1421: The Year China Discovered America (2004, 115 min.)
1421 investigates a theory that could turn the conventional view of world history on its head: the startling possibility that a daring Chinese admiral, commanding the largest wooden armada ever built, reached America 71 years before Columbus.
Abraham & Mary Lincoln: A House Divided -- Ambition & We Are Elected (2001, 117 min.)
Elected President only to see the nation fracture in two, Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that split the nation: the great emancipator was married to the daughter of a slave owner from Kentucky. Mary Todd Lincoln was an aristocratic southerner who met Lincoln when he was still a backwoods politician lacking in experience and sophistication. Although she remained fiercely loyal to her husband and the Union cause, two of her brothers fought for the South. Their marriage 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.
Abraham & Mary Lincoln: A House Divided -- Shattered & The Dearest of All Things (2001, 114 min.)
Abraham & Mary Lincoln: A House Divided -- This Frightful War & Blind With Weeping (2001, 114 min.)
Across the Delaware & An American in Paris (2002, 57 min.)
Across the Delaware: Sarah and James meet a British spy who turns out to be a double agent. Meanwhile, General Washington crosses the Delaware on Christmas 1776 and finally gets the victory he needs at Princeton, N.J. on Jan. 2, 1777. An American in Paris: Sarah visits Abigail Adams in Boston, where Sarah comes down with smallpox. James accompanies Alexander Hamilton to Morristown, N.J., where Hamilton joins General Washington's staff. Meanwhile, Ben Franklin arrives in Paris on a mission to enlist the French in the patriot cause.
African-American Lives: Listening to our Past & The Promise of Freedom (2006, 112 min.)
Episode 1: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins to piece together the family histories of four of the participants. The episode explores the post-World War I "Great Migration" of African-American families from the South to northern cities like Detroit and Chicago, as well as the experiences of those who stayed in the South during the period of Jim Crow segregation. Gates also begins to examine his own family's past, recounting the discovery of a box of photographs and heirlooms that sparked an obsession with his ancestry. Episode 2: Gates travels back to the end of the Civil War to look at how African Americans defined their freedom after slavery. Gates reviews courthouse records of land acquisitions, documents from the Freedmen's Bureau and the 1870 census -- the first in which African Americans were counted as citizens, not property -- to trace his guests' lineages through Reconstruction. Gates' personal story continues as he seeks to confirm a family legend -- that a white slaveholder is one of his 19th-century ancestors.
African-American Lives: Searching for our Names & Beyond the Middle Passage (2006, 112 min.)
Episode 3: Gates' research becomes even more difficult as he continues back through the Colonial period of American history. War service records and ways of recording property during slavery's apogee -- such as inventories and sales or gifts of slaves -- help fill in the participants' family trees. In West Virginia, Gates learns from a court transcript about the legal struggle of his ancestor Isaac Clifford, a free man who was kidnapped and accused of being a runaway slave. Episode 4: When the paper trail runs out, Dr. Gates visits scientists who are using DNA analysis to trace ancestral roots. With DNA results and genealogical research in hand, Gates meets with leading historians of the slave trade, and along the way, he learns more about his own ancestry. Finally, Professor Gates and one guest journey to Africa, where they visit the port from which the participant's patrilineal ancestor was most likely shipped into slavery, and meet local tribal elders, who may be the participant's long-lost cousins.
Africans in America: Revolution, 1750-1805 (1998, 87 min.)
The story of the American Revolution as traditionally recounted is the saga of the thirteen colonies fighting their colonial ruler, Britain, for independence. But an equally compelling part of the story is the personal, religious, and legal challenges of African Americans of this period and their allies to slavery. The spirit of liberty and the disruptions of the Revolutionary era encouraged African American men and women to choose sides -- both Patriot and Loyalist -- and fight to define what this nation would become.
Africans in America: Judgment Day, 1831-1865 (1998, 87 min.)
As westward expansion took hold, the question of whether the United States would be a proslavery or antislavery nation took on new importance. In the North, antislavery forces included abolitionists, who wanted a future without slavery so that black people could be free, and Free Soil advocates, who resented having to compete with owners of slave-tended plantations for use of new lands. White Southern planters wanted a future for themselves and their prosperous way of life, which depended on the institution of slavery. Rising conflict led to Civil War in 1861, and the country was torn asunder. After four years and the loss of 617,000 American lives, the Union was saved, African Americans were promised the rights of citizens, and slavery was abolished.
Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation, 1450-1750 (1998, 87 min.)
The years 1450-1750 brought enormous changes to the North American continent. The native Americans, or Indians, as the Europeans came to call them, first encountered European explorers, and before long, saw their world transformed and largely destroyed by European settlers. And European explorers not only ventured to the lands and natural wealth of the Americas; they also traveled to Africa, where they began a trans-Atlantic slave trade that would bring millions of Africans to the Americas as well. This slave trade would over time lead to a new social and economic system: one where the color of one's skin could determine whether he or she might live as a free citizen or be enslaved for life.
Africans in America: Brotherly Love, 1791-1831 (1998, 87 min.)
During its first 50 years the United States transformed itself from a small republic into an expansive democracy for white Americans. The nation tripled its population, doubled in size, and extended slavery to parts of the Western frontier. For black Americans, this same period was a contradictory mix of community-building for free blacks and entrenched enslavement for those not yet emancipated. Slavery grew stronger, as the invention of the cotton gin and a booming Southern economy fueled the push westward. In cities like Philadelphia, free blacks sought equal participation in American society by building churches and schools, forming beneficial societies, and petitioning their state legislature.
Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994, 57 min.)
Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s was the scene of a passionate outburst of creativity by African-American visual artists. Rich archival footage, including newsreels and photographs, recalls the influential force of the exhibitions, the vibrancy of Harlem and the many significiant personalities that shaped the movement, such as William E. Harmon, W.E.B. DuBois and Alain Locke.
Age of AIDS, Part 1 (2006, 117 min.)
The Age of AIDS begins with the medical and scientific mystery that emerged in 1981 when five gay men in Los Angeles were diagnosed with a new disease. The film documents the frantic search by American and European scientists and epidemiologists to find the source of the deadly infection as they tracked its spread among gay men, intravenous drug users, and hemophiliacs, and then into the general population. The trail led them back in time, from major American and European cities to Haiti and finally to the Congo. The story then moves from the mysterious virus to the fear, stigma and political controversies during the Reagan administration. Attempts to prevent the spread of the disease, most prevalent among gay men and intravenous drug users at the time, sparked furious public debate. As the film tracks HIV's devastating spread around the world, it documents how some countries-in Europe, Africa and Asia-found tools to slow its progress, including needle-exchange programs and massive condom distribution campaigns.
Age of AIDS, Part 2 (2006, 117 min.)
Part 2 begins by exploring the chasm that emerged between rich and poor following the development of the miraculous 'triple cocktail' HIV treatment. In the mid-1990s, when doctors discovered the cocktail, it seemed to signal a new era in which AIDS was no longer a fatal disease. But the high price of the drugs meant they were unaffordable to patients in developing nations. The film tracks the political struggle to lower those prices, in countries like Brazil, and documents the South African government's tragic failure to battle the epidemic that was overwhelming its country. It also examines the next wave in some of the most populous and strategically important nations in the world, including Russia, India and China, and tracks the same pattern of official denial and political indifference that characterized the epidemic in so many other countries.
Al Qaeda's New Front (2005, 57 min.)
A filmmaker is murdered in a culture clash between Muslims and Christians in the Netherlands. A series of bombs tear apart four trains in Madrid. Al Qaeda terrorist cells are uncovered in the U.K., Germany, Italy, and Spain. FRONTLINE investigates the new front in the war on terror: Europe. The continent is a challenge to intelligence services on both sides of the Atlantic, exacerbated by political divisions over the Iraq War. Episode 5 of the Al Qaeda Files.
Alexander Hamilton (2007, 115 min.)
One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor and arrogance. His life and career were marked by a stunning rise to power, scandal and tragedy. But his contributions survive. As Secretary of the Treasury during the tumultuous early years of the republic, Hamilton led the transformation of the young country into industrial powerhouse.
Alien Invasion (2001, 57 min.)
Globalization of trade and travel means increasing threats from alien species: plants, animals, insects and diseases that wreak havoc in defenseless regions.
Allies At Last & Honor and Compromise (2002, 57 min.)
