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History Shows You Can Watch for Free with Amazon Prime

Last Updated May 23, 2015

Love history shows? Amazon has a surprising selection of them free with with Prime.

Amazon Prime is a subscription service that bundles together a free monthly book for your kindle, unlimited streaming of selected videos and free two-day shipping on millions of Amazon’s products (including lots of great genealogy items) for one flat yearly fee of $99.

The service if not for everyone, but if you enjoy digital media and do some online shopping it can present a very good deal, especially if you take advantage of their 30 day free trial.

Amazon’s videos can be watched on just about any computer, tablet or other device with a high speed internet connection and Amazon has a great history selection with a Prime membership or trial. Enjoying these videos can definitely be a fun way to boost your history knowledge! 

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Image credit: Walter Cronkite on television during 1st presidential debate between Ford and Carter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1976

6 thoughts on “History Shows You Can Watch for Free with Amazon Prime”

  1. Wayne

    Is pawn stars one of those “free” shows ? , we should be paid to allow that crap to our property line, never in our home

  2. Steve

    I use Firestick and I have Amazon Prime. How do I get access to watch history channel. I am not on the list of tv providers?

  4. Family History Daily

    Sorry to hear that Keith–they are showing as images so maybe your browser is not loading them properly? Here is a text list:

    Ken Burns: America
    Ken Burns: Civil War
    History Detectives
    The Story of All of Us: Mankind
    The Celts: Complete Series
    History Channel America: The Story of Us
    Brad Meltzer’s Decoded
    History Channel: History Specials
    Ken Burns:The Dust Bowl
    Ric Burns: New York

  5. cheryl williams

    Netflix has the Ken Burns series The Civil War and The Dust Bowl as well as others.

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