History

Post image for 1964 World’s Fair, The

1964 World’s Fair, The

in A-Z,History,Pop Culture

Relive the dazzle, wonder and fun of The 1964 World’s Fair, an extraordinary documentary narrated by Judd Hirsch that takes a fresh look at the sights and sounds of this once-in-a-lifetime event. [click to continue…]

A Day in the Life of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk

This High-Definition documentary special presents an intimate view of life aboard the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk as it patrolled the United States south coastal region in February and March of 1999.

Click to continue →

After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater

Decades after its inception, the drive-in theater stands as one of America’s last great icons.

Click to continue →

Al Capone: The Untouchable Legend

Al Capone: The Untouchable Legend is a new one-hour biography of the most notorious gangster in history. On January 17th, 1999, Al Capone would have celebrated his 100th birthday.

Click to continue →

Alaska, the World & Wally Hickel

Throughout his career, Wally Hickel confounded friend and foe alike because he defied the easy stereotypes of “environmentalist” and “businessman.” He was convinced he’d discovered a novel philosophy – inspired by the history of Alaska, and centered around the concept of “the commons” – that could show us how to balance development with preservation, satisfy our [...]

Click to continue →

America’s Team: Being A U.S. Air Force Thunderbird

The Air Force Thunderbirds have been thrilling audiences since the 1950’s.

Click to continue →

Assisi: Home of St. Francis

In this unique film, viewers are given a guided tour of the town of Assisi by Saint Francis himself. St. Francis’s “narration” is rendered by Christopher Jones.

Click to continue →

B-17 Flying Legend

During World War II America fought a fearsome battle over the skies in Europe.

Click to continue →

Best of Civil War Minutes: Confederate

The Best of Civil War Minutes – Confederate features the rarely told stories and artifacts of both the famous and average Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.

Click to continue →

Best of Civil War Minutes: Union

The Best of Civil War Minutes® Union features favorite stories about the everyday lives of Union soldiers who served in the Civil War.

Click to continue →

Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I

The feature-length documentary Blood and Oil – The Middle East in World War I exposes the Western greed and political intrigue which laid the foundation for wars, coups, revolts, oppressive dictators and military interventions in today’s Middle East. Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, modern Turkey and other hot spots are born as the British and [...]

Click to continue →

Civil War Life 2-Disc Set

TWO FACES OF COURAGE UNDER FIRE The inspiring stories of two courageous Union soldiers who command troops in many of the deadliest battles of the Civil War are reenacted in the Civil War Life 2 Disc Set.

Click to continue →

Civil War Life: Left For Dead

Pain, destruction and suffering could not conquer the infallible Civil War hero Oscar Jackson. Civil War Life: Left for Dead is his story.

Click to continue →

Civil War Life: Shot to Pieces

In Civil War Life: Shot to Pieces, Harvard student William F. Bartlett’s determination to triumph in battle is second only to the love of his men, friends and family.

Click to continue →

Civil War Minutes: Confederate 2- Disc Set

Civil War Minutes – Confederates reveals little know facts and stories about major Confederate players in the Civil War. Discover why few photographs exist of General Robert E. Lee and get an eyewitness account of J.E.B. Stuart’s death.

Click to continue →

Civil War Minutes: Union 2 – Disc Set

EXPLORING THE LIFE OF THE UNION SOLDIER Personal belongings open a window into the lives of those who battle in America’s Civil War.

Click to continue →

Crossing Borders

At a time of world tensions four American and four Moroccan students travel and live together. Sharing experiences — encountering the “Other” — discovering themselves. Crossing Borders is a feature documentary that follows four Moroccan and four American university students as they travel together through Morocco and, in the process of discovering “The Other,” discover themselves. [...]

Click to continue →

Dracula: The True Story

The world’s most famous vampire has been “undead” for over a century.

Click to continue →

Drive-In Movie Memories

This one-hour documentary special is a film celebration of America’s greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile.