Allies at Last: The victory at Saratoga enables Franklin to persuade France to side with the Americans. Meanwhile, Sarah and Henri spend time with British troops in occupied Philadelphia, while James learns a lesson in religious freedom. Honor and Compromise: The states struggle to unite before the French Ambassador's arrival; at the Battle of Monmouth, Gen. Washington arrives in time to rally Charles Henry Lee's troops.
Amelia Earhart (1993, 57 min.)
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was America's "Lady Lindy." What the public didn't know was the cost of her courage. The record-breaking flights, races, interviews, speeches and promotional commitments pushed her to the point of exhaustion. This beautiful, accomplished woman would disappear without a trace on the eve of her 40th birthday.
America 1900: Spirit of the Age & Change is in the Air (1998, 75 min.)
In 1900, America was a nation on the move. Its population had doubled over the past 100 years, its people were becoming the most prosperous on Earth. President McKinley had led the nation out of its worst depression. People could travel with ease across the nation in six days. Half of the nation's original timber had been cut down and people were talking about conservation. Women were striking out on their own and the Women's movement was growing. America goes to war with the Filipinos to keep the Philippines under American control. Anti-war sentiments grow. Most of America remained rural, but people were traveling more and began to move to the cities. In New York City, one third of the population were foreign immigrants who lived in poverty. Many began moving to other cities further west.
America 1900: A Great Civilized Power & Fall, Anything Seemed Possible (1998, 94 min.)
President McKinley chooses Theodore Roosevelt as his running mate in the upcoming presidential elections. The "Boxers" gain power in China and the rebellion spreads throughout the country. McKinley quickly sends troops to rescue foreign diplomats trapped in Peking. People flock to Paris for the 1900 Paris Exposition, a showcase for American technology. "Jim Crow" laws define race relations and W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington become leaders and role models for their people. A massive hurricane devastates Galveston, Texas. William Jennings Bryan gains ground in his presidential campaign against McKinley because of the coal miner's strike in Pennsylvania.
America Beyond the Color Line -- South: The Black Belt & Chicago: Streets of Heaven (2004, 113 min.)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels to four different parts of America - the East Coast, the deep South, inner-city Chicago and Hollywood. He explores this rich and diverse landscape, social as well as geographic, and meets the people who are defining black America, from the most famous and influential. Episode 1: Gates travels to Memphis, Birmingham and Atlanta - once the battlegrounds on which civil rights were won for black southerners in the 1950s and 60s. The very cities from which African Americans fled during the era of legal segregation are today drawing them back by the tens of thousands. But how much have these cities really changed since the civil rights era? Episode 2: Gates goes inside the notorious housing projects in Chicago's South Side - the Robert Taylor and the Ida B. Wells - to find out from the people who live there what life is like for America's "underclass." "What happened to the city of refuge my father's generation sought in the North; North where 'the streets of Heaven were paved with gold'?" wonders Gates.
America Beyond the Color Line -- East Coast: Ebony Towers & Los Angeles: Black Hollywood (2004, 112 min.)
Episode 3: The existence of a small group of African Americans at the heart of the political establishment and at the pinnacle of corporate America is something that, just two decades ago, seemed unimaginable. How did they get there and what is the significance of their success? Beginning at Harvard, Gates travels to Washington, DC, and New York to ask if this new black power elite represents genuine progress for black America as a whole. Episode 4: Does the unprecedented success of African-American actors at the last Oscars signal a genuine shift in the way race operates in the movie business? In the final episode, Gates asks whether Hollywood is institutionally racist or whether it is becoming increasingly color-blind in pursuit of the box office dollar.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, While the Storm Clouds Gather (1990, 29 min.)
Relives the turning-point years of 1939-1941, when the American people were gratefully putting the long, heart-breaking years of the Great Depression behind them.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition (1990, 27 min.)
Newsreel footage reflects the early chaos, and how the American people rose above it to amaze the world with the unprecedented swiftness of its mobilization of military and industrial might.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Sacrifies and Shortages (1990, 26 min.)
Distinguished CBS journalist Eric Sevareid examines how the massive mobilization of American industry to support the war effort bred an odd sort of prosperity ... there's full employment, but not much to buy.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, A String of Pearls (1990, 27 min.)
Focuses on the contribution of women to the war effort.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, On the Shady Side of the Street (1990, 27 min.)
Americans lived 'within moral and legal limits' before the war but found that the war licensed them to question or ignore traditional morality.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Right in Der Furher's Face (1990, 28 min.)
