Seasons & Episodes
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
From Enrico Caruso to the ordinary San Franciscan, this film presents vivid memories of those trapped in the terrifying
Radio Bikini
While the U.N. debated strategies for control of atomic energy, the U.S. Navy was preparing two highly-publicized nuclea
Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo
As a child in 1899, Angie Debo was taken to Oklahoma in a covered wagon. She would become her state's most controversial
Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild A Dream
A touching memoir beginning with life in a small Minnesota town and taking us through a young man's early days as pacifi
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
An original look through newsreels, war department films, posters and interviews with five, real-life "Rosies" about the
Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?
A year in the life of Wyoming cowboys and the ranching families who have lived in Big Piney for six generations. Althoug
Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close
An intimate portrait of the Kennedy brothers and their confrontation with Alabama Governor George Wallace when he defied
Geronimo and the Apache Resistance
The story of a tragic collision of two civilizations, each with startlingly different views of one another. In 1886, 5,0
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited
An updated look at the Alabama tenant families that Walker Evans and James Agee documented in their 1936 Pulitzer Prize-
That Rhythm, Those Blues
The evolution of rhythm and blues through the careers of singers Ruth Brown and Charles Brown, from the 1940s into the 5
The Radio Priest
Father Charles Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest from Michigan, uses the new power of radio to become one of the first m
Hearts and Hands
The design and art of quilting yields intimate clues about the lives of 19th century women, who stitched their personal
Views of a Vanishing Frontier
The journey of Prince Maximilian, German naturalist, and artist Karl Bodmer, who explored the Mississippi River area fro
Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Eudora Welty narrates the story of her own Southern childhood and early artistic developme
The World That Moses Built
From the late 1920s through the 1960s, Robert Moses held almost total power over the landscape of New York. He built bri
Sins of Our Mothers
A Gothic tale of sin and redemption in 19th century New England. A small town in Maine reacts to the unconventional beha
The Great Air Race of 1924
The first around-the-world air race, sponsored by the Army Air Service to prove that the airplane had a commercial futur
Demon Rum
Prohibition's effect on Detroit, Michigan, the first major American city to "go dry," where smuggling liquor across the
A Family Gathering
Lise Yasui explores three generations of her Japanese-American family - from their immigration to Oregon in the early 19
The Great War: 1918
All lingering 19th-century notions of the romance of battle were replaced by the terrible reality of 20th-century mechan
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
The tale of mavericks whose risk-taking, sweat and dreams changed an American industry. Starting with Spindletop, the fi
Forever Baseball
There is hardly a city, town or village without a baseball diamond. More than a game, baseball is a tradition, rite of p
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
They started selling watches. Then Richard Sears and Alva Curtis Roebuck started a revolution -- a "wish book" that made
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
A stunning film portrait of Yosemite National Park. The film's narration is taken from using the 1851 diary of the first
Adam Clayton Powell
Affluent, handsome, light-skinned and blond, he could pass for white. But his message about "economics and jobs" would m
Journey to America
A tribute to the twelve million people who emigrated to the U.S. between 1890 and 1920. A recapturing of the journey thr
Ballad of a Mountain Man
Bascom Lamar Lunsford was a pioneer folklorist who in the 1920s began a campaign to preserve mountain music and dance. H
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Born into slavery, she became a journalist and newspaper owner in Memphis, and was radicalized following the lynching of
Orphans of the Storm
In the summer of 1940, as the German Luftwaffe began its assault on England, 10,000 British children were sent on a peri
Forbidden City, USA
Before WWII, San Francisco's Chinatown was a separate world, closed to outsiders, ruled by rigid homeland customs. But i
Battle for Wilderness
The first major battle for wilderness preservation erupted over the building of Hetch Hetchy Dam in Yosemite National Pa
Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad
Men and women, black and white, risked their lives to carve an elaborate network of escape routes out of slavery in the
Lindbergh
At 25, Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Paris, the first man to fly across the Atlantic -- handsome, talented, and brave
Nixon
He possessed a fateful combination of strengths and weaknesses that propelled him to the White House and then brought hi
God Bless America and Poland, Too
Frank Popiolek was 14 when he came to America in 1911, one of 2 million Polish immigrants who made the journey. He settl
Insanity on Trial
On July 2, 1881, Charles Julius Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President James A. Garfield in the lobby of the Baltimo
The Satellite Sky
Few events shocked America more than the news in 1957 that Russia had launched the first satellite. It was an assault on
The Crash of 1929
In 1929, while the stock market was rising, there were few critics. It was a "New Era" when everyone could get rich. But
The Iron Road
A tale of high adventure, enormous human effort and engineering brilliance. On May 2, 1869, when the last railroad spike
French Dance Tonight
When French settlers, exiled from Nova Scotia, migrated to Louisiana in the 1750s, they mixed with African Americans, Af
After the Crash
After the stock market crashed in 1929, thousands suffered unemployment and poverty in the Great Depression. The most de
Los Mineros
The story of Mexican American miners -- "los mineros" -- whose pitched labor battles, beginning with the first strike in
Coney Island
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny spit of New York real estate
LBJ (1)
LBJ's career started in 1938 when he was elected a congressman, one of the youngest ever. He was elected to the Senate i
LBJ (2)
Lyndon Johnson's ascension to the Presidency and the controversial events of his tenure such as the Great Society and th
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
The first officially formed regiment of northern black soldiers who fought in the Civil War, the 54th's roster included
Scandalous Mayor
James Michael Curley dominated Boston's politics for almost half a century, building a sophisticated political machine b
The Johnstown Flood
By an abandoned earthen dam, at a mountain resort 14 miles up the valley, the leaders of industry and their families cre
Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance
The shock of what happened on December 7, 1941 has made Pearl Harbor a synonym for deceit and unpreparedness. Produced f
G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover
The rise of the FBI from a minor government bureaucracy to the premiere law enforcement agency in the world under the co
Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo
At a time when black and white musicians rarely performed together, when black musicians were exploited by record compan
The Quiz Show Scandal
When CBS premiered The $64,000 Question in 1955, the show was more than a hit; it was a national phenomenon. More quiz s
Love in the Cold War