Click to continue →

Expo: Magic of the White City

Narrated by Gene Wilder, EXPO – Magic of the White City brings the Chicago World’s Fair to life. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago’s Columbian Exposition.

Click to continue →

Fabulous Animals: Myths & Legends

This 2-disc collection celebrates the animals who play an important role in the myth, legend and folklore of diverse peoples and cultures, from the Inuit to the Aborigines.

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II (The Complete Collection)

Fighter Aces of World War II is the most comprehensive history series ever produced on the subject, featuring amazing air combat footage and first hand accounts of the greatest air battles the world has ever known.

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Assault on the Fortress Europe

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Big Friend, Little Friend

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Closing the Ring

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Defending the Realm

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Fall of the Third Reich

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Hell in the Pacific

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Knights in the Sky

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Red Star Rising

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Reflections on War

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Struggle for Supremacy

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Tigers Over China

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Under All Flags

Click to continue →

Fighter Aces of World War II: Victory in the Pacific

Click to continue →

Gateway Arch, The: A Reflection of America

People said that it would fall, and that a poorly-funded project would leave the nation with a half finished monument.

Click to continue →

George Marshall & The American Century

“The cost of war is constantly spread before me, written neatly in many ledgers whose columns are gravestones.”

Click to continue →

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor – Public Television Edition

Narrated by Keith Carradine, Gettysburg and Stories of Valor – Public Television Edition contains 12 unique stories focusing on one of the most exciting periods in United States history, America’s Civil War.

Click to continue →

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor 2-Disc Set

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor, a 3-hour, 2-disc DVD set, captures the scenic beauty of the Gettysburg battlefield, and presents a unique documentary collection of 30 Gettysburg and Civil War stories, narrated by Keith Carradine, and told with an artful blending of live footage from the battlefield, still pictures, drawings, engravings, and never before seen [...]

Click to continue →

Grange Fair: An American Tradition

The Grange Fair: An American Tradition captures a vanishing piece of Americana – one of the last remaining agricultural encampment Grange fairs in the country.

Click to continue →

Great American West, The

THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST tells the story of the settlement of the United States’ western frontier.

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth Set Of 13 DVDs

This collection of thirteen DVD suggests unusual itineraries through some of the most beautiful places on earth.

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Austria

JOURNEYS THROUGH THE SALT MINES

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: California

JOURNEYS OF THE ADVENTURERS

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Canada

JOURNEYS THROUGH THE ROCKIES

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: England

THE JOURNEYS OF CHARLES DICKENS

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: France

JOURNEYS OF THE SUN KING

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Greece

JOURNEYS TO THE GODS

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Ireland, Great Britain & Brittany

JOURNEYS OF THE CELTIC LEGENDS

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Japan

JOURNEYS ON THE TOKAIDO

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Peru

JOURNEYS TO THE GOLDEN CITIES

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Quebec

THE JOURNEYS OF THE TRAPPERS

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: South Africa

JOURNEYS OF THE FREEDOM SONGS

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Spain

JOURNEYS THROUGH THE LAND OF THE BUILDERS

Click to continue →

Greatest Journeys On Earth: Venice

JOURNEYS THROUGH THE GLASS

Click to continue →

Guadalupe: A Living Image

December 1531, Mexico. The Virgin Mary appears to Juan Diego, a humble Indian peasant, but at first, no one believes him.

Click to continue →

Guardians of the Night

A spectacular documentary on the history of lighthouses, filmed on location in France, Great Britain, Canada and the United States.

Click to continue →

Havana, The (El Habano) Cigar of Connoisseurs

Over five hundred years ago, Christopher Columbus set sail in search of gold.

Click to continue →

Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland

Music, myth, and memory mix as one of the last great untold World War II stories unfolds against an Irish landscape. Three hundred thousand American servicemen and women served in Northern Ireland from 1942 to 1945.

Click to continue →

Horses of Gettysburg [2-Disc Collector's Edition]

Humans have relied on horses since the dawn of time, but there is no stronger bond than between a horse and rider on the battlefield.