Hollywood joins forces with Madison Avenue and Tin Pan Alley to grind out propaganda in an effort to stir morale on the home front. America is bombarded with posters, songs and films that portray black marketers as duty-shirking parasites, and its enemies as diabolical villains or silly, comic fools.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Thanks for the Memories (1990, 27 min.)
Distinguished CBS journalist Eric Sevareid looks back at how American show business went to war on the American home front in WWII.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Accentuating the Positive (1990, 28 min.)
The troupers of the U.S.O. are recalled in footage of overseas tours that brought big-name entertainment to the troops on the front-lines. Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich and Joe E. Brown are just a few of the stars that head to the war zones to boost morale.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, Mood Indigo: Blacks & Whites (1990, 27 min.)
Although African-American servicemen distinguish themselves overseas, and black civilians continue to back the war effort, racial prejudice and discrimination continues to plague American culture.
America Goes to War: WW II: The Home Front, It's Been a Long, Long Time (1990, 28 min.)
The long, bitter road to victory finally leads to the capitulation of Germany and Japan, and Americans find themselves as unprepared for peace as they were for war four-and-a-half years earlier.
America's Battlegrounds (2007, 57 min.)
Tells the stories of some of the countless struggles - in city streets, and courtrooms, as well as on the battlefield -that shaped American history. Contents: Whisky Rebellion, 1794, Dred Scott decision, 1846, Battle of Poison Springs, 1864, Battle of Bear's Paw, 1877, Cairo, Illinois, 1969.
American Photography: A Century of Images, The Developing Image, 1900-1934 (1999, 57 min.)
Although photography was invented in the first half of the 19th century, the beginning of the 20th century marked extraordinary changes. For the first time in history, inexpensive hand-held cameras gave ordinary people the opportunity to create their own visual images. By the end of the 1920s, photographs - little flat pictures that came to stand uniquely for the truth - had made their way into virtually every corner of contemporary life.
American Photography: A Century of Images, The Photographic Age, 1935-1959 (1999, 52 min.)
In the 1930s, an explosion of mass media devoted to distributing photographs brought images to all Americans. Documentary photographers brought the Depression into the living rooms of America. Americans experienced World War II through the visual immediacy of the camera, while the consumer frenzy of the 1950s was driven by our desire to possess the images of abundance made vivid through photography.
American Photography: A Century of Images Photography Transformed, 1960-1999 (1999, 57 min.)
The power of the photographic image is undiminished in the latter part of the 20th century, even though it faces new challenges from television and elsewhere. The series looks at surveillance photography and the Cuban Missile crisis, searing images from the Vietnam War, Civil Rights violence, image-driven celebrity, the growth of photography as an art form. One thing is clear: despite new technologies, still images - whether captured on film or as electrons - will endure.
American President: Family Ties & Happenstance (2000, 113 min.)
Episode 1: The last thing that the Founding Fathers envisioned was a hereditary chief executive. Yet power inevitably passes from generation to generation, and several families have returned to the White House as though born to it. The stories of these four men reveal both the blessings and the curses of inherited power. Two of them were ill-at-ease with their lofty legacies and struggled as president, while the remaining two flourished in the exercise of power. Episode 2: Nearly one in five American presidents has died in office. The vice presidents who succeeded them were often chosen for the ticket less because they were equal to the most powerful office in the land than because they provided some electoral advantage. What happens when such a man takes office -- frequently facing widespread conviction that he is unworthy of the powers he inherits?
American President: An Independent Cast of Mind & A Professional Politician (2000, 113 min.)
Episode 3: 'The American public, from time to time, wishes to see the trustee who looks neither right nor left, but only up to the heavens and down to the work before him,' says presidential scholar Richard Neustadt. But is an independent cast of mind the best approach to the presidency? These four men pursued a course that took little account of political affiliation -- to be presidents, in essence, without being politicians. Episode 4: We forget that, in our nation's early years, taking part in political affairs was considered a duty and an honor, but not a way of life. It was not long, however, before the professional politicians, and the parties they represented, began to find their way to the White House. While the skills necessary for political success can be helpful to a president, they are not in themselves sufficient to guarantee success in the office.
American President: The American Way & The World Stage (2000, 113 min.)
