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- A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.
- Science documentaries about various topics.
- A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
- Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
- A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.
- A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.
- A documentary about the 1930s drought of North American prairie farm land, and its consequences during the great depression.
- A widow with a young daughter travels to a ranch in Wyoming to manage the household of a rancher. After a while the man and woman develop a relationship that leads to a marriage. But life in the harsh place takes its toll.
- In 17th century Massachusetts, a married woman (whose husband has been absent for years and his whereabouts unknown) has an affair resulting in a child out of wedlock. The puritanical residents of her town condemn her to carry the Scarlet Letter of shame. Then the husband shows up.
- A survey of the musical form's history and major talents.
- The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
- This documentary chronicles the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The difficult construction process is described in interesting detail; later parts of the film interview current notables who describe the effects that the Brooklyn Bridge has had upon New York society and beyond.
- A racially charged trial and a heartrending love story converge in this documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, set during the Civil Rights era.
- A Dominican friar visits a 13th-century French village in search of heretics. Despite the opposition of the local priest and the indifference of the villagers, he finds a seemingly perfect suspect: a young woman who lives in a forest outside the village and cures people with herbs and folk remedies.
- Hosted by James Earl Jones, this anthology series features fairy tales and short stories. Throughout the series, many guest narrators take turns telling a traditional fairy tale in their own words.
- This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh
- Investigates a nation torn by naked corporate greed and the red-hot rift between the industrial masters and the rabble-rousing workers in the field and factory.
- A history of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), its causes, and its aftermath.
- A young horse trainer woos a woman with his lies of importance and wealth.
- For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.
- A comprehensive history of the superhero comic book fantasy genre and its influence on American culture.
- The Polish city of Lodz was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entire duration of WWII. The segregation of the Jewish population into the ghetto, and the subsequent horrors of the occupation are vividly chronicled through newsreels and photographs. The narration is taken almost entirely from journals and diaries of those who lived--and died--through the course of the occupation, with the number of different narrators diminishing over the course of the film, symbolic of the death of each narrator.
- A New Jersey family discovers their drinking water is contaminated with deadly poisons from a nearby landfill.
- It began as a border dispute, but soon escalated into a 16-month conflict that transformed a continent. This critically acclaimed documentary series explores the events surrounding the conflict between two neighboring nations struggling for land, power and identity. In the war, Mexico lost almost half of its national territory -- the present Southwest from Texas to California -- to the United States. Although the war lasted only two years, its outcome not only transformed the boundaries of these neighboring countries, but it also shifted the balance of world powers and shaped the destinies of each nation. The four segments are: [1] Neighbors and strangers; [2] War for the borderlands; [3] The hour of sacrifice; [4] The fate of nations. This program is the first to study both sides of the conflict, presenting a historical panorama filled with unforgettable characters such as Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, General Zachary Taylor, and Winfield Scott.
- The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
- A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.
- A mysterious stranger descends on the small town of Hadleyburg to teach its deceitful residents a lesson. Inspired by writer Mark Twain's short story.
- From an early age Yossi Klein received a special education. He was prepared for another Holocaust. So were other children in Boro Park, the largest Orthodox survivor community in America, and this candid portrait of a young Jewish activist coming to terms with his father's traumatic history is as bracing as any fiction. Through his writing and activism, Yossi attempts to carry on the legacy of struggle passed on to him. A portrait emerges of a young man whose world view and personal outlook have been principally shaped by an event that took place before he was born.
- Documentary tracing the history of Storyville, the notorious--and legal--red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, that thrived from 1897 to 1917. Established in 1897 by the city to control prostitution (and named for the local politician who first drew up the plans and regulations for it), it became almost a source of pride for locals. It was shut down at the beginning of World War I when the US Army decreed that no prostitution would be allowed within five miles of an army base, and Storyville was within that distance.
- Harold Krebs went off to fight in World War I, "the war to end all wars." But when he comes home, Harold finds that he doesn't fit in any more. He needs peace and quiet to figure out what has happened to him and who he has become, but his mother pressures him to rejoin society.
- The story of an American Communist militia that fought for the Spanish Republicans in the 1936-39 Civil War.
- A young elephant goes to live with his eccentric uncle when his parents are lost at sea.
- How African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.
- Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped turn those mills into sweatshops.
- America's desire for freedom and the open road resulted in the construction of thousands of highways during the Eisenhower administration. Through interviews, archival footage and photography, America's interstate highway system is revealed to have shaped every aspect of American life and affected the nation's history for better and for worse.
- A document of the 30-year history of the red AIDS ribbons on the tower of Hollywood United Methodist Church that were placed at the height of the AIDS crisis, signaling that all are welcome in this place no matter who you love.
- Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today.
- Examines the 1879 court case of Standing Bear vs. Crook and the struggle for basic Native American rights.
- Historical documentary on the Spanish-American war, the events surrounding it, and the people involved. Highlights events in Cuba and the Philippines.
- Chronicles labor organizer A. Philip Randolph's legendary efforts to build a more equitable society.
- A look at the controversial Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers of the 1920s and 1930s.
- Did you know that a seafaring American tribe explored the shores of North America 7000 years ago? Or that these ancient Americans rivaled their European counterparts in navigational skills several millennia before the Vikings? The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People follows U.S., Canadian, and European scientists from the barrens of Labrador - where archaeologists uncover an ancient stone burial mound - to sites in the U.S., France, England, and Denmark, and to the vast fjords of northernmost Norway where monumental standing stones testify to links among seafaring cultures across immense distances. This film represents the first publication in any medium that has synthesized these new discoveries and attempted to draw a picture of the northeastern sea peoples, whom scientists refer to as the Maritime Archaic.
- Details the impact of television on people and social institutions
- Maritime archaeologist and historian James Delgado rates 11 shipwreck scenes in movies for realism. Delgado breaks down the accuracy of discovering and investigating shipwrecks in "Titanic" (1997), "Uncharted" (2022), "Finding Nemo" (2003), and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003. He looks at the realism of nature causing shipwrecks in "Life of Pi" (2012) and "The Perfect Storm" (2000. He rates the plausibility of shipwrecking caused by deliberate attacks and equipment failures in "In the Heart of the Sea" (2015), "Speed 2: Cruise Control" (1997), "The Finest Hours" (2016) and "USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage" (2016). He also explains the accuracy of deep-sea exploration in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (2022).
- A safe cracker finds love, will that be enough to take him from his criminal lifestyle?