The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City killing one hundred and forty-eight young women and forever changed the relationship between labor and industry in the United States.
In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets a...
A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.
On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at Ne...
American Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by R...
The remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brown...
The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassina...
Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and ...
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of buildi...
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act...
In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...
It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a...
Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...
Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the iso...
Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who help...
Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted ...
Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern histor...
An account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.
The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader w...
In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, th...