Janice Jones-Thomson and her sister Leslie Jones McPartland look back on the lobotomy done to their mother, Beulah Jones.

Howard Dully discusses the lobotomy that Walter Freeman performed on him when he was twelve.

Angelene Forester remembers Walter Freeman's first transorbital lobotomy patient -- her mother Ellen Ionesco.

A U.S. Government film on the effects of botulism toxin on Rhesus monkeys.

U.S. Army film about the effects of protective hoods in a toxic atmosphere.

See how the production team shot the desert recreation scenes.

A U.S. Government film on the procedure for the dispersion of a biological weapon.

A U.S. Government film about food poisoning, and testing Enterotoxin on monkeys.

It was the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000 — until it disappeared as mysteriously as it had begun.

Released in 1973, Soylent Green depicts a future in which human over-consumption has led to extreme depletion of resources. This now-amusing 1970's science fiction film reflects a concern about human consumption commonly felt at that time.

In World War II British and American Allied forces carried out a bombing campaign of unprecedented might over Germany's cities, claiming the lives of nearly half a million civilians.

Watch chapter 1 of Influenza

Excerpts from a U.S. Government film on the bombing missions of the Memphis Belle.

Selections from the 1943 Clark Gable film.

Dr. Alfred Crosby, author of Epidemic and Peace 1918: America's Forgotten Pandemic, spoke with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in 1997.

AMERICAN EXPERINCE interviewed Dr. Shirley Fannin in 1997. Currently, Fannin is a pediatrician specializing in epidemiology and infectious diseases in Los Angeles.

The CCC was President Roosevelt's answer to the environmental and economic challenges facing the country. Enlisting 250,000 workers in just two months, the CCC was an ambitious undertaking that brought several government agencies together in the effort.

Neil Maher on The Depression, President Roosevelt's motivation to create the CCC, opposition to the program, specific projects around the country, the birth of the conservation movement, and the legacy of the CCC.

This five-part series examines the political and cultural life of America during a tumultuous decade -- and draws parallels to our current age. Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, the series looks at the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the construction of the Hoover Dam, the catastrophic drought that created the Dust Bowl and an unlikely hero: Seabiscuit.

A preview of The Kennedys, saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy. From Joseph Kennedy's rise on Wall Street, through John, Robert and Edward's successes and scandals, the family has left a storied political legacy.