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Season 36 (2023)

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1 : The Busing Battleground

2 : The Harvest

3 : The War on Disco

Season 35 (2023)

10 | : 01/03/2023 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. 35

35 (10 )

1 : The Lie Detector

Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. A tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.

2 : Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.

3 : Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Monopoly is America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.

4 : The Movement and the Madman

Discover the story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement. Told through firsthand accounts, the film reveals how movement leaders mobilized disparate groups to create two massive protests that changed history.

5 : The Sun Queen

Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.

6 : Casa Susanna

7 : The Busing Battleground

The Busing Battleground viscerally captures the class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order.

8 : The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

9 : The War on Disco

Season 34 (2022)

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1 : Riveted: The History of Jeans

The fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. They’re more than just a pair of pants — America’s tangled past is woven deeply into the indigo fabric. From its roots in slavery to the Wild West, youth culture, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American ideology and politics are writ large.

2 : The American Diplomat

Discover how three Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the US State Department during the Cold War. Asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home, they left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.

3 : Flood in the Desert

Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct.

4 : 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 documentary tells the gripping story of the race against time by health officials to save the city from the deadly disease.

5 : Taken Hostage (1)

Part 1: Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, through stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.

6 : Taken Hostage (2)

Part 2: Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, through stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.

Season 33 (2021)

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1 : The Codebreaker

Based on the book The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies, The Codebreaker reveals the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work to decode thousands of messages for the U.S. government.

2 : Voice of Freedom

Explore the fascinating life of celebrated singer Marian Anderson. In 1939, after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall because she was Black, she triumphed at the Lincoln Memorial in what became a landmark moment in American history.

3 : 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 bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.

4 : American Oz

The life of author L. Frank Baum, creator of the classic novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which has inspired films, books and musicals.

5 : Billy Graham

Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century. An international celebrity by age 30, he built a media empire, preached to millions worldwide, and had the ear of tycoons, presidents and royalty.

6 : 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 was the deciding vote in cases on some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues—including race, gender and reproductive rights.

7 : Citizen Hearst (1)

William Randolph Hearst builds the nation’s largest media empire by the 1930s. Born into one of America’s wealthiest families, he used his outlets to achieve unprecedented political power, then ran for office himself.

8 : Citizen Hearst (2)

William Randolph Hearst continued his rise to power and expansion into Hollywood. The model for Citizen Kane, he had a decades-long affair with actress Marion Davies, built an enormous castle at San Simeon, and forever transformed modern media.

Season 32 (2020)

9 | : 01/08/2020 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. 32

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1 : McCarthy

McCarthy chronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose zealous anti-communist crusade would test the limits of American decency and democracy.

2 : The Poison Squad

By the close of the Industrial Revolution, the American food supply was tainted with frauds, fakes, and legions of new and untested chemicals, dangerously threatening the health of consumers. Based on the book by Deborah Blum, The Poison Squad tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food manufacturers and their allies. Wiley embarked upon a series of bold and controversial trials on 12 human subjects who would become known as the “Poison Squad.” Following Wiley’s unusual experiments and tireless advocacy, the film charts the path of the forgotten man who laid the groundwork for U.S. consumer protection laws, and ultimately the creation of the FDA.

3 : 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 a severe famine and led the "Green Revolution," estimated to have saved one billion lives. But his work later faced criticism.

4 : 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 W. Bush, from his unorthodox road to the presidency to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the myriad of challenges he faced over his two terms, from the war in Iraq to the 2008 financial crisis.

5 : George W. Bush (Part 2)

George W. Bush, part two continues through Bush’s second term, as the president confronts the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression.

6 : Mr. Tornado

Mr. Tornado is the remarkable story of Ted Fujita, whose groundbreaking work in research and applied science saved thousands of lives and helped Americans prepare for and respond to dangerous weather phenomena.

7 : Stonewall Uprising

In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. That night the street erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations that lasted for the next three days. The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.

8 : The Vote (Part 1)

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.

9 : The Vote (Part 2)

Part Two examines the mounting dispute over strategy and tactics, and reveals how the pervasive racism of the time, particularly in the South, impacted women's fight for the vote.

