He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared, but would prove to be a surprise.

On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signali...

Legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was loved by his people for his fierce courage while pioneers fear...

November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a d...

In 1988, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presi...

Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journ...

Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living...

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at...

The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kill...

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, th...

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost...

Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, ...

Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was ov...

On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at Ne...

In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden ho...

Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern histor...

A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.

The remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brown...

American Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by R...

In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from ...