Episode 5: It is often observed that American national identity is less a condition than an idea. No one is better positioned to express that idea than the president. The four chronicled here may have understood the special character of America in different ways, but in each case a belief that there was a distinctly American way of doing things guided their decisions. Episode 6: The president has no greater responsibility than representing the nation on the world stage. Securing a stable world in which American interests can be asserted and defended has been a basic part of the president's job description from the very beginning of our constitutional history. These four men engaged in this task at critical times in our national history and their achievements on the world stage stand as their most durable legacy.
American President: The Heroic Posture & Compromise Choices (2000, 113 min.)
Episode 7: From the beginning, the presidential office has beckoned to national heroes renowned for their selfless service to their country. This affinity is especially strong for men of military fame, for the president is formally commander-in-chief as well as symbolically the steward of the national interest. The president-as-national hero exemplifies the value we all place on authenticity in governance. Episode 8: With the rise of political parties came the dawn of political compromise: nominees who were selected not necessarily because they were the best or most obvious candidates for the presidency, but because they were less offensive to some voters than those who might have been the most apparent choices. Their primary qualification for the office often seemed not to be their positive qualities but their relative lack of negative ones.
American President: Expanding Powers & The Balance of Power (2000, 113 min.)
Episode 9: Though the powers of the presidency have expanded with the growth of the nation, the process has been anything but smooth. The prerogatives of the presidency are uncertain and their assertion is invariably contested. We see here the emergence in practice of our modern conception of the executive office, and we take the measure of the men who fought to sustain it. Episode 10: This final episode examines presidential leadership in an era of an increasingly divided government. The American presidency was conceived as one part of a larger system of institutions, and its effectiveness rests in part upon a good measure of cooperation among the branches. As our constitutional system has developed, however, this cooperation has broken down at crucial junctures.
American Valor (2003, 93 min.)
From Bull Run to Mogadishu, "American Valor" takes a moving and compelling look at America's military heroes: those brave soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen whose actions have earned them the country's highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor.
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, Part 1 (2006, 118 min.)
No artist in the second half of the 20th century was more famous, or misunderstood, than Andy Warhol. This film explores his astonishing artistic output from the late 1940s to his untimely death in 1987. Obsessed with fame and a desire to transcend his origins, Warhol grasped the realities of modern society and became the high priest of one of the most radical experiments in American culture, penetrating the barrier between art and commerce.
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, Part 2 (2006, 120 min.)
No artist in the second half of the 20th century was more famous, or misunderstood, than Andy Warhol. This film explores his astonishing artistic output from the late 1940s to his untimely death in 1987. Obsessed with fame and a desire to transcend his origins, Warhol grasped the realities of modern society and became the high priest of one of the most radical experiments in American culture, penetrating the barrier between art and commerce.
Animal Einsteins (2000, 51 min.)
Animals...how intelligent are they? In this episode you'll meet some scientists who've studied the communication thought processes and problem-solving skills of animals and have discovered that they're a lot smarter than we thought.
Ansel Adams (2002, 101 min.)
An intimate portrait of a great artist and ardent environmentalist - for whom life and art, photography and wilderness, creativity and communication, love and expression, were inextricably connected.
Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1: Place &Spirituality (2001, 114 min.)
At the dawn of the 21st century, American artists are taking self-expression and the artistic process into uncharted territory. Today's artists are engaging the world and their audiences in vital and surprising new ways. Place: How does contemporary art address the idea of place? How do artists working today reveal and question commonly held assumptions about land, home, and national identity? Spirituality: How does contemporary art address the idea of spirituality? How do artists working today reveal and question commonly held assumptions about faith, belief, meditation, and religious symbols?
Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1: Identity & Consumption (2001, 114 min.)
Identity: How does contemporary art address the idea of identity? How do artists working today reveal and question commonly held assumptions about stereotypes, self-awareness, portraiture, and what it means to be an artist? Consumption: How does contemporary art address the idea of consumption? How do artists question commonly held assumptions about commerce, mass media, and consumer society?
Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 2: Stories & Loss and Desire (2003, 111 min.)
Stories: How do artists tell stories in their work? How does contemporary art reflect and reveal narrative traditions? How does the art of today record and describe the world around us? Loss and Desire: How do contemporary artworks embody emotion? How do artists express longing, love, and human experience in their work?
Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 2: Time & Humor (2003, 112 min.)
