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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by ratfaced-guy on Thursday September 27, 2018 @12:19PM (#18085934)
The World at War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War

It's a BBC series that chronicles the second world war. It was made in the 1970s and features interviews with the people who were actually there. I really recommend everybody watch it at least once in their life.

I think you can find it on YouTube.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by everybodyknows on Sunday September 30, 2018 @11:38PM (#18109874)
"The Sorrow and the Pity" -- interviews with former French irregulars of WWII.

French Resistance veteran: "You had to be a little bit crazy to join the Resistance."

French SS volunteer: "We were raised on stories of the Spanish Civil War: priests being murdered, nuns raped."

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by arethuza on Thursday September 27, 2018 @12:29PM (#18086070)
For some reason that reminded me of "The Ascent of Man":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ascent_of_Man

My father made me watch this even though I was only 8 or so!

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by dsfyu404ed on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:19PM (#18086621)
If not the most viewed documentary ever it is probably close to it.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by pjc50 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @02:19PM (#18087261)
Narrated in the dulcet tones of one of the great Shakespearian actors, Lawrence Olivier.
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