He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do-nothing" president and a good-natured bumbler, Dwight D. Eisenhower -- the last American president to be born in the 19th century -- was actually a skillful politician, a tough Cold War warrior, and one of America's most misunderstood and unappreciated presidents. Two-part documentary from American Experience.

In Iasi, Romania, from June 28 to July 6, 1941, nearly 15 000 Jews were murdered in the course of a ...

A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in...

A 15 minute documentary utilizing archival Super 8 film footage and original animation about a fathe...

October 24, 1944, the world’s greatest battle at sea begins in the Philippines. Japan’s navy gambles...
Barbara Walters and Ted Koppel host an in-depth retrospective of the life and career of the 40th pre...
Old resistance fighters Truus and Freddie look back on their life during wartime.

"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Minist...

The "Great Communicator" -- the 40th U.S. president -- is the subject of this in-depth documentary t...

Details the German bombing of London the night of the 29th of December, in 1940.

An unclassified US Navy introductory training film detailing the duties and training required of rad...

Drawing upon eye-witness accounts from survivors and participants in the bombing of Hiroshima, this ...

The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depressi...

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral ...

The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the ...

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lin...

In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence.

This film records the Japanese military's efforts to capture the Burma Road,one of the major supply ...

The Crimean (Yalta) conference of the leaders of the three powers - allies in the Anti-Hitler coalit...