Time: How do artists evoke and transform time in their work? Can a work of contemporary art be timeless? How does contemporary art relate to art of the ancient past, to nature, and to the rhythms of the life? Humor: How do artists use irony, goofiness, satire, and sarcasm in their work? Can an artwork be funny and critical at the same time? Do contemporary artists always take themselves seriously?
Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 3: Power & Memory (2005, 112 min.)
Power:From politics to mass media, the theme of power pervades daily life and is reflected in the ideas and concerns of contemporary artists. Memory:How does memory function? What is history? How do contemporary artists frame the past in their work?
Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 3: Structures & Play (2005, 112 min.)
Structures: How do we organize life? What are the ways in which we capture knowledge and attempt greater understanding? Play: Spontaneous and joyful, subversive or amusing, play can take many forms in daily life as well as in contemporary.
Art of Science, The (2000, 57 min.)
This video looks at the way art and science overlap and influence each other, and how computers are challenging our conventional ideas about art, while changing the very nature of everyday experience.
Baseball: A National Heirloom (1994, 116 min.)
Concentrates on Babe Ruth, whose phenomenal performance thrilled the nation throughout the 1920s and rescued the game from the scandal of the previous decade.
Baseball: Shadow Ball (1994, 125 min.)
Tells the story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s. The title refers to a common pre-game feature in which the players staged a mock game with an imaginary ball. Though unintended, the pantomime was an apt metaphor for the exclusion of blacks from major league play at that time.
Baseball: The National Pasttime (1994, 150 min.)
Covers the 1940s and includes Joe DiMaggio's celebrated hitting streak, the awe-inspiring performance of Ted Williams and what Burns calls 'baseball's finest moment' - the debut of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Baseball:The Capital of Baseball (1994, 143 min.)
Takes viewers through the 1950s when New York City had three successful baseball teams and dominated the World Series. By the end of the decade, the Giants and Dodgers had left New York, a signal that the old game was changed forever.
Baseball: A Whole New Ballgame (1994, 116 min.)
Moves the field to the 1960s. This episode traces the emergence of television, the expansion to new cities and the building of anonymous multipurpose stadiums that robbed the game of its intimacy and some of its urban following.
Baseball: Home (1994, 147 min.)
Looks at baseball from the 1970s to the present, including the establishment of the free agent system, the rise in player salaries, the continued expansion, the dilution of talent, the ongoing battles between labor and management and the scandals.
Baseball: Our Game (1994, 116 min.)
Looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and takes the story up to 1900. Burns refutes the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown and traces its roots instead to the earliest days of the nation - there are records of a game called 'Base' played at Valley Forge.
Baseball: Something Like a War (1994, 106 min.)
Takes viewers through 1910 and introduces some of the game's most celebrated and colorful characters, including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.
Baseball: The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994, 120 min.)
Examines the century's second decade, which was dominated by the Black Sox scandal. Babe Ruth makes his first major league appearance (as a member of the Boston Red Sox) and a wave of immigration helps fill the stands with new fans, eager to 'become American' by learning America's game.
Bataan Rescue (2003, 57 min.)
Thousands of Allied soldiers faced death on the Bataan peninsula in 1941. This is the story of the daring rescue of 500 U.S. and Allied survivors of the Cabantuan prison camp in 1945. With testimony from both captive and liberator, their valiant struggle is remembered.
The Battle For Korea (2001, 110 min.)
Takes a fresh look at the Korean conflict, often labeled 'the forgotten war.' Using information declassified at the end of the Cold War, the documentary looks at the military aims of the confrontation, which included the first combat engagements of the jet age and marked the beginning of air-to-air warfare between American pilots and their Soviet counterparts.
Battle for the Holy Land (2002, 58 min.)
With Israel and the Palestinians engaged in something close to all-out warfare, and with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell heading to the region in the days ahead, FRONTLINE's BATTLE FOR THE HOLY LAND goes behind the lines to examine this perilous conflict through the eyes of those fighting it on the ground.
Beneath the Sea (2002, 57 min.)
New technologies and pioneering scientists have opened up the farthest reaches of the ocean in the last great age of human exploration on Earth.
Benjamin Franklin: Let Experiement Be Made & The Making of a Revolutionary (2002, 111 min.)
