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Best History TV Series of the 1950s

18 History series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

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18 series

Ivanhoe

★ 7.1
428 39 1958–1959
Adventure · History

William Tell

★ 7.2
241 39 1958–1959
Adventure · Family · History

You Are There

★ 8.3
236 160 1953–1972
Drama · History

Omnibus

★ 8.2
234 158 1952–1961
Drama · History · Music

The Living Bible: The Old Testament

★ 6.1
158 14 1958–1958
Biography · Drama · History

Navy Log

★ 8.0
153 105 1955–1958
History · War

The DuPont Show of the Month

★ 6.7
121 34 1957–1961
Comedy · Drama · History

Crusade in the Pacific

★ 7.5
120 26 1951–1951
Documentary · History · War

The Twentieth Century

★ 8.0
95 222 1957–1968
Documentary · History

La caméra explore le temps

★ 8.4
60 38 1957–1966
History

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

★ 9.0
54 14 1958–1958
Biography · Drama · History

Time to Remember

★ 8.4
50 39 1959–present
History

En votre âme et conscience

★ 7.7
30 64 1955–present
Crime · Drama · History

Frontiers of Faith

★ 6.6
23 145 1952–1970
Family · History

Our American Heritage

★ 5.2
23 13 1959–1961
Biography · History

Tomahawk

★ 6.7
19 31 1957–present
Adventure · Family · History

A Tale of Two Cities

★ 5.4
14 8 1957–1957
Drama · History · Romance

Énigmes de l'histoire

★ 7.2
13 10 1956–1957
History · Mystery
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