Archive footage movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant archive footage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, educational and suspense films and TV shows about / with archive footage, society, world war two, nazi, interview, biopic, danger, military, war and flashback plots mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as archive footage: First Man (2018), Autopsy: The Last Hours Of (2014), Ivan's Childhood (1962), BlacKkKlansman (2018), The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), United Red Army (2007), Deutschland 83 (2015), I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (2006), Neapolitan Songs (2010), Moonshot (2009).
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Style:
factual, inspirational, disturbing, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
astronaut, nasa, space exploration, moon, moon landing, space travel, grief, loss of child, apollo program, male camaraderie, space race, rocket ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century, year 1963, year 1965, year 1969 ...
Place:
america, usa, california, mojave desert, florida ...
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Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Revealing the truth behind the controversial deaths of some of the most famous celebrities. Crucial medical evidence gained from the actual autopsies explains what killed the stars and reveals how they died, finally putting an end to the speculation.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
celebrity culture, investigation, addiction, uncover truth, artists and showbiz, death, pathology, forensic, true crime, autopsy, drug, medical examiner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth.
Style:
bleak, black and white, meditative, art house, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
world war two, orphan, coming of age, boy, espionage, childhood, war, child spy, courage, forest, great patriotic war, youth ...
Time:
1940s, year 1962, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia, germany, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style:
detective, dutch angle, political, dark comedy, inspirational ...
Plot:
racism, african american, undercover cop, white supremacy, ku klux klan, activist, racist cop, police detective, bomb, black cop, police, undercover ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place:
usa, colorado, africa
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style:
political, bleak, realistic, harsh, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, politics, revolutionary, protest, prison, political unrest, assassination, capitalism, terrorist attack, revolution, idealism, trial ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place:
germany, rome italy, west berlin west germany, somalia, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain ...
Style:
rough, atmospheric, serious, bleak, political ...
Plot:
revolution, radical, rebellion, idealism, danger, life is a bitch, military, isolation, society, communism, hostage, terrorism ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 70s, year 1960, year 1966 ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cold war, espionage, stasi, spy, secret police, german soldier, double agent, working undercover, state affairs, rivalry, undercover, military ...
Time:
year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place:
germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic, west germany ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 is a television mini-series in the I Love the... series presented by VH1. The sequel to I Love the '70s, it premiered on VH1 July 10, 2006 until July 14, 2006, airing at 8pm and 9pm ET each night.
Style:
stylized, semi serious, realistic, humorous, game show ...
Plot:
media, celebrity culture, arts and culture, artists and showbiz, music, showbiz, media sensation, society, power of media, comedian, nostalgia, pop culture ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
A reassessment of the role Albert Speer played in the Third Reich. Speer, who was ultimately convicted at the Nuremburg trials and served a 20-year prison sentence, was known for designing many of the Third Reich's buildings and for being ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, sincere, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
hitler, nazi officer, world war two, third reich, holocaust, war crime, post war, war criminal, nazi, anti semitism, delusion, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Documentary, History, Music
Country: Italy, USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
John Turturro tells, shooting alleys and testimonies of real neapolitan people, the history and musical culture of Napoli, attending every event and tale with a song.
Style:
serious, captivating, sentimental, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
music, mafia, musician's life, city life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, society, folklore, urban, performer's life, world war two, dancing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Man's landing on the moon was our greatest technological achievement. The Apollo 11 mission was truly the stuff of dreams. For the first time, our species walked on another celestial body. Even more remarkable was their ability to make it back. ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot:
space travel, space exploration, nasa, moon, spacewalk, heroic mission, escapades, heroes, heroism, astronaut, exploration, mission ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Half hour comedy documentary series from veteran funny-man David Steinberg and Steve Carell reveals the inspirations, influences and idols of some of the greatest comics of our time.
Style:
realistic, sincere, humorous, semi serious, talky ...
Plot:
interview, artists and showbiz, performer's life, talk show, conversation, behind the scenes, intimate, inspiration, nostalgia, creative process, influence, mature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north america, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Fantasy, History
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Invisible Empire is all conspiracy and no theory – proving beyond doubt how the elite have openly conspired to insidiously rule the globe via the engines of the CFR, the United Nations, the Trilateral Commission, and the Bilderberg group, which ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing, esoteric ...
