American Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by Roosevelt during the Great Depression, the CCC put over 3 million men to work improving the countries infrastructure and national parks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, ...
He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all t...

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

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

An account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who help...

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

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

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

The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader w...