Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the West. On June 26, 1876, Custer, a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage ordered his soldiers to drive back a large army of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. By day's end, Custer and nearly a third of his army were dead.

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

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...

A comprehensive look at the events leading up to the Battle of the Little Bighorn as well as the myt...

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death...

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

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...

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

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...

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

The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War who lat...
He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all t...

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

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

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...

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