Season 31 (2019)

8 | : 15/01/2019 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. 31

31 (8 )

1 : The Swamp

2 : Sealab

3 : Chasing the Moon - A Place Beyond the Sky

4 : Chasing the Moon - Earthrise

5 : Chasing the Moon - Magnificent Desolation

6 : Woodstock

7 : The Feud

Anderson Hatfield and Randolph McCoy, the patriarchs of the legendary feud, were entrepreneurs seeking to climb up from hardship after fierce economic competition and rapid technological change had turned their lives upside down. When members of both families took their grievances to court, their dispute escalated into a war between two families and a struggle between two states. The Feud reveals more than an isolated story of mountain lust and violence between “hillbillies” — the Hatfield - McCoy feud was a microcosm of the tensions inherent in the nation’s rapid industrialization after the Civil War.

8 : Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory

In the chaotic decade following the Civil War, a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, set out on a mission to save their financially troubled school by giving concerts.

Season 30 (2018)

11 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 01/09/2018 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 30

Alle afleveringen weergeven 30 (11 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Into the Amazon

The remarkable story of President Theodore Roosevelt’s journey with legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.

afleveringen 2 : The Secret of Tuxedo Park

In the fall of 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his country’s most valuable military secret — a revolutionary radar component — to a Wall Street tycoon, Alfred Lee Loomis. Using his connections, his money, and his brilliant scientific mind, Loomis and his team of scientists developed radar technology that played a more decisive role than any other weapon in World War II.

afleveringen 3 : The Gilded Age

Meet the titans and barons of the glittering late 19th century, whose materialistic extravagance contrasted harshly with the poverty of the struggling workers who challenged them. The vast disparities between them sparked debates still raging today.

afleveringen 4 : 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 financial center that left 38 dead – a crime that remains unsolved today.

afleveringen 5 : 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 his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society.

afleveringen 5 : The Island Murder

In the summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders. What unfolded in the following days and weeks was a racially-charged murder case that would make headlines across the nation, enrage Hawai'i's native population, and galvanize the island's law enforcers and the nation's social elite.

afleveringen 6 : 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 Chinese nationals already there to become U.S. citizens.

afleveringen 7 : The Circus Part 1

afleveringen 7 : The Circus (Part 2)

Revisit the heyday of this distinctly American form of entertainment when former rivals Barnum, Bailey and the Ringling Brothers joined forces to present the “greatest show on earth” in big cities and small towns across the country.

afleveringen 7 : The Circus (Part 2)

Revisit the heyday of this distinctly American form of entertainment when former rivals Barnum, Bailey and the Ringling Brothers joined forces to present the “greatest show on earth” in big cities and small towns across the country.

afleveringen 8 : The Eugenics Crusade

The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.

Season 29 (2016)

11 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 18/10/2016 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 29

Alle afleveringen weergeven 29 (11 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Tesla

afleveringen 2 : The Battle of Chosin

afleveringen 3 : Command and Control

afleveringen 4 : Rachel Carson

afleveringen 5 : The Race Underground

afleveringen 6 : Oklahoma City

afleveringen 7 : Ruby Ridge

afleveringen 8 : The Great War: Part 1

afleveringen 9 : The Great War: Part 2

afleveringen 10 : The Great War: Part 3

afleveringen 12 : Aflevering 12

Season 28 (2016)

8 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 19/01/2016 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 28

Alle afleveringen weergeven 28 (8 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Bonnie & Clyde

afleveringen 2 : The Mine Wars

afleveringen 3 : Murder of a President

afleveringen 4 : The Perfect Crime

afleveringen 5 : Space Men

afleveringen 6 : The Boys of '36

afleveringen 7 : Aflevering 7

afleveringen 8 : Aflevering 8

Season 27 (2015)

11 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 01/05/2015 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 27

Alle afleveringen weergeven 27 (11 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Ripley: Believe It or Not

afleveringen 2 : Klansville, USA

afleveringen 3 : Edison

afleveringen 4 : The Big Burn

afleveringen 5 : The Forgotten Plague

afleveringen 6 : Last Days In Vietnam

afleveringen 7 : Blackout

afleveringen 8 : Walt Disney (1)

afleveringen 9 : Walt Disney (2)

afleveringen 10 : American Comandante

afleveringen 11 : The Pilgrims

Season 26 (2014)

7 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 01/07/2014 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 26

Alle afleveringen weergeven 26 (7 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : The Poisoner's Handbook

afleveringen 2 : 1964

afleveringen 3 : The Amish Shunned

afleveringen 4 : Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

afleveringen 5 : The Rise and Fall of Penn Station

afleveringen 6 : Freedom Summer

afleveringen 7 : Cold War Roadshow

Season 25 (2013)

