The Kennedys
first aired:
May 18, 2009
(#2110)
No family has had such a powerful hold on the American imagination. A ...
Wounded Knee (Part 5 of 5)
first aired:
May 11, 2009
(#2109)
On the night of February 27, 1973, fifty-four cars rolled, horns blaring, ...
Geronimo (Part 4 of 5)
first aired:
May 4, 2009
(#2108)
In February of 1909, the indomitable Chiricahua Apache medicine man Geronimo ...
Trail of Tears (Part 3 of 5)
first aired:
April 27, 2009
(#2107)
The Cherokee would call it Nu-No-Du-Na Tlo-Hi-Lu, "The Trail Where They ...
Tecumseh's Vision (Part 2 of 5)
first aired:
April 20, 2009
(#2106)
In the spring of 1805, Tenskwatawa (actor Billy Merasty, Cree First Nation), ...
After the Mayflower (Part 1 of 5)
first aired:
April 13, 2009
(#2105)
In March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Massasoit ...
Class Apart
first aired:
February 23, 2009
(#2104)
In the tiny town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, a field hand named Pete Hernandez ...
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
first aired:
February 9, 2009
(#2103)
On March 4, 1865, at the United States Capitol, a crowd of 50,000 listened ...
Polio Crusade
first aired:
February 2, 2009
(#2102)
THE "Polio Crusade: American Experience" chronicles the decades-long crusade ...
Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
first aired:
January 26, 2009
(#2101)
J. Robert Oppenheimer's life and legacy are inextricably linked to America's ...
George H.W. Bush (Part 2 of 2)
first aired:
May 6, 2008
(#2010)
Part two examines Bush's role as leader of the first Gulf War and his ...
George H.W. Bush (Part 1 of 2)
first aired:
May 5, 2008
(#2009)
"George H.W. Bush" examines Bush's service in World War II, and his early ...
Walt Whitman
first aired:
April 14, 2008
(#2008)
On a hot summer day in 1855, a 36-year-old writer emerged from an undistinguished ...
Roberto Clemente
first aired:
April 21, 2008
(#2007)
On New Year's Eve 1972, Roberto Clemente, a 37-year-old baseball player ...
Minik, the Lost Eskimo
first aired:
March 31, 2008
(#2006)
In October 1897, renowned Arctic explorer Robert Peary returned to New ...
Kit Carson
first aired:
February 18, 2008
(#2005)
His exploits on the American frontier inspired dozens of dime novels, ...
Grand Central
first aired:
February 4, 2008
(#2004)
On the morning of January 8, 1902, a southbound commuter train traveling ...
Buffalo Bill
first aired:
January 28, 2008
(#2003)
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create the myth ...
The Lobotomist
first aired:
January 21, 2008
(#2002)
The lobotomy was hailed by The New York Times as a "surgery of the soul" ...
Oswald's Ghost
first aired:
January 14, 2008
(#2001)
The assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, ...
Alexander Hamilton
first aired:
May 14, 2007
(#1913)
One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a ...
Summer of Love
first aired:
April 23, 2007
(#1912)
In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country ...
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
first aired:
April 9, 2007
(#1911)
On November 17, 1978, Congressman Leo Ryan traveled to an isolated rainforest ...
Sister Aimee
first aired:
April 2, 2007
(#1910)
"Sister Aimee" tells the dramatic life story Aimee Semple McPherson, the ...
New Orleans
first aired:
February 12, 2007
(#1909)
New Orleans: the utterly original American city that lies at the mouth ...
The Living Weapon
first aired:
February 5, 2007
(#1908)
In early 1942, shortly after the United States entered World War II, President ...
The Berlin Airlift
first aired:
January 29, 2007
(#1907)
On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union blocked railroad and street access ...
The Great Fever
first aired:
June 23, 2008
(#1905)
In June 1900, Major Walter Reed, Chief Surgeon of the U.S. Army, led a ...
Annie Oakley
first aired:
February 11, 2008
(#1812)
This program tells the tale of the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, ...
Alaska Pipeline
first aired:
March 16, 2009
(#1811)
In the early weeks of 1968, after a decade-long search for oil in Alaska's ...
Hijacked!
first aired:
March 19, 2007
(#1808)
For more than 30 years it would be known as the blackest day in aviation ...
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 2)
first aired:
June 9, 2008
(#1804)
From well- heeled mobsters and glamorous showgirls, fantastical mega- ...
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 1)
first aired:
June 2, 2008
(#1803)
From well- heeled mobsters and glamorous showgirls, fantastical mega- ...
Race to the Moon
first aired:
February 26, 2007
(#1802)
On Christmas Eve, 1968, one of the largest audiences in television history ...
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
first aired:
March 26, 2007
(#1711)
This production tells the bittersweet story of the musical pioneers whose ...
Victory in the Pacific
first aired:
August 5, 2007
(#1710)
"Take no prisoners. Fight to the bitter end." Those were everyday words ...
The Massie Affair
first aired:
February 19, 2007
(#1708)
In the early years of the 20th century, at a time when the U.S. Navy dominated ...
The Great Transatlantic Cable
first aired:
February 26, 2007
(#1707)
This production tells the remarkable story behind the laying of the transatlantic ...
Building the Alaska Highway
first aired:
June 11, 2007
(#1704)
In May 1942, across the rugged sub-Arctic wilderness of Alaska, British ...
RFK
first aired:
April 23, 2007
(#1701)
Robert Francis Kennedy would almost certainly have been president if his ...
Patriots Day
first aired:
March 12, 2007
(#1608)
Patriots Day - It is 227 years since local American militias routed ...
Jimmy Carter: Jimmy Who?
first aired:
October 6, 2008
(#1501)
"Jimmy Carter" traces the ascent of an ambitious country boy from a peanut ...
Ansel Adams
first aired:
March 17, 2008
(#1409)
In this elegant, moving and lyrical portrait of the most eloquent and ...
Eleanor Roosevelt
first aired:
June 16, 2008
(#1201)
She was the nation's conscience, a tireless advocate for the disadvantaged, ...
Reagan - An American Crusade
first aired:
September 29, 2008
(#1007)
In 1989, after two terms in office, Ronald Wilson Reagan left the White ...
Reagan - Lifeguard
first aired:
September 22, 2008
(#1006)
"Lifeguard" follows the influence of family, religion, and anti- communism ...
Truman (Part 2 of 2)
first aired:
May 26, 2008
(#1002)
After Harry Truman's unlikely rise to the presidency, he would face some ...
Truman (Part 1 of 2)
first aired:
May 25, 2008
(#1001)
He was a farmer, a businessman gone bankrupt, an unknown politician from ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Grandest Job in the World/The Juggler (Part 2 of 2)
first aired:
May 19, 2008
(#702)
The first segment, "The Grandest Job in the World," focused on the first ...
Amelia Earhart
first aired:
May 7, 2007
(#601)
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, and ...
LBJ (Part 2)
first aired:
October 27, 2008
(#402)
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LBJ (Part 1)
first aired:
October 20, 2008
(#401)
The first of a two-part series on the life of Lyndon B. Johnson, this ...
The Crash of 1929
first aired:
November 10, 2008
(#308)
On October 19, 1929 - Black Monday - the lifelong dreams of hundreds ...
Nixon
first aired:
October 13, 2008
(#302)
This three-hour presentation provides a reassessment of Richard Nixon's ...
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Lecture: Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Walker Howe
