Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-1871"

51. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: Decision at the Burgundian Gate - The Battle of Belfort Gap (2022)

13 min | Documentary, Short, History

In minus 20 degrees Centigrade the rag-tag French Armee L'Est still tries to relieve Belfort which is under siege by the Baden Corps under General von Werder. Belfort's resistance against ... See full summary »

Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander

52. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: French Ragtag Army's Desperate Winter Battles 1871 (2022)

11 min | Documentary, Short, History

One of the last bastions of French resistance in the new year 1871 is Belfort. A ragtag army called "Army of the East" rushes to free the city near the Swiss border. Meanwhile the Germans prepare to announce their Empire in Versailles.

Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander

53. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: German Artillery Shells Paris into Submission (2021)

14 min | Documentary, Short, History

The new year 1871 is about to bring upon a new German Empire. German leadership, especially Bismarck, is exceedingly frustrated with the dragged-out Franco-Prussian War that the Germans ... See full summary »

Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander

54. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Evolution of German Army Uniforms (2020)

11 min | Documentary, Animation

The Armchair Historian tracks and illustrates the changes in German army uniforms from 1871 to the present day.

Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

55. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Franco-Prussian War (2018)

7 min | Documentary, Animation

The Armchair Historian discusses the European geo-political situation that led to the Franco-Prussian War and how the new German Confederation was able to destroy France's Second Empire so quickly.

Director: Griffin Johnsen

56. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 More of History's Most Unfair Battles (2022)

15 min | Documentary

Only the biggest war buffs won't be unfamiliar with at least a couple battles featured here, so the suspense will be there once again whether the underdogs pulled it off or whether numbers, weapons, and equipment carried the day.

Star: Simon Whistler

57. A Day in History (2021– )
Episode: The Unspeakable Things that Happened in Unit 731 (2023)

17 min | Documentary, History

An overview of the unpleasant activities of Japan's Unit 731 during World War Two in China ostensibly to develop chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.

Star: Lain Heringman

58. TLDR News EU (2020– )
Episode: Europe's Separatist States: Every Place Trying to Escape - TLDR News (2022)

13 min | News

Europe has no shortage of independence movements. Some regions demand full independence. Others want greater regional autonomy and have achieved varying degrees of success.

Star: Jack Kelly

59. MekTube (2021– )
Episode: More wooden skyscrapers in the future? | MekTube (2022)

5 min | Documentary

Architects are taking an interest in laminated wood as the structural component for large buildings. Modern wood laminates can out perform steel and concrete in carbon footprint, earthquake resistance and even fire safety.

Star: Mehmed Emirhan

60. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone (2014)

Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

On his third and final journey to Africa, David Livingstone, one of the greatest explorers in history, kept a diary that's only now being deciphered. It shines a new light on the horrors of slave trade in Africa, and Livingstone himself.

Directors: Melisa Akdogan, Ben Mole | Stars: Peter De Jersey, Jay O. Sanders, Adrian Wisnicki, Neil Wilson

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