8 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 01/08/2013 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 25

Alle afleveringen weergeven 25 (8 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838

afleveringen 2 : The Abolitionists: 1838-1854

afleveringen 3 : The Abolitionists: 1854-Emancipation and Victory

afleveringen 4 : Henry Ford

afleveringen 5 : Silicon Valley

afleveringen 6 : War of the Worlds

afleveringen 7 : JFK (Part 1)

afleveringen 8 : JFK (Part 2)

Season 24 (2012)

8 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 01/10/2012 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 24

Alle afleveringen weergeven 24 (8 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Billy the Kid

afleveringen 2 : Custer's Last Stand

afleveringen 3 : Clinton: The Comeback Kid (1)

afleveringen 4 : Clinton: The Survivor (2)

afleveringen 5 : The Amish

afleveringen 6 : Grand Coulee Dam

afleveringen 7 : Jesse Owens

afleveringen 8 : Death and the Civil War

Season 23 (2011)

14 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 01/03/2011 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 23

Alle afleveringen weergeven 23 (14 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Robert E. Lee

afleveringen 1 : 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 the settlers brought with them. A New Eden explores how an unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures like Thomas Jefferson served as the foundation of American religious liberty.

afleveringen 2 : God in America (Parts 3-4)

During the 19th century, the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and conservative believers.

afleveringen 2 : God in America (Parts 3-4)

afleveringen 2 : Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior

afleveringen 3 : Dinosaur Wars

afleveringen 4 : The Greely Expedition

afleveringen 5 : Panama Canal

afleveringen 6 : Triangle Fire

afleveringen 6 : Panama Canal

In 1914, the Panama Canal connected the world’s two largest oceans. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded where the French had failed disastrously, but the U.S. paid a price for victory.

afleveringen 7 : The Great Famine

afleveringen 8 : Stonewall Uprising

afleveringen 9 : Soundtrack for a Revolution

afleveringen 10 : Freedom Riders

Season 22 (2009)

8 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 11/02/2009 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 22

Alle afleveringen weergeven 22 (8 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Civilian Conservation Corps

afleveringen 2 : Wyatt Earp

afleveringen 3 : The Bombing of Germany

afleveringen 4 : Dolley Madison

afleveringen 5 : Earth Days

afleveringen 6 : My Lai

afleveringen 7 : Roads to Memphis

afleveringen 8 : Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World

Season 21 (2009)

11 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 26/01/2009 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 21

Alle afleveringen weergeven 21 (11 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

afleveringen 2 : The Polio Crusade

afleveringen 3 : The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

afleveringen 4 : A Class Apart

afleveringen 5 : We Shall Remain (1): After the Mayflower

afleveringen 6 : We Shall Remain (2): Tecumseh's Vision

afleveringen 7 : We Shall Remain (3): Trail of Tears

afleveringen 8 : We Shall Remain (4): Geronimo

afleveringen 9 : We Shall Remain (5): Wounded Knee

afleveringen 10 : The Crash of 1929

afleveringen 11 : Surviving the Dust Bowl

Season 20 (2008)

14 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 14/01/2008 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 20

Alle afleveringen weergeven 20 (14 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Oswald's Ghost

afleveringen 2 : The Lobotomist

afleveringen 3 : Eyes on the Prize II (1 & 2): The Time Has Come/Two Societies

afleveringen 4 : Grand Central

afleveringen 5 : Eyes on the Prize II (3 & 4): Power!/The Promised Land

afleveringen 6 : Eyes on the Prize II (5 & 6): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?

afleveringen 7 : Eyes on the Prize II (7 & 8): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement

afleveringen 8 : Kit Carson

afleveringen 9 : Buffalo Bill

afleveringen 10 : Minik: The Lost Eskimo

afleveringen 11 : Walt Whitman

afleveringen 12 : Roberto Clemente

afleveringen 13 : George H.W. Bush (1)

afleveringen 14 : George H.W. Bush (2)

Season 19 (2006)

15 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 10/02/2006 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 19

