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Bonnie & Clyde

Aired May 9, 2017 | 52 min

The true story behind the most romanticized, infamous outlaw couple in U.S. history, and their gang.

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The Pilgrims

Aired November 19, 2020 | 114 min

The converging forces, circumstances, personalities and events that propelled a group of English men and women west across the Atlantic in 1620.

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American Comandante

Aired November 17, 2015 | 52 min

American comandante William Morgan went to Cuba to help Fidel Castro return the country to a democracy. Instead, four years later, he was executed.

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Edison

Aired January 27, 2015 | 112 min

An in-depth look at America's most famous inventor and his role in America's future.

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Walt Disney

Aired August 29, 2017 | 3 hrs 42 min

An unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America's most enduring and influential storytellers.

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Blackout

Aired July 14, 2015 | 52 min

What happened when the lights went out in New York City on July 13, 1977?

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April, 1975. During the chaotic final days of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, those in control faced an impossible decision—who would go and who would be left behind to face brutality, imprisonment, or even death.

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The Forgotten Plague

Aired February 10, 2015 | 52 min

By the 19th century, the deadliest killer in human history, tuberculosis, had killed one in seven of all people who had ever lived. The disease struck America with a vengeance, touching the lives of almost every family.

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The Big Burn

Aired September 7, 2022 | 53 min

In the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies. By the time it was all over, more than three million acres had burned and at least 78 firefighters were dead. It was the largest fire in American history.

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The Big Burn (español)

Aired September 7, 2022 | 53 min

En 1910, el mayor incendio en la historia de EE. UU. se desató en las Rocosas del Norte.

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Klansville U.S.A.

Aired January 13, 2015 | 52 min

In the 1960s, North Carolina's KKK membership grew to some ten thousand members, earning the state a new nickname: "Klansville, U.S.A."

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Ripley: Believe It or Not

Aired May 2, 2017 | 52 min

Robert Ripley's obsession with the odd and keen eye for the curious made him one of the most successful men in America during the Great Depression. We still can’t resist his challenge to “Believe it — or not!”

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