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!
Here are 10 of the most popular prime selections:
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Image credit: Walter Cronkite on television during 1st presidential debate between Ford and Carter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1976
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Netflix has the Ken Burns series The Civil War and The Dust Bowl as well as others.
Yes, you’re right Cheryl–Netflix does have some of these as well. Thanks for pointing that out. Many are not offered by Netflix however, so I wanted to share.
I don’t see the list of the 10 of the most popular Prime history show selections
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