Eugene Dennis fled to Moscow to avoid indictment and prison for his work for the American Communist Party in the late 19
Wild by Law
For years there was no federal law to protect the shrinking wilderness from encroaching industry and tourism, until thre
Barnum's Big Top
P.T. Barnum was huckster, con man, promoter and entertainer. His American Museum featured ancient relics side by side wi
In the White Man's Image
In 1875, in St. Augustine, Florida, an ambitious experiment was conceived -- to teach Native Americans to become imitati
The Kennedys (1): The Father, 1900-61
No family has had such a powerful hold on the American imagination. A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and perso
The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80
No family has had such a powerful hold on the American imagination. A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and perso
The Donner Party
Of all the 19th century pioneer stories, none exerts so powerful a hold on the American imagination as this, during the
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
He was bumbling, yet ambitious. He volunteered to serve his country, but insisted on being reimbursed for expenses. He w
Last Stand at Little Big Horn
In 1876, when the U.S. Army planned its biggest Indian campaign yet against Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, General George
If You Knew Sousa
John Phillip Sousa became America's favorite bandmaster, but band music wasn't Sousa's only passion. He was the first to
Simple Justice
Thirty years after the Supreme Court's "separate but equal" ruling, lawyer Charles Hamilton took over Howard University'
Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish
When he died in 1931 in a plane crash on his way to Hollywood to sign a film contract, the President called it a "nation
Sit Down And Fight
In 1936, Walter Reuther led one of the bitterest, bloodiest battles ever fought in the history of the American labor mov
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
She had been a biologist for the federal government when she first took note of the effects of the unregulated use of pe
Goin' Back to T-Town
In Tulsa, the community of Greenwood was a place where blacks had some measure of financial, social and political indepe
Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian
When "Ishi," the last surviving member of a small Indian tribe, walked into the small California town of Oroville in 191
Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was one of America's first celebrities. After only a few
The Hunt for Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico, was the culmination of years of bloody incidents along the border. For Amer
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a decorated general, a skillful politician, a tough Cold War adversary and one of America's lea
The Hurricane of '38
The Hurricane of '38 chronicles the lives of fishermen, residents and vacationers on the day before the storm, following
Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian
The last surviving member of a California Indian tribe became a sensation in 1911, but the contact brought him terrible
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
If any man expressed the anger, struggle and insistence of black people for freedom in the sixties, it was Malcolm X. In
America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference
Complex social and political factors shaped America's response to the Holocaust, from Kristallnacht in 1938 through the
D-Day Remembered
It was truly a "battle of the world," a pivotal turning point in history, and the most dramatic single event in WWII. A
FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921)
Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered the United Sta
FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)
In this second episode, the subject is FDR's courageous fight with polio. With his wife Eleanor Roosevelt at his side, F
FDR (3): The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940)
In episode 3, the subject is FDR's leadership of America during the Great Depression. The nation turned to this son of g
FDR (4): The Juggler (1940-1945)
The portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt concludes with his years as preside (1932 until his death in 1945), how he dea
Telegrams from the Dead
For 40 years, a new religion called spiritualism affected the nation as no other ever had. Abraham Lincoln, P.T. Barnum,
Midnight Ramble
The little-known story of a black independent film industry that thrived outside of Hollywood and produced close to 500
Battle of the Bulge
The history of World War II's "Battle of the Bulge", when the German army launched a major surprise counteroffensive aga
One Woman, One Vote
From Elizabeth Cady Stanton's electrifying call to arms at Seneca Falls in 1848, to the last battle for passage of the N
The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864)
A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gas
The Way West (2): The Approach of Civilization (1865-1869)
A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gas
The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)
A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gas
The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893)
A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gas
Murder of the Century
In 1906, the murder of Stanford White, New York architect and man-about-town, by Harry K. Thaw, heir to a Pittsburgh rai
Edison's Miracle of Light
In 1878, Thomas Edison announced his intention to harness Niagara Falls and produce a safe, electric light system. He sa
Chicago 1968
While America was reeling from the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King and public outcry against the
The Orphan Trains
In the mid 19th century, thousands of children roamed the streets of New York in search of money, food and shelter. In a
Freedom on My Mind
In the summer of 1964, two groups converged in Mississippi: one mostly young, white and well educated from out of state;
Daley: The Last Boss
Richard J. Daley was born on a street he would never leave and christened in the small church in which he would be burie
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
A thinly-veiled portrait of the immensely powerful newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, the movie created a buzz l
The Wright Stuff
Theirs is a quintessential American story of two midwestern boys who believed they could break the barrier of the air, s
Spy in the Sky
In the spring of 1960, Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. Overnight, this top-secre
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1): The Long Campaign
TR is born into a wealthy New York family that has a strong sense of social justice. He fights his severe asthma through
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (2): The Bully Pulpit
After McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt becomes an "accidental" president. Seeing himself as a crusader, TR uses the p
The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie
A look at the poor emigrant boy who built a fortune in railroads and steel, and, unlike any industrialist of his time, b
Hawaii's Last Queen
Liliu'okalani moved easily between two worlds -- she had dined at the White House, had been a guest at Buckingham Palace
The Telephone
At first rented only "to persons of good breeding," seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, within a de
Big Dream, Small Screen
The little known story of Philo T. Farnsworth, a Utah farm boy who first sketched out his idea for electronic television
New York Underground
It began with the blizzard of 1888 -- mountains of snow twenty feet high, horse cars and omnibuses abandoned, the city p
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
A story of the realities leading to the vanishing role of the family farm in the United States.
