Does anyone know a movie made before the 80's that can be linked to historical events in the united states?

Hi i wanted to know if anyone knows a good movie that is not boring ( made before the 80's) that can be linked to a historical event in the United States or other countries?

Does anyone know a movie made before the 80's that can be linked to historical events in the united states?
Can you be more specific? Are you asking about movies that were about real-life events? If so, here are a few:





A Night to Remember (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051994/) - made in 1958 about the sinking of the Titanic. It's based by the book of the same title by Walter Lord, who interviewed many of the survivors and also researched newspaper articles of the time. It's a really good movie, much better than "Titanic", in my opinion.





The Hindenburg (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073113/) made in 1975. It's about the Hindenburg disaster (and if you don't know what that was, look it up - it was very cool). It's fictionalized in that it dramatizes the sabotage theory, which has since been disproven, but it tried hard to be accurate outside of that part. But I'd go with A Night to Remember over this one.





Scott of the Antarctic (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040761/) - made in 1948, it's the story of the Scott expedition in Antarctica. Scott was British, not American, but it was a big deal worldwide. If you're not familiar with the story, there was a lot of antarctic exploration going on in 1912, and many groups were trying to be the first to reach the South Pole. The British and the Norwegians were both trying to make it there first. The Norwegian expedition, headed by Roald Amundsen, made it there first. The British expedition, headed by Sir Robert Falcon Scott, arrived at the pole a few days after the Norwegians. Unfortunately they encountered several problems and never made it back. Their bodies were later found along with their diaries. It's a sad story, and a good movie (but A Night to Remember is my favorite of the bunch).
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