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Nugus Martin Productions has accumulated probably the best collection of rare and unseen footage of World War II in the... -
For more than 30 years Australia has rested its security on the seemingly ageless wings of its F-111 fighter fleet. But... -
A haunting call echoes across the Liuwa Plain. There is no answer, there hasn't been for years. She has no pride, no...
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On July 24th, thousands of people around the world uploaded videos of their day to YouTube to take part in Life in a... -
In just seven years, Mark Zuckerberg has gone from his Harvard college dorm to running a business with 800 million... -
The shape of the universe is determined by a struggle between the momentum of expansion and the pull of gravity. The...
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Cyberwar. A conflict without footsoldiers, guns, or missiles. Instead the attacks are launched by computer hackers.... -
When researchers began looking into just how much the Soviet government knew about UFOs and extraterrestrial visitation... -
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Explores the history of drugs. From the early cave dwellers who first stumbled upon psychedelic mushrooms to the over... -
“The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to... -
History Channel Ancient Drugs: The 60's weren't the first time people tried to turn on and tune out. Since the...
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What is a Documentary?
doc·u·men·ta·ry [dok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree]
adjective, noun, plural -ries.
adjective
- Also, doc·u·men·tal [dok-yuh-men-tl] . pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- Movies, Television . based on or re-creating an actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate and contains no fictional elements: a documentary life of Gandhi.
- Movies, Television . a documentary film, radio or television program, etc.
Related forms
doc·u·men·tar·i·ly, adverb
non·doc·u·men·tal, adjective
non·doc·u·men·ta·ry, adjective, noun, plural -ries.
pre·doc·u·men·ta·ry, adjective
sem·i·doc·u·men·ta·ry, adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of H... -
Samurai – Miyamoto Musashi movie documentary, produced by The History Channel, informs us of several significant figures... -
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