Around the World in 72 Days
At the age of nineteen, Nellie Bly talked her way into an improbable job on a newspaper, then went on to become "the bes
Gold Fever
The 1890's in America were desperate times. A depression brought bank and business failures and forced millions of men a
Vietnam: A Television History (Part 1 & 2)
"Vietnam: A Television History" begins by tracing the "Roots of a War" to French colonialism. "America's Mandarin" look
Vietnam: A Television History (3): LBJ Goes to War
LBJ Goes to War (1964-65) examines the escalating American involvement following the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Interviewed
Vietnam: A Television History (4): America Takes Charge
In "America Takes Charge (1965-67)," GIs recall combat experiences during the years of U.S. military escalation. Also: a
Vietnam: A Television History (5): America's Enemy
As "Vietnam: A Television History" continues, "America's Enemy (1954-67)" examines the escalating war from the point of
Vietnam: A Television History (6): Tet 1968
Vietnam: A Television History": TV-news footage graphically recalls "Tet 1968," the bold North Vietnamese and Vietcong o
Vietnam: A Television History (7): Vietnamizing the War
"Vietnam: A Television History": The gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and their replacement by the South Vietnamese are
Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos
America's involvement in—and secret bombing of—Cambodia and Laos are chronicled as "Vietnam: A Television History" c
Vietnam: A Television History (9): Peace is at Hand
"Vietnam: A Television History": "Peace Is at Hand (1968-73)" recalls the peace negotiations in Paris, including Henry K
Vietnam: A Television History (10): Homefront USA
"Vietnam: A Television History - Homefront U.S.A.," traces the widening rift between supporters and opponents of the war
Vietnam: A Television History (11): The End of the Tunnel
"Vietnam: A Television History" concludes with "The End of the Tunnel," which recalls the 1973 Paris accords and the sub
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (3): The Good Fight
TR is just 46 years old when he is inaugurated as president. He builds the Panama Canal, wins the Nobel Prize for Peace,
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (4): Black Care
TR opposes his old friend Taft for the 1912 Republican nomination. When Taft wins, TR runs for president with his own Pr
Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy
A study of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president. Part 1 covers his service during World War I; his accomplishments as a s
Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets
Harry S. Truman recalls his post-WWII economic policies; his 1948 presidential campaign; the Korean War; and his celebra
A Midwife's Tale
Chronicling the efforts of historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich to gather facts about early American life through the diarie
Mr. Miami Beach
Recalling the life of Carl Fisher, the entrepreneur who “sold the glamour of Florida” and turned a swampland into Mi
Influenza 1918
Chronicling the epidemic of the Spanish flu in 1918, which claimed “more than 600,000 lives.” Included: futile attem
Reagan (1): Lifeguard
The life and legacy of Ronald Reagan are examined in a two-part study, beginning with his impoverished childhood; his st
Reagan (2): An American Crusade
The conclusion of a biography of Ronald Reagan focuses on the president's second term and includes his defense-spending
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Children of 1930s Plains farmers recall the Dust Bowl, the eight-year drought that was made far worse by the 30 years of
Riding the Rails
During the Depression-era 1930's, tens of thousands of teenagers hopped freight trains in search of a better life elsewh
America 1900
Over one hundred years ago, Americans looked forward to the uncertainty of a new century with a mixture of confidence, o
Race for the Superbomb
At the dawn of the Cold War, the United States initiated a top secret program in New Mexico to build a weapon even more
Hoover Dam
Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, it was called one of the greatest engineering w
Alone on the Ice
In June 1934, Richard Byrd lay alone in a small hut within the polar ice, hovering near death. No one before Byrd had ev
Rescue at Sea
On January 23, 1909, two ships -- one carrying Italian immigrants to New York City, the other, American tourists to Euro
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
At 4:00am on March 28, 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania sud
Lost in the Grand Canyon
In the summer of 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran led the first expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand
MacArthur (1): Destiny
Part 1 of a two-part biography of Douglas MacArthur takes "America's first soldier" from his brilliant WWI service into
MacArthur (2): The Politics of War
The conclusion of "MacArthur" focuses on his "return" to the Philippines in 1944, his years as Supreme Allied Commander
Fly Girls
During WWII, more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the U.S. military. Wives, mothers, actresses and debutante
New York (1): The Country and the City
The Country and the City, 1609-1825: New York, notes narrator David Ogden Stiers, "was a business proposition from the
New York (2): Order and Disorder
"Order and Disorder: 1825-1865" recalls a period of tremendous growth and ferment. Most of the new arrivals were Irish i
New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow
"Sunshine and Shadow: 1865-1898" During the Gilded Age, New York "was home to the greatest concentration of wealth in hu
New York (4): The Power and the People
"The Power and the People: 1898-1914" recalls the era of mass immigration. "The entire world would arrive on the city's
