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.

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine...

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets a...

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

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