Alle afleveringen weergeven 19 (15 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962

afleveringen 2 : Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4): Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961/No Easy Walk 1961-1963

afleveringen 3 : Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6): Is This America? 1963-1964 / Bridge to Freedom 1965

afleveringen 4 : Test Tube Babies

afleveringen 5 : The Great Fever

afleveringen 6 : The Gold Rush

afleveringen 7 : The Berlin Airlift

afleveringen 8 : The Living Weapon

afleveringen 9 : New Orleans (1 & 2)

afleveringen 10 : Sister Aimee

afleveringen 11 : Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

afleveringen 12 : Summer of Love

afleveringen 13 : The Mormons (1): History

afleveringen 14 : The Mormons (2): Church and State

afleveringen 15 : Alexander Hamilton

Season 18 (2005)

13 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 17/10/2005 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 18

Alle afleveringen weergeven 18 (13 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Two Days in October

afleveringen 2 : Race to the Moon

afleveringen 3 : Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City

afleveringen 4 : Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca

afleveringen 5 : John and Abigail Adams

afleveringen 6 : The Nuremberg Trials

afleveringen 7 : Jesse James

afleveringen 8 : Hijacked

afleveringen 9 : Eugene O'Neill

afleveringen 10 : The Boy in the Bubble

afleveringen 11 : The Alaska Pipeline

afleveringen 12 : Annie Oakley

afleveringen 13 : The Man Behind Hitler

Season 17 (2004)

13 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 10/04/2004 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 17

Alle afleveringen weergeven 17 (13 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : RFK (1): The Garish Sun

afleveringen 2 : RFK (2): The Awful Grace of God

afleveringen 3 : The Fight

afleveringen 4 : Fidel Castro

afleveringen 5 : Building the Alaskan Highway

afleveringen 6 : Kinsey

afleveringen 7 : Mary Pickford

afleveringen 8 : The Great Transatlantic Cable

afleveringen 9 : The Fall of Saigon

afleveringen 10 : Victory in the Pacific

afleveringen 11 : The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

afleveringen 12 : Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

afleveringen 13 : The Massie Affair

Season 16 (2003)

9 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 09/09/2003 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 16

Alle afleveringen weergeven 16 (9 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : New York (8): The Center of the World

afleveringen 2 : Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (1): Revolution

afleveringen 3 : Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2): Retreat

afleveringen 4 : Citizen King

afleveringen 5 : Remember the Alamo

afleveringen 6 : Tupperware!

afleveringen 7 : Emma Goldman

afleveringen 8 : Patriots Day

afleveringen 9 : Golden Gate Bridge

Season 15 (2002)

13 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 11/11/2002 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 15

Alle afleveringen weergeven 15 (13 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who?

afleveringen 2 : Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage

afleveringen 3 : Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis

afleveringen 4 : Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun

afleveringen 5 : Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago

afleveringen 6 : Transcontinental Railroad

afleveringen 7 : Partners of the Heart

afleveringen 8 : The Pill

afleveringen 9 : Daughter from Danang

afleveringen 10 : Seabiscuit

afleveringen 11 : Bataan Rescue

afleveringen 12 : Murder at Harvard

afleveringen 13 : The Murder of Emmett Till

Season 14 (2001)

14 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 09/10/2001 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 14

Alle afleveringen weergeven 14 (14 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : New York (6): The City of Tomorrow

afleveringen 2 : New York (7): The City and the World

afleveringen 3 : War Letters

afleveringen 4 : Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man

afleveringen 5 : Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World

afleveringen 6 : Mount Rushmore

afleveringen 7 : Miss America

afleveringen 8 : Public Enemy #1

afleveringen 9 : Monkey Trial

afleveringen 10 : Zoot Suit Riots

afleveringen 11 : Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior

afleveringen 12 : Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President

afleveringen 13 : Ansel Adams

afleveringen 14 : A Brilliant Madness

Season 13 (2000)

21 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 17/10/2000 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 13

Alle afleveringen weergeven 13 (21 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : The Rockefellers (1)

afleveringen 2 : The Rockefellers (2)

afleveringen 3 : Secrets of a Master Builder

afleveringen 4 : Return with Honor

afleveringen 5 : The Hurricane of '38

afleveringen 6 : Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

afleveringen 7 : Abraham And Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (1): Ambition

afleveringen 8 : Abraham And Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (2): We Are Elected

afleveringen 9 : Abraham And Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (3): Shattered

afleveringen 10 : Abraham And Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (4): The Dearest of All Things

afleveringen 11 : Abraham And Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (5): The Frightful War

afleveringen 12 : Abraham And Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (6): Blind with Weeping

afleveringen 13 : Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

afleveringen 13 : Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part IV

Tormented by her grief and losing grip on sanity, Mary Lincoln turns to spiritualists for comfort. Though bowed down with sorrow, her husband never loses sight of the tragedy consuming the nation and issues the Emancipation Proclamation.