New York (5): Cosmopolis
"Cosmopolis: 1914-1931" recalls the WWI years and the "Roaring '20s" in the city that F. Scott Fitzgerald called "the la
Eleanor Roosevelt
Profiling Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of one president, the niece of another and, says historian Geoffrey Wa
Houdini
Mandy Patinkin narrates a biography of Harry Houdini (1874-1926) that focuses on his amazing feats (later ones are seen
Nixon's China Game
Charting the tortuous three-year gambit that led to Richard Nixon's historic February 1972 visit to the People's Republi
The Duel
The duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, narrator Linda Hunt says, was an 1804 gunfight between “the founde
John Brown's Holy War
John Brown could be seen as a hero or a madman (perhaps both), but either way, there's no doubt he played a role in igni
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1)
A haunting two-part profile of George Wallace, who, says narrator Randy Quaid, "divided a nation and launched a conserva
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2)
The conclusion of a two-part profile of George Wallace (1919-98) focuses on his Presidential campaigns and the 1972 atte
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory
Former slaves spread the gospel of African-American music in an inspiring 2000 chronicle of the 1870s Tennessee vocal gr
Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
An atmospheric profile of Joe DiMaggio (1914-99), baseball's "Yankee Clipper," explores how and why he played what narra
The Wizard of Photography
Profiling George Eastman (1854-1932), whose Kodak and Brownie cameras "forever changed the way people see their world,"
The Rockefellers (1)
A dramatic two-part profile of the Rockefellers, a family whose name is synonymous with wealth, begins. Part 1 traces ho
The Rockefellers (2)
The conclusion of a profile of the Rockefellers explores how John D. Jr. accomplished "the seemingly impossible task of
Secrets of a Master Builder
Charting the life on the Mississippi of James B. Eads (1820-1887), "one of the greatest engineering geniuses of all time
Return with Honor
Vietnam POWs recall their ordeals -- at times with great poignancy -- in a first-person history that supplements the com
Streamliners: America's Last Trains
Recalling the stainless steel trains that crisscrossed the country in high style (and at speeds of greater than 100 mph)
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Recalling racial-pride advocate Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), whose grand (some said grandiose) vision included an Africa r
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I
Parts 1 and 2 of a six-part chronicle of the Abraham Lincoln-Mary Todd relationship begins with their childhoods and cou
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II
Parts 3 and 4 of the six-part series. When the Lincolns arrive in Washington, D.C., in 1861, the president-elect is dee
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part III
Parts 5 and 6 of a six-part chronicle. The third part recalls 1863, when opposition to the Civil War spread among North
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Following the 17-year struggle to free nine blacks falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. The str
Fatal Flood
Recalling the tidal wave of racial conflict that followed in the wake of the surging Mississippi as it inundated the del
Stephen Foster
A profile of quintessentially American composer Stephen Foster features interviews with historian Fath Ruffins, biograph
New York (6): The City of Tomorrow
"City of Tomorrow (1929-45)" focuses on Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who used his close ties to FDR to make the city "a gig
New York (7): The City and the World
Conclusion. "The City and the World" begins in 1945, with New York "at the pinnacle," says historian David McCullough. B
War Letters
War letters from the American Revolution to the Gulf War are read by 15 actors (including Joan Allen, Edward Norton, Kev
Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man
A two-part profile of Woodrow Wilson in which news clips, atmospheric re-creations and readings (Rene Auberjonois and Bl
Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World
Woodrow Wilson reluctantly enters World War I in an effort to "make the world safe for democracy" as this two-part profi
Mount Rushmore
Chronicling the 16-year struggle (1925-41) to fashion Mount Rushmore in South Dakota's Black Hills, and profiling sculpt
Miss America
Recalling the 80-year history of the Miss America Pageant and what narrator Cherry Jones calls "a barometer of America's
Zoot Suit Riots
"Zoot Suit Riots" recalls a week of violence that rocked Los Angeles in June 1943, pitting Mexican-Americans against Ang
Monkey Trial
Recalling the "epic battle" over evolution waged in 1925 by fundamentalist titan William Jennings Bryan and freethinking
Public Enemy #1
John Dillinger may have been "Public Enemy No. 1" in 1933 and '34, but Americans didn't reflexively hate him, and this h
Ansel Adams
Ric Burns' profile of the photographer whose connection to Yosemite is such that a mountain near the park is named for h
A Brilliant Madness
Mathematics genius John Nash recalls his bout with schizophrenia (the subject dramatized in the Oscar-winning film "A Be
Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior
A moody two-part biography of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85). Part 1, "Warrior," quickly sketches his largely unsuccessful p
Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President
The conclusion of this biography of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) covers the last 20 years of the life of "the most popular
Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who?
