
Color
A powerful account of the tenure of Archbishop Oscar Romero in El Salvador, and his assassination in 1979. The movie develops the conflicts surrounded by debate in the Catholic Church of its proper social role in the midst of emerging civil war while graphically portraying the consequences.
20th century, assassination, Catholic Church, Civil War, El Salvador, liberation theology, Oscar Romero
241
 Roots of Resistance: A Story of the Underground Railroad
N/A
Harriet Tubman, resistance, slavery, U.S.history, Underground Railroad, United States
247D
 Roots of Resistance: A Story of the Underground Railroad
56 min
Color
Harriet Tubman, resistance, slavery, U.S.history, Underground Railroad, United States Army
40
 Rosie the Riveter
60 min
Color and B&W
20th century, factories, industrialization, Rosie the Riveter, U.S. history, United States, war effort, women's history, World War II