Benjamin Franklin is the story of one of the most remarkable and multi-talented human beings the world has ever known. An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, the three-part series follows Franklin's career from humble beginnings in Boston to international superstardom: first as a scientist and revolutionary, and then as a founding father and America's first diplomat to France. Drawing upon Franklin's own writings and those of his contemporaries, performed by actors, the narrative is set against a backdrop of breathtaking events in which Franklin played a central role: the age of Scientific Discovery, the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary war and the Constitutional Convention.
Benjamin Franklin: The Chess Master (2002, 97 min.)
Traces Franklin's life from humble beginnings to fame as a scientist, founding father, and America's first diplomat to France.
Between the Wars -- Versailles: The Lost Peace (1978, 26 min.)
In the closing moments of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson drew up a 14-point peace plan, including a grand design for an international League of Nations. This video documents the negotiations surrounding the eventual armistice agreement ending World War I.
Between the Wars: Return to Isolationism (1978, 26 min.)
This video examines isolationism, the prevailing U.S. foreign policy for over a hundred years. Wilson's idea to create a League of Nations was severely criticized.
Between the Wars: The First SALT Talks (1978, 26 min.)
This video highlights the world's first major disarmament meeting, the Washington Naval Conference of 1921. The Big Five--the United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy-- attempted to agree to limit the postwar arms race.
Between the Wars: Radio, Racism, and Foreign Policy (1978, 26 min.)
The effects of foreign policy issues on the American public are the focus of this video, which examines the authoritarian radio campaign aimed at enforcing a conformity of beliefs, customs and traditions deemed to be the foundation of the American way of life.
Between the Wars: The Great Depression and Foreign Affairs (1978, 26 min.)
During the Great Depression, most Americans and the majority of U.S. politicians were too preoccupied with domestic problems to notice the rise of dictators in Europe and Japan. This video focuses on American foreign policy following the Great Depression.
Between the Wars -- FDR and Hilter: Their Rise to Power (1978, 26 min.)
This video chronicles the different styles of these world leaders and their rise to power.
Between the Wars: FDR and Hilter: The Dynamics of Power (1978, 26 min.)
Two powerful modern leaders dominated much of the era before and during World War II: Adolf Hitler, the newly appointed chancellor of Germany, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States. This video examines the political and practical applications of radio and public addresses, including FDR's 'fireside chats' and Hitler's effective ministry of propaganda.
Between the Wars -- America in the Pacific: The Clash of Two Cultures (1978, 26 min.)
This video examines American public opinion toward Japan, the Oriental mind, and the rise of Japan as a major world power following World War I.
Between the Wars -- The Recognition of Russia: A Climate of Mutual Mistrust (1978, 26 min.)
This video examines the wave of working-class militancy that swept the world after the boom decade of the 1920s and the Roosevelt administration's official recognition of the U.S.S.R. in the first detente in 1933.
Between the Wars -- Latin America: Intervention in our Own Backyard (1978, 26 min.)
This video examines early U.S. policy in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as Pan-American relationships deteriorated until, in 1933, President Roosevelt abolished the Monroe policy of intervention.
Between the Wars -- The Italian Ethiopian War: Africa in World Affairs (1978, 26 min.)
During the first part of the century, Italy was torn by economic and political strife. Benito Mussolini came to power by championing the resistance of the ruling class movement against communist unions. This video focuses on Mussolini's Italy, his dreams of an empire, and his costly invasion of Ethiopia, one of the chief episodes paving the way for World War II.
Between the Wars: The Spanish Civil War (1978, 26 min.)
This video examines fascist Spain and the Spanish Civil War. The popular fascist claim that totalitarianism was the only way to effectively fight communism fueled the rebellion against the country's republican government.
Between the Wars: The Phony War (1978, 26 min.)
In 1938, Adolf Hitler absorbed Austria, began threatening the rest of eastern Europe, and then shocked the world by invading Poland. American public opinion wavered between a desire to help and a commitment to maintain neutrality. This video explores American domestic turmoil as many declared the war stories phony and just a matter of propaganda.
Between the Wars -- FDR and Churchill: The Human Partnership (1978, 26 min.)
In this video, the close personal friendship between Roosevelt and Churchill is examined and viewers learn how this relationship had a profound effect on the history of the Western world.
Between the Wars: War Comes to Pearl Harbor (1978, 26 min.)