An evocative two-part profile of Jimmy Carter explores how his career has been shaped by what former speechwriter Hendri
Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage
"Hostage," the conclusion of a two-part Jimmy Carter biography, covers his presidency and post-presidency. Human rights
Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis
A three-part history based on historian Donald L. Miller's book "City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making
Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun
A three-part history based on historian Donald L. Miller's book "City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making
Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago
A three-part history based on historian Donald L. Miller's book "City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making
The Murder of Emmett Till
Recalling the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old black youth in the Mississippi delta, an incident that could very well have l
Transcontinental Railroad
Charting the race between the Union Pacific and Central Pacific to construct a transcontinental railroad to link the U.S
Partners of the Heart
Chronicling the unlikely partnership between a white surgeon and a black "technician" that led to a procedure to correct
The Pill
Charting the development of an oral contraceptive during the 1950s and its effect on "the sexual revolution" of the '60s
Daughter from Danang
"Daughter from Danang," an Oscar-nominated documentary, chronicles the tearful reunion of an Amerasian refugee with her
Seabiscuit
"Seabiscuit" recalls the squat and ugly racehorse that riveted the nation in the late 1930s. Interviewees include author
Bataan Rescue
"Bataan Rescue," narrated by Scott Glenn, recalls the daring January 1945 commando raid that freed 513 survivors of the
Murder at Harvard
Historian Simon Schama ("A History of Britain") plays sleuth -- searching, he says, "not for literal truth, but for poet
New York (8): The Center of the World
Filmmaker Ric Burns adds a poignant postscript to his series "New York: A Documentary Film" with this chronicle of the W
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (1): Revolution
"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War," a two-part report, follows political leaders and ordinary Americans alike as it
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2): Retreat
"Reconstruction" concludes by following whites and blacks in Georgia, South Carolina and Louisiana between 1867 and 1877
Citizen King
"Citizen King," a reverential chronicle of the final five years of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, employs eyewitnes
Remember the Alamo
"Remember the Alamo" recalls the contributions of Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) to the struggle for Texan independence. It p
Tupperware!
"Modern dishes for modern living" (and they "burped," no less), sold by women at "home parties." This slice of 1950s Ame
Emma Goldman
Recalling Emma Goldman (1869-1940), the fiery and formidable radical whose life, says narrator Blair Brown, was "dedicat
Patriots Day
"Patriots Day" follows Revolutionary War re-enactors as they prepare to re-fire those shots heard 'round the world on Ap
Golden Gate Bridge
Recalling the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, a "graceful leap over an unprecedented space," as narrator David O
RFK (Part 1 & 2)
A shy, if driven man, Robert Kennedy "wasn't built for the spotlight, he was built for the wings," says journalist Jack
The Fight
"The Fight" recalls the June 1938 heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and the German Max Schmeling, and assesses it
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro's march through Cuba and the second half of the 20th century is chronicled by filmmaker Adriana Bosch. Here
Building the Alaska Highway
Recalls the construction of the 1500-mile "shortcut to Tokyo" through Canada in 1942 by 11,000 U.S. troops (4,000 of the
Kinsey
Profiling Dr. Alfred Kinsey, the Indiana University zoologist whose "revolutionary picture of American sexuality" rocked
Mary Pickford
Profiling Mary Pickford, the silent-screen "sweetheart" who blazed the trail to Hollywood and became "America's first su
The Great Transatlantic Cable
Cyrus Field's struggle to lay telegraph cables across the Atlantic in the 1850s and '60s is chronicled. When Field final
The Massie Affair
"The Massie Affair" chronicles a 1931 Honolulu rape case involving a young white Navy wife that became even more serious
Victory in the Pacific
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Recalls "the first family of country music" in interviews with Carter relatives, music writers, and singers Gillian Welc
Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Two Days in October
"Two Days in October" recalls two 1967 events -- a Vietcong ambush and a violent antiwar demonstration at the University
Race to the Moon
"Race to the Moon" chronicles Apollo 8, the first voyage to the moon. "It was an event beyond all other events," says Wa
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City
The story of the gambling mecca is told via news clips and reminiscences. Part 1 of 2
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca
News clips and reminiscences tell the story of the gambling mecca, from a dusty railroad town to a leading tourist attra
John and Abigail Adams
An engrossing portrait of the second U.S. president and first lady, costars Simon Russell Beale and Linda Emond. Include
The Nuremberg Trials
A gripping study of the groundbreaking prosecution, which began Nov. 20, 1945, as Nazi Germany's leaders were held accou
Jesse James
A striking profile of the outlaw (1847-82) is told through reenactments, comments from historians and archival photograp
Hijacked
A look at the coordinated hijacking of four jetliners in 1970 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, whic
Eugene O'Neill
An absorbing profile of the esteemed playwright (1888-1953). Included: excerpts from his plays are performed by Al Pacin
The Boy in the Bubble
The absorbing story of David Vetter (1971-84), who had severe combined immunodeficiency and lived inside a sterile plast
The Alaska Pipeline
The history of the Alaska Pipeline, which was built in the 1970s to transport oil across 800 miles of pristine wildernes
Annie Oakley
An on-target profile of the sharpshooter (1860-1926) who was “the first American woman ever to become a superstar.”
