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.
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 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."
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.
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 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.
Interview with Cinematographer James Callanan
A behind the scenes interview with James Callanan, cinematographer for the documentary Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided.
Interview with Producer David Grubin
An interview with David Grubin, producer of 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 Joseph Glatthaar
Historian Joseph Glatthaar discusses African American regiments and the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Historian Elizabeth Young
Historian Elizabeth Young discusses women and literature in the period before the Civil War.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Preview
The marriage of Abraham and Mary Lincoln was long and turbulent, and knew many trials, including the loss of two children. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided weaves together the lives of the two Lincolns, drawing us into their long-vanished world.
Alicia Skeeter: James Farmer Quotes
Student Freedom Rider Alicia Skeeter talks with her peers about the words of civil rights leader James Farmer.
Day 10: Charles Reed Jr.
Student Freedom Rider Charles Reed Jr. discusses his thoughts at the end of the ride, including his feelings upon riding into New Orleans and how the ride has changed his life.
War Letters: American Experience - Preview
Based on newly discovered personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War, War Letters brings to life vivid eyewitness accounts of famous battles, intimate declarations of love and longing, poignant letters penned just before the writer was killed, and heartbreaking "Dear John" letters from home.
Reconciliation in Anniston
Student Freedom Rider Erica Shekell's Day 5 video of a reconciliation between Freedom Rider Hank Thomas and the son of a clansmen who was on the scene of the 1961 Anniston firebombing.
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