On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower.
A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.
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...
It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a...
One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were ri...
Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted ...
An account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.
Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern histor...
Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, ...
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at...
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...
On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at Ne...
Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was ov...
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 the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden ho...
Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the iso...
The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kill...
Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...