List of Historical Movies & Documentaries on YouTube

Here is a list of educational movies and documentaries on YouTube, as of 6/15/13.

Most of the PG-13 movies are OK for kids 12+, PG 8+, G for everybody, and the Band of Brothers concentration camp scene is for mature teens and adults only.
None of the following films contain any graphic sexual content or a ton of profanity.

Movies

Some movies have been uploaded multiple times - in parts and as a whole. They are somewhat listed by age-appropriateness. I have seen all these movies, except of a few of the Anne Frank ones. I have seen one version, but I can't remember which one.

• American Legends (Disney) - 2001 - G - an animated story of Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Casey Johns, and Johnny Appleseed
• Samantha: An American Girl Holiday - 2004 - G - Great American Girl movie, set in 1904
• Felicity: An American Girl - 2005 - G - American Girl horse movie, set in 1774
• Molly: An American Girl - 2006 - G - Homefront WWII, 1944
• Valiant - 2005 - G - Animated Disney movie about WWII homing pigeons and their contribution to the war
• Miracle of the White Stallions - 1963 - NR - WWII Horse movie for kids, true story
• Dreamer - 2005 - PG - Horse movie for kids, true story
• Fiddler on the Roof - 1971 - G - The classic musical! You can find Plugged In's lesson guide here.
• One Night With the King - 2006 - PG - the biblical story of Esther!
• The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler - 2008 - PG - Hallmark film, true story about a Catholic social worker who rescued 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. The only sexual content is when Irena and another man (whom she ends up marrying) go and kiss in a closet. Their is no on-screen violence until they end, when the gestapo interrogate Irena. This scene is very sad!! Irena and all of the children she saved survived the war. 
• The Hiding Place - 1975 - PG - The story of a Christian during the Holocaust.
• Sophie Scholl: The Final Days - 2005 - PG - This is not really graphic, and it is a true story. Sophie, her brother, and some friends spread anti-Nazi pamphlets during WWII. This is the incredible true story.
• The Count of Monte Cristo - 2002 - PG-13 - the classic story of revenge, justice, and forgiveness. You can see Plugged In's lesson guide here. There are the other versions on YouTube, but I like Jim Caviezel's version best.
• The Diary of Anne Frank - 2009 - I don't think I have seen
• Anne Frank: The Whole Story - 2001 - the Anne Frank story.
• The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank - 1988 - I have not seen.
• Escape From Sobibor - 1987 - PG-13 - A made-for-TV film about the true story of how 300 out of 600 prisoners successfully escaped a Nazi concentration camp, Sobibor. The only scene I would recommend skipping/fast-forwarding is 45 minutes into it, when Shlomo's brother goes to get gold, and heads face to face with a gas chamber. This scene has full nudity. Other scenes include a hanging and bloody corpses. Other than that, fantastic film worth viewing.
• Pearl Harbor - 2001 - PG-13 - part romance part war film, but the ending has great info about the Pearl Harbor bombing and Doolittle Raid.
• Band of Brothers episode 9, "Why We Fight" - 2001 - R - MATURE TEENS AND ADULTS ONLY! This scene is EXTREMELY graphic, however it is realistic and very sad. There is a lot of profanity. This is the full scene from when they find the camp to giving them food and making the Germans bury the bodies.

This user has uploaded nearly every Anne-Frank related video and movie possible.

Documentaries

*I have not seen all documentaries. The ones I haven't seen I will make an *
If you type "History channel documentaries ww2" and "history channel documentaries civil war" up comes some really great documentaries. The Military Channel, National Geographic, and the History Channel have amazing documentaries.
Most of these aren't appropriate for those under the age of 12.

• Icon of Power: Napoleon Bonaparte - History Channel - Documentary of Napoleon Bonaparte.
• Famine to Freedom* - The Irish Potato Famine
• American Civil War: Lee vs. Grant* - History Channel - American Civil War
• Custer's Last Stand* - History Channel - 1876
• Death of a Dream* - A&E - The sinking of the Titanic
• Secrets of WWI* - History Channel - WWI
• WWI in Color* - WWI colorized
• 42 Ways To Kill Hitler - National Geographic - examining the 42 known assassination of Adolf Hitler
• One Survivor Remembers - HBO - An excellent non-graphic documentary about a Holocaust survivor. 
• Pearl Harbor: The Untold Story* - History Channel - Pearl Harbor
• Hitler's Children - BBC - The lives of children/relatives of Nazis, and how it effects them. (not available in UK)
• Vietnam in HD* - History Channel - Vietnam War
• Saving Ronald Reagan - Military Channel - The attempted Ronald Reagan assassination

Do you know any good historical films or documentaries on YouTube? Have you seen any of the films on this list? Let me know!