afleveringen 14 : Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part V

As 1863 begins, Northerners resent fighting to free black slaves; others are furious with Abraham Lincoln for the devastating Union casualties. Mary Lincoln, worried about her husband, spends money compulsively.

afleveringen 14 : Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part V

afleveringen 14 : Fatal Flood

afleveringen 15 : Stephen Foster

afleveringen 15 : Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part VI

Following the Union victory at Gettysburg, and the surrender at Appomattox, the president tells Mary Lincoln they can find some happiness again. Just days later, he is shot to death.

afleveringen 15 : Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part VI

afleveringen 16 : Streamliners: America's Last Trains

Season 12 (1999)

15 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 14/11/1999 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 12

Alle afleveringen weergeven 12 (15 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : New York (1): The Country and the City

afleveringen 2 : New York (2): Order and Disorder

afleveringen 3 : New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow

afleveringen 4 : New York (4): The Power and the People

afleveringen 5 : New York (5): Cosmopolis

afleveringen 6 : Eleanor Roosevelt

afleveringen 7 : Nixon's China Game

afleveringen 8 : Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory

afleveringen 9 : The Duel

afleveringen 10 : John Brown's Holy War

afleveringen 11 : Houdini

afleveringen 12 : George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1)

afleveringen 13 : George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2)

afleveringen 14 : Joe DiMaggio: A Hero's Life

afleveringen 15 : George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography

Season 11 (1998)

14 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 18/11/1998 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 11

Alle afleveringen weergeven 11 (14 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : America 1900 (1): Spirit of the Age

afleveringen 2 : America 1900 (2): Change Is in the Air

afleveringen 3 : America 1900 (3): A Great Civilized Power

afleveringen 4 : America 1900 (4): Anything Seemed Possible

afleveringen 5 : Race for the Super Bomb

afleveringen 6 : Hoover Dam

afleveringen 7 : Alone on the Ice

afleveringen 8 : Rescue at Sea

afleveringen 9 : Meltdown at Three Mile Island

afleveringen 10 : Lost in the Grand Canyon

afleveringen 11 : Riding the Rails

afleveringen 12 : Fly Girls

afleveringen 13 : MacArthur (1): Destiny

afleveringen 14 : MacArthur (2): The Politics of War

Season 10 (1997)

21 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 10/06/1997 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 10

Alle afleveringen weergeven 10 (21 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy

afleveringen 2 : Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets

afleveringen 3 : Truman (3): Hell

afleveringen 4 : Vietnam: A Television History (1): Roots of War

afleveringen 5 : Vietnam: A Television History (2): America's Mandarin

afleveringen 6 : Vietnam: A Television History (3): LBJ Goes to War

afleveringen 7 : Vietnam: A Television History (4): America Takes Charge

afleveringen 8 : Vietnam: A Television History (5): America's Enemy

afleveringen 9 : Vietnam: A Television History (6): Tet 1968

afleveringen 9 : Riding the Rails

During the Depression-era 1930's, tens of thousands of teenagers hopped freight trains in search of a better life elsewhere. What they found was a mixture of adventure, camaraderie, hardship and loneliness. The evocative stories of teen hoboes crisscrossing America during tough times.

afleveringen 10 : Vietnam: A Television History (7): Vietnamizing the War

afleveringen 11 : Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos

afleveringen 12 : Vietnam: A Television History (9): Peace is at Hand

afleveringen 13 : Vietnam: A Television History (10): Homefront USA

afleveringen 14 : Vietnam: A Television History (11): The End of the Tunnel

afleveringen 15 : A Midwife's Tale

afleveringen 16 : Mr. Miami Beach

afleveringen 17 : Influenza 1918

afleveringen 18 : Reagan (1): Lifeguard

afleveringen 19 : Reagan (2): An American Crusade

afleveringen 20 : Surviving the Dust Bowl

Season 9 (1996)

22 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 10/06/1996 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 9

Alle afleveringen weergeven 9 (22 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1): The Long Campaign

afleveringen 2 : T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (2): The Bully Pulpit

afleveringen 3 : T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (3): The Good Fight

afleveringen 4 : T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (4): Black Care

afleveringen 5 : The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie

afleveringen 6 : Hawaii's Last Queen

afleveringen 7 : The Telephone

afleveringen 8 : Big Dream, Small Screen

afleveringen 8 : Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern

A story of the realities leading to the vanishing role of the family farm in the United States.