Click to continue →

Horses of Gettysburg [Public Television Edition]

Humans have relied on horses since the dawn of time, but there is no stronger bond than between a horse and rider on the battlefield.

Click to continue →

Impossible Spy, The

Based on the true story of Elie Cohen, Israel’s national hero, whose daring mission took him from Argentina to Damascus where he successfully entered the upper echelons of the Syrian government.

Click to continue →

Irish Country House, The

Magnificent, intriguing, cherished or forlorn, the fortunes of the Irish Country House offer a unique insight into Ireland’s history.

Click to continue →

Island, The: Ireland from the Air

This is a magical journey through the mythic and historical landscape of Ireland, filmed entirely from the air.

Click to continue →

Johnstown Flood

Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, Johnstown Flood tells the true story of one of the worst disasters in American history.

Click to continue →

Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki is the Academy Award-winning film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki. [...]

Click to continue →

Last Flight Home

They bravely served their country during some of the most brutal battles of World War II so we could have the freedom we enjoy today.

Click to continue →

Last Flight to Berlin: The Search for a Bomber Pilot

This very personal and moving film documents filmmaker Robert Linnell’s attempt to make sense of his father’s death in combat during World War II.

Click to continue →

Last Ridge, The: The Uphill Battles of the 10th Mountain Division

During World War II, the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division embarked on a true “mission impossible,” giving new meaning to the phrase “uphill battle.”

Click to continue →

Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom

Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom focuses on the single bloodiest day in American history. The film is narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell, director of Gettysburg and Gods and Generals.

Click to continue →

Lion and the Mouse: The Story of America and Bermuda

The Lion and the Mouse: The Story of America and Bermuda, narrated by Michael Douglas, is a series of three hour-long documentary films that tell the story of Bermuda’s role in American history, and the conflicts and characters that shaped the relationship between the little Atlantic island and the great nation that dates back four [...]

Click to continue →

Loreto: The Mystery of The Holy House

An exclusive documentary investigation into one of the most fascinating and controversial mysteries of Christianity. How was the Holy House of the Virgin Mary transported from its original location in Nazareth, Palestine, to the town of Loreto on Italy’s Adriatic coast?

Click to continue →

Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr de Hory

Elmyr de Hory was called “The Myth of our Century” when he was revealed as a master forger in 1968.

Click to continue →

Mayflower Pilgrims, The

Towards the end of the 16th Century, in a quiet corner of England, well away from the mainstream of Elizabethan life, an apparently insignificant religious movement emerged.

Click to continue →

Niagara Falls: Raging Rapids

Now, in an inspiring HDTV film, we probe the secrets of Niagara Falls. From helicopter and speedboat, at high-tech labs and at rope’s end, we join earth scientists as they struggle to piece together the epic life story of North America’s most celebrated natural wonder.

Click to continue →

Pennsylvania Train Stations – Restored and Revitalized

In the early 1900s, travelers could go anywhere by train. America’s train stations provided a doorway to the world, becoming the heart of each community.

Click to continue →

Proudly We Served: The Men of the USS Mason

This is the thrilling true story of the USS Mason (DE 529) and its crew, the only African-American sailors to take a U.S. Navy warship into battle during World War II.

Click to continue →

Raise The Song: The History of Penn State

This 60-minute documentary produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting (WPSU-TV) brings to life the people and events that have taken the Commonwealth’s land-grant university from its humble roots as the Farmers’ High School to an internationally recognized pinnacle of scientific research, sports, academic achievement, agriculture and more.

Click to continue →

Ringling Brothers, The: Kings of the Circus

Their story is as amazing as the circus itself —

Click to continue →

Russian German War, The

The Russian German War is a rare look at one of the worst horror stories in the long infamous history of warfare.