The Man Behind Hitler
A profile of Joseph Goebbels (1897-45), who helped launch Hitler's rise to power. Kenneth Branagh provides voice-over re
Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962
Part 1 of 3 of the award-winning 1987 documentary "Eyes on the Prize." Included: profiles of Mose Wright and Rosa Parks;
Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4): Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961/No Easy Walk 1961-1963
Part 2 of the 1987 documentary "Eyes on the Prize." Included: the 1960 Greensboro, N.C., lunch-counter sit-in; the Stude
Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6): Is This America? 1963-1964 / Bridge to Freedom 1965
Conclusion of the 1987 documentary “Eyes on the Prize.” Included: events of 1963 and '64, when Mississippi became a
Test Tube Babies
History of in vitro fertilization, traces IVF from an early success with rabbits to the present. Included: controversy a
The Great Fever
The history of yellow fever, and how it was determined that the disease was transmitted by mosquitoes. Included: the wor
The Gold Rush
A vibrant retelling of the mania that followed the discovery of gold in San Francisco in 1848. "Next to the Civil War in
The Berlin Airlift
One of the first skirmishes of the Cold War, the 1948-49 Soviet blockade of rail and road traffic to and from West Berli
The Living Weapon
"The Living Weapon" explores the history of America's biological-weapons program, which began in 1942 with a group that
New Orleans (1 & 2)
A history of New Orleans, from its origins as a French settlement to its post-Katrina present. Included: archival photos
Sister Aimee
A profile of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944), a popular Pentecostal evangelist during the 1920s and '30s. Incl
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Examines the story behind the November 1978 mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, where more than 900 people were le
Summer of Love
In 1967, San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district became a mecca for young people seeking free music, free love and cosmi
The Mormons (1): History
Historian Sarah Barringer Gordon says of the LDS Church "that from the moment of its birth, Mormons were under a kleig l
The Mormons (2): Church and State
An examination of the modern-day LDS Church, including its missionary program; how its followers have entered into the A
Alexander Hamilton
A profile of Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first treasury secretary and a leading force in the post-Revolutionary War
Oswald's Ghost
Few Americans then or now accept that a lone, inconsequential gunman could bring down a president and alter history. In
The Lobotomist
In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely
Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the civil rights movement: the insistent call for power. Ma
Grand Central
A marvel of engineering, architecture, and vision, the story of the Beaux Arts structure on 42nd Street that forever cha
Eyes on the Prize (9 & 10): Power!/The Promised Land
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins electio
Eyes on the Prize (11 & 12): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize black America. World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay challenges
Eyes on the Prize (13 & 14): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement
In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. I
Kit Carson
An illiterate mountain man, Kit Carson was fluent in Spanish and five Indian languages; he twice married Native American
Buffalo Bill
In 1886, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show played to over one million people in New York City. It was one of the most elabor
Minik: The Lost Eskimo
In 1897, renowned Arctic explorer Robert Peary returned to New York from his latest Greenland expedition. At the request
Walt Whitman
This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a
Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente is an in-depth look at an exceptional baseball player and committed humanitarian who challenged racial
George H.W. Bush (1)
When George. H.W. Bush left the Oval Office in 1992, rejected after one tumultuous presidential term, his 30-year career
George H.W. Bush (2)
George H.W. Bush presents the first in-depth assessment of the 41st president of the United States, drawing upon unparal
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Projec
The Polio Crusade
The story of the polio crusade pays tribute to a time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease. The
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Over the next twelve days, a
A Class Apart
From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case. The little-known story of the Mexican American lawy
We Shall Remain (1): After the Mayflower
In March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Massasoit, the leading sachem of the Wampanoag, sat down to
We Shall Remain (2): Tecumseh's Vision
In the spring of 1805, Tenskwatawa (actor Billy Merasty, Cree First Nation), a Shawnee, fell into a trance so deep that
We Shall Remain (3): Trail of Tears
The Cherokee would call it Nu-No-Du-Na-Tlo-Hi-Lu, “The Trail Where They Cried.” On May 26, 1838, federal troops forc
We Shall Remain (4): Geronimo
In February of 1909, the indomitable Chiricahua Apache medicine man Geronimo lay on his deathbed. He summoned his nephew
We Shall Remain (5): Wounded Knee
On the night of February 27, 1973, fifty-four cars rolled, horns blaring, into a small hamlet on the Pine Ridge Indian R
The Civilian Conservation Corps
One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps put three million young men to work in the na
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp has been portrayed in countless movies and television shows by some of Hollywood's greatest actors, including
The Bombing of Germany
From International Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning producer Zvi Dor-Ner (Israel’s Next War, House of Saud) comes
Dolley Madison
Dolley Madison lived through the two wars that established the U.S., was friends with the first 12 Presidents, and watch
Earth Days
Earth Days looks at the road to April 22, 1970, to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement through
My Lai
What drove a company of American soldiers — ordinary young men from around the country — to commit the worst atrocit
Roads to Memphis
On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King. This is the fateful narrative of the killer and
Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World
The 300-year saga of the American whaling industry, from its origins off the coast of New England, through the age of de
God in America (Parts 1–2)
A New Adam explores the origins of Christian religion in America and examines how the New World changed the faiths that
God in America (Parts 3-4)
During the 19th century, the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and cons
God in America (Parts 5-6)
Hour five explores the post-World War II era, when rising evangelist Billy Graham tried to inspire a religious revival t
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some,
Dinosaur Wars
From PBS and American Experience - In the summer of 1868, paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh boarded a Union Pacific t
Panama Canal
In 1914, the Panama Canal connected the world’s two largest oceans. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded wh
The Greely Expedition
In 1881, 25 men led by Adolphus Greely set sail from Newfoundland to Lady Franklin Bay in the high Arctic, where they pl
Triangle Fire
It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history. A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle S
The Great Famine
The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine i
Stonewall Uprising
In 1969, homosexuality was illegal in almost every state... but that was about to change. The Stonewall riots marked a m
Soundtrack for a Revolution
The story of the American civil rights movement told through the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass
Freedom Riders
They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face t
Billy the Kid
A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny o
Custer's Last Stand
A profile of Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1839-76), nicknamed "the boy general" for his Civil War exploits, who died wi
Clinton: The Comeback Kid (1)
Part 1 of a two-part profile of former president Bill Clinton charts his path from Hope, Ark., to Washington, D.C., endi
Clinton: The Survivor (2)
The conclusion of the Bill Clinton biography recalls the Monica Lewinsky scandal, which led to Clinton becoming the seco
The Amish
The first documentary to deeply penetrate and explore this profoundly attention-averse group, The Amish answers many que
Grand Coulee Dam
Featuring the men and women who lived and worked at Grand Coulee in the wake of the Great Depression and the Native peop
Jesse Owens
Despite Jesse Owens' remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled
Death and the Civil War
With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the Ameri
The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838
The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and A
The Abolitionists: 1838-1854
See how the activities of the five principals intersect and affect the anti-slavery movement.