afleveringen 9 : New York Underground

afleveringen 10 : Around the World in 72 Days

afleveringen 11 : Gold Fever

afleveringen 11 : 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" looks at the start of America's involvement in Vietnam during the 1950s and '60s.

afleveringen 12 : 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: Gen. William Westmoreland (USA Ret.) and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

afleveringen 13 : 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 sequence in which Americans and Vietnamese describe the same operation.

afleveringen 14 : 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 view of North Vietnamese leaders and their followers, beginning with the country's partition after the French defeat. Interviewed: former Premier Pham Van Dong.

afleveringen 15 : Vietnam: A Television History (6): Tet 1968

Vietnam: A Television History": TV-news footage graphically recalls "Tet 1968," the bold North Vietnamese and Vietcong offensive. The attacks gave the enemy a "brilliant political victory" in the U.S, says former Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

afleveringen 16 : 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 recalled in "Vietnamizing the War (1968-73)." But morale was low among Americans still in the country, and veterans interviewed recall racial divisions and the availability of drugs.

afleveringen 17 : 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" continues. After the bombing halt in August 1973, the Communist Khmer Rouge advanced on the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, and finally, in April 1975, the city fell.

afleveringen 18 : 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 Kissinger's "secret" talks with Le Duc Tho. As the talks dragged on, the U.S. stepped up air attacks.

afleveringen 19 : 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, from the first demonstrations in the mid-1960s to the May 1970 Kent State shootings.

afleveringen 20 : 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 subsequent collapse of South Vietnam. Included: vivid footage of helicopter evacuations in Saigon during the final hours before the Communists took the city on April 30, 1975.

Season 8 (1995)

9 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 16/10/1995 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 8

Alle afleveringen weergeven 8 (9 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Murder of the Century

afleveringen 2 : Edison's Miracle of Light

afleveringen 3 : Chicago 1968

afleveringen 4 : The Orphan Trains

afleveringen 5 : Daley: The Last Boss

afleveringen 5 : 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; the other, African Americans who lived in the most violently segregated state. Recruits in a nonviolent army, together they fought the white political establishment to register black voters, create schools and bring national attention to the struggle. It was a summer of rage, pain and enormous danger.

afleveringen 6 : The Battle Over Citizen Kane

afleveringen 7 : The Wright Stuff

afleveringen 8 : Spy in the Sky

Season 7 (1994)

16 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 10/12/1994 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 7

Alle afleveringen weergeven 7 (16 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921)

afleveringen 2 : FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)

afleveringen 3 : FDR (3): The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940)

afleveringen 4 : FDR (4): The Juggler (1940-1945)

afleveringen 5 : Telegrams from the Dead

afleveringen 6 : Midnight Ramble

afleveringen 7 : Battle of the Bulge

afleveringen 8 : Freedom on My Mind

afleveringen 9 : Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern

afleveringen 10 : One Woman, One Vote (1)

afleveringen 11 : One Woman, One Vote (2)

afleveringen 12 : America's War on Poverty

afleveringen 13 : The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864)

afleveringen 14 : The Way West (2): The Approach of Civilization (1865-1869)

afleveringen 15 : The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)

afleveringen 16 : The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893)

Season 6 (1993)

10 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 20/09/1993 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 6

Alle afleveringen weergeven 6 (10 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Ike (1): Soldier

afleveringen 2 : Ike (2): Statesman

afleveringen 3 : Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage

afleveringen 4 : The Hunt for Pancho Villa

afleveringen 5 : Out of Ireland

afleveringen 6 : Malcolm X: Make It Plain

afleveringen 7 : America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference

afleveringen 8 : D-Day Remembered

afleveringen 8 : The Hurricane of '38

The Hurricane of '38 chronicles the lives of fishermen, residents and vacationers on the day before the storm, following their stories through one of the greatest natural disasters ever to befall the eastern seaboard.

afleveringen 8 : The Hurricane of '38

Season 5 (1992)

15 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 20/09/1992 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 5

