October 6, 1996 • 55m
TR is born into a wealthy New York family that has a strong sense of social justice. He fights his severe asthma through a strenuo...Read more
October 6, 1996 • 55m
After McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt becomes an "accidental" president. Seeing himself as a crusader, TR uses the presidency ...Read more
January 20, 1997 • 55m
A look at the poor emigrant boy who built a fortune in railroads and steel, and, unlike any industrialist of his time, began to sy...Read more
January 27, 1997 • 55m
Liliu'okalani moved easily between two worlds -- she had dined at the White House, had been a guest at Buckingham Palace, yet neve...Read more
February 3, 1997 • 55m
At first rented only "to persons of good breeding," seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, within a decade the t...Read more
February 10, 1997 • 55m
The little known story of Philo T. Farnsworth, a Utah farm boy who first sketched out his idea for electronic television at the ag...Read more
February 17, 1997 • 55m
It began with the blizzard of 1888 -- mountains of snow twenty feet high, horse cars and omnibuses abandoned, the city paralyzed. ...Read more
April 14, 1997 • 55m
A story of the realities leading to the vanishing role of the family farm in the United States.
April 28, 1997 • 55m
At the age of nineteen, Nellie Bly talked her way into an improbable job on a newspaper, then went on to become "the best reporter...Read more
May 12, 1997 • 55m
The 1890's in America were desperate times. A depression brought bank and business failures and forced millions of men and women f...Read more
May 26, 1997 • 55m
"Vietnam: A Television History" begins by tracing the "Roots of a War" to French colonialism. "America's Mandarin" looks at the s...Read more
June 2, 1997 • 55m
LBJ Goes to War (1964-65) examines the escalating American involvement following the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Interviewed: Gen. Wil...Read more
June 9, 1997 • 55m
In "America Takes Charge (1965-67)," GIs recall combat experiences during the years of U.S. military escalation. Also: a sequence ...Read more
June 16, 1997 • 55m
As "Vietnam: A Television History" continues, "America's Enemy (1954-67)" examines the escalating war from the point of view of No...Read more
June 23, 1997 • 55m
Vietnam: A Television History": TV-news footage graphically recalls "Tet 1968," the bold North Vietnamese and Vietcong offensive. ...Read more
June 30, 1997 • 55m
"Vietnam: A Television History": The gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and their replacement by the South Vietnamese are recalled ...Read more
July 7, 1997 • 55m
America's involvement in—and secret bombing of—Cambodia and Laos are chronicled as "Vietnam: A Television History" continues. Afte...Read more
July 14, 1997 • 55m
"Vietnam: A Television History": "Peace Is at Hand (1968-73)" recalls the peace negotiations in Paris, including Henry Kissinger's...Read more
July 21, 1997 • 55m
"Vietnam: A Television History - Homefront U.S.A.," traces the widening rift between supporters and opponents of the war, from the...Read more
July 28, 1997 • 55m
"Vietnam: A Television History" concludes with "The End of the Tunnel," which recalls the 1973 Paris accords and the subsequent co...Read more
October 7, 1996 • 55m
TR is just 46 years old when he is inaugurated as president. He builds the Panama Canal, wins the Nobel Prize for Peace, and comba...Read more
October 7, 1996 • 55m
TR opposes his old friend Taft for the 1912 Republican nomination. When Taft wins, TR runs for president with his own Progressive ...Read more