The Abolitionists: 1854-Emancipation and Victory
Examine the forces leading to war and to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
Henry Ford
An absorbing life story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 2
Silicon Valley
Led by physicist Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor began as a start-up company whose radical innovations would help
War of the Worlds
A broadcast that struck fear into an already anxious nation, Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast was the mos
JFK (Part 1)
A two-part profile of John F. Kennedy begins with his early years, detailing the health challenges he faced; his heroism
JFK (Part 2)
Conclusion. John F. Kennedy's White House years, including the Bay of Pigs fiasco; Cuban Missile Crisis; handling of civ
The Poisoner's Handbook
The story of New York City's first medical examiner, Charles Norris (1867-1935), and his chief toxicologist, Alexander G
1964
Recalling 1964, a pivotal year in U.S. history. While the Beatles captured the imaginations of the nation's youth, Presi
The Amish: Shunned
The Amish practice of shunning those who leave their faith is explored through the experiences of individuals who have l
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
The story of outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, whose turn-of-the-century exploits made headlines, led them to
The Rise and Fall of Penn Station
The story of New York's Pennsylvania Station, which opened to the public in 1910. One of the greatest architectural and
Freedom Summer
Recalling the summer of 1964 in Mississippi, when student volunteers from around the country joined local activists in a
Cold War Roadshow
In 1959, at the very height of the Cold War, with American schoolchildren practicing duck-and-cover drills, Soviet leade
Ripley: Believe It or Not
Robert Ripley's obsession with the odd and keen eye for the curious made him one of the most successful men in America d
Klansville, USA
The rise of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina during the 1960s is recalled. In 1963, Bob Jones Sr. started the state's
Edison
EDISON explores the complex alchemy that accounts for the enduring celebrity of America's most famous inventor, offering
The Big Burn
In the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies. By the time it was all over, more than t
The Forgotten Plague
By the dawn of the 19th century, the most deadly killer in human history, tuberculosis, had killed one in seven of all t
Last Days In Vietnam
The North Vietnamese Army was nearing Saigon and the South Vietnamese resistance was at a low. Nearly 5,000 Americans st
Blackout
First responders, journalists, shop owners, those inside the pressure-packed control center of Con Edison on West End Av
Walt Disney (1)
In 1966, the year Walt Disney died, 240 million people saw a Disney movie, 100 million tuned in to a Disney television p
Walt Disney (2)
In 1966, the year Walt Disney died, 240 million people saw a Disney movie, 100 million tuned in to a Disney television p
American Comandante
When William Morgan was executed outside a Havana prison on March 11, 1961, his strange story seemed to vanish from the
The Pilgrims
The challenges the Pilgrims faced in making new lives for themselves still resonate almost 400 years later: the tensions
Bonnie & Clyde
Though their exploits were romanticized, the Barrow gang was believed responsible for at least 23 murders, including two
The Mine Wars
The story of small people going up against very big forces for a better nation. In the first two decades of the 20th cen
Murder of a President
The story of James Garfield, one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president, and his assassination by a delude
The Perfect Crime
The shocking story of Richard Leopold and Nathan Loeb, two wealthy college students who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 19
Space Men
In the 1950s and early '60s, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the spac
The Boys of '36
The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by sto
Tesla
Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 2
The Battle of Chosin
View the intense battle in intimate detail in this vivid narrative of combat and survival in the first major military cl
Command and Control
An account of an incident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Ark., in 1980 that almost caused the explosion of a
Rachel Carson
She set out to save a species...us. An intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our rel
The Race Underground
The dramatic story of the country's first subway.
Oklahoma City
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a former soldier deeply influenced by literature and ideas of the radical right, kil
Ruby Ridge
A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.