Alle afleveringen weergeven 5 (15 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : The Kennedys (1): The Father, 1900-61

afleveringen 2 : The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80

afleveringen 3 : The Donner Party

afleveringen 4 : The Johnstown Flood

afleveringen 5 : Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

afleveringen 6 : George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King

afleveringen 7 : Last Stand at Little Big Horn

afleveringen 8 : Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian

afleveringen 9 : If You Knew Sousa

afleveringen 10 : Simple Justice

afleveringen 11 : Sit Down And Fight

afleveringen 12 : Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish

afleveringen 13 : Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

afleveringen 14 : French Dance Tonight

afleveringen 15 : Goin' Back to T-Town

Season 4 (1991)

13 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 30/09/1991 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 4

Alle afleveringen weergeven 4 (13 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : LBJ (1)

afleveringen 2 : LBJ (2)

afleveringen 3 : The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

afleveringen 4 : Barnum's Big Top

afleveringen 5 : Scandalous Mayor

afleveringen 5 : The Johnstown Flood

By an abandoned earthen dam, at a mountain resort 14 miles up the valley, the leaders of industry and their families created an exclusive summer retreat. But the structure of the dam was fatally flawed. On May 31, 1889, after steady spring rains, it broke without warning, and this small city in Pennsylvania was swept away in a wall of water over 30 feet high. More than two thousand people lost their lives; thousands were left homeless.

afleveringen 6 : Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance

afleveringen 7 : Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo

afleveringen 7 : 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 controversial leadership of J. Edgar Hoover.

afleveringen 8 : The Quiz Show Scandal

afleveringen 9 : Love in the Cold War

afleveringen 10 : Wild by Law

afleveringen 11 : In the White Man's Image

Season 3 (1990)

17 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 27/08/1990 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 3

Alle afleveringen weergeven 3 (17 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : Lindbergh

afleveringen 2 : Journey to America

afleveringen 3 : Insanity on Trial

afleveringen 4 : Nixon (1): The Quest

afleveringen 5 : Nixon (2): Triumph

afleveringen 5 : 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 settled in Chicago and became a barber, instilling in his family a love of the "old world" traditions and pride in their Polish heritage. A nostalgic and humorous look at how old world Chicago lives side by side with the new.

afleveringen 6 : Nixon (3): The Fall

afleveringen 7 : The Satellite Sky

afleveringen 8 : Orphans of the Storm

afleveringen 9 : The Crash of 1929

afleveringen 10 : The Iron Road

afleveringen 10 : French Dance Tonight

When French settlers, exiled from Nova Scotia, migrated to Louisiana in the 1750s, they mixed with African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and others to create one of America's richest, most varied cultures. The film captures many of Cajun and Zydeco music's most important innovators and performers as they talk about the emergence of two musical traditions.

afleveringen 11 : After the Crash

After the stock market crashed in 1929, thousands suffered unemployment and poverty in the Great Depression. The most desperate year, 1932, brought World War I veterans' Bonus March, the election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the New Deal.

afleveringen 11 : G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover

afleveringen 12 : Los Mineros

afleveringen 13 : Coney Island

afleveringen 14 : Love in the Cold War

Season 2 (1989)

18 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 10/03/1989 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 2

Alle afleveringen weergeven 2 (18 afleveringen)

afleveringen 1 : The Great Air Race of 1924

afleveringen 2 : Demon Rum

afleveringen 3 : A Family Gathering

afleveringen 4 : Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

afleveringen 5 : The Great War: 1918

afleveringen 6 : Forever Baseball

afleveringen 7 : Adam Clayton Powell

afleveringen 8 : Mr. Sears' Catalogue

afleveringen 9 : Battle for Wilderness

afleveringen 10 : Ballad of a Mountain Man

afleveringen 10 : 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 through Europe to seaport towns, to the arrival in New York Harbor, and into the early months of settlement from urban ghettos out into the prairies. Letters, diaries and oral interviews are used to depict one of the largest single human migrations in history.

afleveringen 11 : Forbidden City, USA

afleveringen 12 : Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil

afleveringen 13 : Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad

afleveringen 13 : 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 perilous sea voyage to safe havens in the United States. There, they forged life-long relationships with their "adopted" families, relationships that changes lives and attitudes on both sides of the Atlantic.

afleveringen 13 : Orphans of the Storm

afleveringen 14 : Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven

afleveringen 15 : God Bless America and Poland, Too

Season 1 (1988)

16 afleveringen | Uitzendingen : 10/04/1988 TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Alle afleveringen weergeven 1

Alle afleveringen weergeven 1 (16 afleveringen)