Plot:
new world order, conspiracy theory, political conspiracy, state affairs, secret movement, uncover truth, conspiracy, dishonesty, society, white house, social change, chosen one ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Over 8,000 U.S military veterans committed suicide in 2013 and 20,000 U.S soldiers tried to commit suicide in 2013?. The war of ghosts and spirits; spiritual warfare, mind control by using ghosts and spirits? Arab, African and other foreign cultures ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, enigmatic
Plot:
military, terrorism, supernatural, ghost, mind control, conspiracy, soldier, religions or cults, society, brainwashing, suicide, mass suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Crime, History
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Gangland was a television series that aired on The History Channel. It usually aired on Thursday evenings although it has been known to arbitrarily change days every so often. Gangland explored the history of some of America's more notorious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, game show, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gang, gang war, rivalry, terrorizing, urban ghetto life, thief, juvenile delinquency, social decay, society, justice, criminal justice, urban ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: History
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A series examining entrepreneurship and technological advances in the U.S.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, clever, informative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, society, technology, entrepreneurship, business, innovation, interview, inspiration, famous people, media, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable Mount Erebus. As the police recovered the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
investigation, disaster, survival, uncover truth, dishonesty, escapades, heroic mission, danger, aviation, forces of nature, air disaster, grief ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica, new zealand
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe is a British television review programme created and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is the most recent addition to Brooker's Wipe series, and the first to be broadcast in HD. The programme is an amalgam of ...
Style:
realistic, talky, humorous, cynical, suspense ...
Plot:
satire, media satire, media circus, media, power of media, advertising, society, dark humor, sketch, humour, politically correct, archive footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Documentary, Sport
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
ESPN Films, creators of the critically-acclaimed 30 for 30 film series, will premiere a new series in April surrounding the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN. 30 for 30: Soccer Stories will include a mix of standalone feature-length and 30-minute-long ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
soccer, rivalry, athlete's life, rise to the top, ambition, rising to stardom, athlete and trainer, sport team, contests and competitions, rise and fall, society, interview ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
chile
Is relevant?
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
The World Wars tells the story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The documentary examines the two wars as one ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
soldier, world war two, military, infantrymen, historical character, state affairs, politics, head of state, battles, president, allies, dictatorship ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, 1940s
Place:
europe, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A semi-fictional account of Russian poets Josef Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, realistic, serious, surreal ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, family relations, hopes, writer's life, introspection, homecoming, family life, cold war, art, publisher, rebellion, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1940s, 50s, 60s ...
Place:
russia, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
More than anything, 30-year-old Rose longs to be reunited with Mickaël, her estranged 11-year-old son who has been placed with a foster family and blames his mother for their long separation. When she discovers that Mickaël is crazy about ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
women's wrestling, wrestling, contests and competitions, best friend, family problems, friends, parents and children, hopes, estrangement, redemption, rivalry, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
This 60-minute documentary produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting (WPSU-TV) examines the people and events that have taken the Commonwealth's land-grant university from its humble roots as the Farmers' High School to an internationally ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Plot:
ambition, dedicated educator, state affairs, society, teachers and students, college life, student life, hopes, university, research, education, studying ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
Style:
costume drama, powerful
Plot:
french resistance, occupied france, nazi officer, world war two, orthodox jew, resistance, world war, nazi occupied france, shoah, love, secret, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943, year 1939 ...
Place:
europe, berlin germany, munich germany, geneva switzerland, france ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 233 min.
TV show
Story:
A Nordic crime mini-series on the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and the fall of the welfare state.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, detective
Plot:
murder mystery, police protagonist, investigation, murder, secret police, uncover truth, minister, danger, police investigation, nordic, swedish police, hitman ...
Time:
2010s, year 1986, year 1985, 80s
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's most notorious Nazis, Adolf ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, dark, thought provoking ...
Plot:
trial, media, nazi war criminal, nazi germany, genocide, holocaust, war criminal, shoah, world war two, nazi, judge, courtroom ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
israel, lithuania, jerusalem
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long banished to Africa for his sins in 1983, Martin Rauch is now sent ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
stasi, cold war, communist, spy, communism, terrorism, espionage, berlin wall, homosexual, corruption, gay, socialism ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
east germany, germany, south africa, berlin germany, africa ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, psychological, intellectual
Plot:
spanish civil war, spanish history, coup d'etat, dictatorship, military coup, moral dilemma, philosopher, professor, arrest, military, franco regime (francoism), civil war ...
Time:
year 1936, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
morocco, spain, basque country, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of former Bayern Munich president Kurt Landauer, a Bavarian jew ousted by the National Socialists and brought to the concentration camp of Dachau, where he survived to come back and start to rebuild his old club after World War II.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
football player, soccer, football team, marriage proposal, wartime, biopic, racial slur, friendship, loss of family, nazi germany, soccer match, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1947, year 1943, year 1932
Place:
germany, bavaria, munich germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.
Style:
captivating, serious, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, strong female presence, haunted by the past, saving a life, concentration camp, accused of murder, saved from execution, autobiography, american soldier, nazi, love ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
france, paris france
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