Nixon and Crisis: Nixon's Gamble
In the spring of 1972, Nixon took a risk and responded to North Vietnamese aggression by bombing Hanoi, jeopardizing an upcoming arms control summit in Moscow.
Tandem Parachute Jump: with the U.S. Army Golden Knights
George H.W. Bush, who exited his first airplane via parachute in World War II, completes a ceremonial jump in his 83rd year.
Going Negative? Bush Insiders and the 1988 Campaign
Barbara Bush, Colin Powell, James A. Baker III, Mary Matalin and others discuss Bush's ads and strategy against Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election.
Carter and Crisis: Rescuing Hostages
Mounting pressure to rescue hostages in Iran led Jimmy Carter to order a rescue operation. "We can no longer depend on diplomacy," said Carter in April. But when the "Desert One" operation failed, Carter took full responsibility.
Bush on Military Service: Bush vs. Reagan
A comparison of George Bush and Ronald Reagan. "In many ways, George Bush was what Reagan pretended to be," says the film's narrator, David Ogden Stiers. It seemed that Bush embodied all the characters Reagan had portrayed in film.
Truman on the Enemy: Sizing up Stalin
Truman's first impression of Joseph Stalin was favorable. "Truman had that very American idea," says historian David McCullough, "that if he could just meet the fellow, shake his hand, look him in the eye, size him up, then they could work together, work things out, and everything would be okay."
FDR and Lying: Lend-Lease
Roosevelt's Lend-lease plan -- which promised the return of American weapons after England used them -- "was patent nonsense," according to historian Robert Dallek. "What were the British going to do, give us the tanks back that were blown up, the planes that were shot down?"
Carter on the Enemy: Revolutionary Iran
Americans were held hostage at the US Embassy in Iran after Carter welcomed the Shah into the United States for medical treatment in 1979. "It was a defining event," says Pollster Pat Caddell. "This is the entire United States government captured, and held illegally under international law and being taunted everyday."
FDR on Lying: Hiding a Disability
The majority of the country did not know President Roosevelt was handicapped. "When he met Orson Welles, he said 'Orson, you and I are the two best actors in America,'" says biographer Hugh Gallagher. "And he was right."
Truman on Military Service: Mr. U.S.A.
Truman stepped on the world stage with two of the century's greatest figures: Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
Travel the Panama Canal
Ride through the Panama canal with this time-lapse video of the locks in action.
Seabiscuit - Preview
This film about Seabiscuit's unlikely career illuminates the precarious economic conditions that defined America in the 1930s and explores the behind-the-scenes world of thoroughbred racing. 9/26/2011
Seabiscuit Preview
Seabiscuit was dung-colored and boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn't completely straighten, a straggly tail and an ungainly gait, but though he didn't look the part, he was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history.
Dinosaur Wars Preview
The story of two Americans who laid the foundation for modern paleontology and whose rivalry nearly destroyed them both.
Historian Joseph Glatthaar
Historian Joseph Glatthaar discusses African American regiments and the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Interview with Producer David Grubin
An interview with David Grubin, producer of Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided.
Interview with Cinematographer James Callanan
A behind the scenes interview with James Callanan, cinematographer for the documentary Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided.
Historian Margaret Washington
Historian Margaret Washington discusses antebellum women's rights, partisanship and the press, and wage slavery for the film Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided.
Historian Ira Berlin
Historian Ira Berlin discusses the underground railroad and African Americans in both the North and the South on the eve of the Civil War.
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