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  • The Island Murder

    Aired April 17, 2018 | 52 min

    In 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made an allegation of rape against five nonwhite islanders.

  • The Great Transatlantic Cable

    Aired April 11, 2005

    Though the need for a transatlantic cable was obvious, the physical challenges to laying one were enormous. The project would require the production of a 2,000 mile long cable that would have to be laid three miles beneath the Atlantic.

  • Mary Pickford

    Aired April 4, 2005

    It was the golden age of silent film, and she was the world's most celebrated actress. But she would learn that fame is fickle and life at the top is precarious.

  • Kinsey

    Aired February 14, 2005

    This probing documentary assesses Kinsey's remarkable achievements, while examining how his personal life shaped his career.

  • Building the Alaska Highway

    Aired February 7, 2005

    The Alaskan Highway stands today as one of the boldest homeland security initiatives ever undertaken.

  • Fidel Castro

    Aired January 31, 2005

    On January 3, 1959, a column of victorious young rebels advanced along Cuba's main highway towards Havana. At the head of the column rode 33-year-old Fidel Castro Ruz.

  • The Fight

    Aired August 3, 2021 | 53 min

    On June 22, 1938, 70,000 fans crammed into Yankee Stadium to watch what some have called "the most important sporting event in history" — the rematch between African American heavyweight Joe Louis and his German opponent Max Schmeling.

  • RFK

    Aired October 4, 2004 | 112 min

    When an assassin took his brother's life, Robert Kennedy was bereft of someone he loved, and of a role that had given his life meaning. As he began to move beyond the shadow of his brother, he, too, was assassinated.

  • Golden Gate Bridge

    Aired May 3, 2004

    On May 27, 1937, 200,000 people thronged to the newly-completed Golden Gate bridge and walked, climbed, skated or cycled across. After 18 years of struggles to complete the bridge, San Francisco's jubilance was unrestrained.  

  • Patriots Day

    Aired April 19, 2004

    The film follows the re-enactors as they shuffle between their 18th- and 21st-century lives. It captures them building sets, planning military engagements, drilling, rehearsing battles as well as celebrating Thanksgiving, moving house and working. In the end it shows that patriotism, a love of costumes, civic duty, an urge to perform and a passion for history all play a role in these Americans' lives.

  • Emma Goldman

    Aired May 21, 2019 | 53 min

    A notorious lecturer, fearless writer, and merciless publisher, Goldman was one of the most controversial women in America. 

  • Tupperware!

    Aired February 9, 2004

    In the 1950s, American women discovered they could earn thousands — even millions — of dollars from bowls that burped.