Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern history — the unprecedented barnstorming across America in the fall of 1959 by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the world leader of communism and America’s arch nemesis. At the very height of the Cold War, with American schoolchildren practicing duck-and-cover drills, the man who Americans feared could incinerate them in a rain of hydrogen bombs arrived in Washington, D.C. at the invitation of President Eisenhower. For both men, the visit was an opportunity to halt the escalating threats of the Cold War and chart a new course toward peaceful coexistence. For the American press, it was the media blockbuster story of the year.
Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the iso...
The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader w...
In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden ho...
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...
As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...
In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...
Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journ...
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...
In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, th...
He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all t...
On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signali...
Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, ...
Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at...
Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who help...
The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassina...
A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.
Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and ...