Click to continue →

Seapower To Superpower

THE STORY OF GLOBAL SUPREMACY “Whosoever commands the sea commands trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.” – Sir Walter Raleigh

Click to continue →

Shroud

There is evidence that the Shroud, venerated in France as early as 1350, is the Shroud we see today preserved in Turin, Italy.

Click to continue →

Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of World War II

Narrated by Hal Holbrook, Silent Wings – The American Glider Pilots of World War II reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives. Thousands of lives were saved and battles won because of their efforts.

Click to continue →

Silent Wrecks Of Kwajalein Atoll, The

In a perfectly executed World War II mission that took place at the end of January 1944, U.S. forces defeated the Japanese at a little-known outpost in the Marshall Islands called Kwajalein Atoll.

Click to continue →

Song of Survival

They survived three-and-a-half years in a Japanese prison camp in Sumatra during World War II.

Click to continue →

Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice

Narrated by Cliff Robertson The daughter of a fur wholesaler, Sonja Henie received her first pair of ice skates when she was six.

Click to continue →

The Arabian Horse: A Gift from the Desert

This fascinating documentary is a soaring panorama of the horse that began in Arabia and went on to create Empires and champions today in every category.

Click to continue →

The Real Middle Earth

A Quest for the Magical Places That Inspired The Lord of the Rings Narrated by Bilbo Baggins (Sir Ian Holm) J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is the most popular work of fiction ever created. It is a tale of epic proportions held together by its unforgettable setting, Middle Earth. The great trilogy introduced the world [...]

Click to continue →

The Typewriter (In the 21st Century)

The documentary film The Typewriter (In the 21st Century) is an ode to a marvelous machine that changed the world, and the surprisingly enduring culture that valiantly attempts to preserve its legacy and save it from cultural extinction. Filmmakers Christopher Lockett and Gary Nicholson crisscrossed America to conduct over thirty interviews with authors, collectors, journalists, professors, bloggers, students, artists, inventors and [...]

Click to continue →

The Wereth Eleven

During World War II, 1.2 million African-Americans served in America’s Armed Forces. Fully 125,000 served overseas. 708 were killed. Among these were The Wereth Eleven. Their story was lost to history. Until now.

Click to continue →

Theodore Roosevelt: A Cowboy’s Ride to the White House

Theodore Roosevelt: A Cowboy’s Ride to the White House is the exciting story of a physically challenged young man from Harvard who came to the western frontier in 1883.

Click to continue →

Travel With Kids: Ireland

Planning a visit to Ireland with kids or just want to learn about the history and the culture of the “Emerald Isle”?

Click to continue →

Travel with Kids: Peru

Planning to visit Peru with kids or just want to learn about the Incas and the amazon?

Click to continue →

USS Franklin: Honor Restored

The USS Franklin (CV-13). The men in the American Pacific fleet knew her as “Big Ben.” She is known throughout history as “The Ship That Wouldn’t Die.” Even now, more than six decades after the end of hostilities in World War II, the very name Franklin spawns a tidal wave of emotion for her crew [...]

Click to continue →

Vatican Museums, The

Originally produced in 1997 on the threshold of the Third Millennium of the Christian Era, and in celebration of the Jubilee of the Year of Our Lord 2000,

Click to continue →

Westinghouse: The Life & Times of An American Icon

Westinghouse is a feature-length documentary about the life and times of George Westinghouse, his companies, legacy, personality, partnership with Nikola Telsa, and conflict with Thomas Edison.

Click to continue →

Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad

Defiant, brave and free, the great abolitionists Thomas Garrett, William Still and Harriet Tubman, along with hundreds of lesser known and nameless opponents of slavery, formed a Corridor of Courage stretching from Maryland’s eastern shore through the length of Delaware to Philadelphia and beyond — making the Underground Railroad a real route to freedom for enslaved [...]

Click to continue →

World War I: American Legacy

World War I – American Legacy vividly tells the many forgotten stories of the men and women who served in the Great War, reminding Americans of their impact on our country that can still be felt today. Narrated by David Carradine

Click to continue →