The Great War: Part 1
Part 1 of 3. President Woodrow Wilson vowed to keep the U.S. out of World War I after hostilities erupted in Europe in
The Great War: Part 2
Part 2 of 3. America's entry into World War I is recalled, including the breathtaking speed of mobilization and the pro
The Great War: Part 3
Part 3 of 3. In the fall of 1918: a major American offensive that could bring a swift end to the war, a lost U.S. batt
Into the Amazon
The remarkable story of President Theodore Roosevelt’s journey with legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into t
The Secret of Tuxedo Park
The Gilded Age
Meet the titans and barons of the glittering late 19th century, whose materialistic extravagance contrasted harshly with
The Bombing of Wall Street
Explore the story behind the first terrorist attack in the U.S., a mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s finan
The Island Murder
In the summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of ra
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chine
The Circus (1)
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment during an era when mas
The Circus (2)
Revisit the heyday of this distinctly American form of entertainment when former rivals Barnum, Bailey and the Ringling
The Eugenics Crusade
The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better”
The Swamp
The history of the Everglades is a dramatic yet little known story of humanity’s attempt to conquer nature. The Swamp,
Sealab
In 1969 off the California coast, a US Navy crane carefully lowered a massive tubular structure into the waters. It was
Chasing the Moon - A Place Beyond the Sky
On 4 October 1957, Soviet scientists launched Sputnik 1 - a beach ball-sized, radio-transmitting aluminium alloy sphere
Chasing the Moon - Earthrise
What exactly was it going to take for America to beat the Soviets to the moon? Cold War tensions persisted, as rumours c
Chasing the Moon - Magnificent Desolation
After the immediate celebration of 1968’s successful Apollo 8 mission, underlying questions about the space programme
Woodstock
In August, 1969, half a million people from all walks of life and every corner of the country converged on a small dairy
The Feud
Anderson Hatfield and Randolph McCoy, the patriarchs of the legendary feud, were entrepreneurs seeking to climb up from
McCarthy
McCarthy chronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose zealous anti-communist crusade wou
The Poison Squad
The story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables
The Man Who Tried to Feed The World
Explore the life of 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, who tried to solve world hunger. He rescued India from
George W. Bush (Part 1)
The latest in our award-winning series of presidential biographies, this film looks at the life and presidency of George
George W. Bush (Part 2)
George W. Bush, part two continues through Bush’s second term, as the president confronts the devastating impact of Hu
Mr. Tornado
Mr. Tornado is the remarkable story of Ted Fujita, whose groundbreaking work in research and applied science saved thous
The Vote (Part 1)
One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fou
The Vote (Part 2)
Part Two examines the mounting dispute over strategy and tactics, and reveals how the pervasive racism of the time, part
The Codebreaker
Based on the book The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted Ameri
Voice of Freedom
Explore the fascinating life of celebrated singer Marian Anderson. In 1939, after being barred from performing at Consti
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a
American Oz
The life of author L. Frank Baum, creator of the classic novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which has inspired films, b
Billy Graham
Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century. An international c
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Discover the story of the Supreme Court’s first female justice. A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, she wa
Citizen Hearst (1)
William Randolph Hearst builds the nation’s largest media empire by the 1930s. Born into one of America’s wealthiest
Citizen Hearst (2)
William Randolph Hearst continued his rise to power and expansion into Hollywood. The model for Citizen Kane, he had a d
Riveted: The History of Jeans
The fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. They’re more than just a pair of pants — Americ
The American Diplomat
Discover how three Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the US State Department during the Cold War. Asked to repres
Flood in the Desert
Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the
Plague at the Golden Gate
Discover how an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. This new docu
Taken Hostage (1)
Part 1: Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, through stories of those wh
Taken Hostage (2)
Part 2: Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, through stories of those wh
The Lie Detector
Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Monopoly is America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behi
The Movement and the "Madman"
Discover the story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement. Told through firsthand account
The Sun Queen
Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her mal
Casa Susanna
In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in t
The Busing Battleground
The Busing Battleground viscerally captures the class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white stud
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
When the Supreme Court issued an order to fully and immediately desegregate schools in October 1969, Leland Mississippi
The War on Disco
The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of Disco music. The hostility came to a head on Jul
Nazi Town, USA
The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group which in the 1930s had scores of chapters across the country, re
Fly With Me
The story of the pioneering women who changed the world while flying it. Maligned as feminist sellouts, “stewardesses,
The Cancer Detectives
The untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from ce
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
The dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of
The Riot Report
When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a com
The American Vice President
The American Vice President explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolut
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
American Coup: Wilmington 1898 tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurre
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP
While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage
Mr. Polaroid
Before the iPhone, the Polaroid camera let people instantly chronicle their lives. Along with instant photo mania, its c
Clearing the Air: The War on Smog
A chronicle of how Los Angeles' devastating smog problem in the 1940s and 50s led to the creation of the Environmental P
Hard Hat Riot
Hard Hat Riot tells the story of a struggling metropolis, a flailing president, a divided people, and a bloody juncture
Kissinger (1): The Necessity of Power
The story of Henry Kissinger, the enigmatic powerbroker who served in the topmost echelons of U.S. diplomacy. Celebrated
Kissinger (2): The Opportunist
Discover how Henry Kissinger's anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, China, Chile, and the Sov
Bombshell
The efforts of a group of intrepid reporters to let the world know the truth about the bombings of Japanese cities Hiros