This video focuses on the diplomatic and economic pressure placed on Japan prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor; the consequence of the governments' failure to reach an agreement; and the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Between the Wars -- Japan Invades China: Crisis in the Far East (1978, 26 min.)
This video highlights Japan's imperialistic expansion into French Indochina, the Dutch Indies, Burma, Malaya, and the Philippines. In 1941, President Roosevelt decided to enforce a total embargo, freezing all assets originating in Japan. In the face of this economic pressure, the Japanese government decided to force the United States into war.
Beyond F.A.T. City (2005, 93 min.)
F.A.T--Frustration, Anxiety, Tension--three all-too-familiar feelings for the families of children with learning disabilities. It is the basis for a 1987 workshop simulating the children's daily experiences. Richard Lavoie, creator of the original F.A.T.
Beyond Science? (1997, 57 min.)
This episode explores topics that go beyond the realm of science; in other words, topics that are hard to explore in a rigorous scientific way. The scientific method gives us a way to evaluate claims and approach them critically. The scientists in this episode talk about why the scientific method is important to doing science.
Bionic Body (2001, 57 min.)
Researchers are uniting biology and technology to give hope to the paralyzed, using the latest science to repair and circumvent spinal cord injuries.
Body Building (2002, 57 min.)
Studies remarkable advances being made to repair and replace damaged human body parts. In 2001, the first self-contained artificial heart, Abiocor, was implanted into human patients.
Born Free and Equal & The Man Who Would Not Be King (2002, 57 min.)
Born Free and Equal: A Massachusetts slave sues for her freedom and renames herself Elizabeth Freeman; Massachusetts abolishes slavery. The Man Who Would Not Be King: The Revolutionary War ends as the peace treaty with England is signed by Ben Franklin and John Adams. Washington offers his resignation to Congress.
Bostonians & Benedict Arnold (2002, 57 min.)
Bostonians: John Adams returns from France and reunites with wife Abigail. Meanwhile, Sarah is drawn closer to Mrs. Adams; James travels to New York and views the conflicts between colonists and Indians. Benedict Arnold: Benedict Arnold attempts to turn over West Point to the British; James tries to console Sarah, who's upset by Arnold's act of treason.
Brilliant Madness, A (2002, 57 min.)
The story of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by a descent into madness. At the age of 30, John Nash, a stunningly original and famously eccentric MIT mathematician, suddenly began claiming that aliens were communicating with him and that he was a special messenger. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Nash spent the next three decades in and out of mental hospitals, all but forgotten. During that time, a proof he had written at the age of 20 became a foundation of modern economic theory. In 1994, as Nash began to show signs of emerging from his delusions, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics.
Broadway: The American Musical -- Give My Regards to Broadway & Syncopated City (2004, 116 min.)
Chronicles the Broadway musical throughout the 20th century and explores the evolution of this uniquely American art form. Episode 1: Give My Regards to Broadway (1893-1927) & Episode 2: Syncopated City (1919-1933)
Broadway: The American Musical -- I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' & Oh What a Beautiful Morning (2004, 114 min.)
Episode 3: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (1929-1942) & Episode 4: Oh What a Beautiful Morning (1943-1960)
Broadway: The American Musical: Tradition & Putting it Together (2004, 113 min.)
Episode 5: Traditions (1957-1979) & Episode 6: Putting it Together (1980-present)
The Brooklyn Bridge (1981, 59 min.)
In The Brooklyn Bridge, Ken Burns captures the physical majesty of this greatest of all achievements of the industrial age, the dramatic story of the larger-than-life men who imagined and built it, and the immense charm this granite and steel structure has exerted on generations of city dwellers.
Buffett and Gates Go Back to School (2006, 49 min.)
Though a generation apart in age, and founders of two very different businesses, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates each has a deep admiration for the other. They share a sense of responsibility to use their wealth to improve the world. In September 2005, the two men spent the day at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with students and faculty from the College of Business Administration.
Building the Alaska Highway (2005, 56 min.)
In May 1942, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most difficult construction projects ever undertaken. This program tells how they battled to push a 1,520-mile road across one of the world's harshest landscapes.
Bunker Hill & Postmaster General Franklin (2002, 57 min.)
Bunker Hill: James and Sarah witness the Battle of Bunker Hill (and hear the cry 'Don't fire 'till you see the whites of their eyes!'). The British win the battle, but the Americans win a major moral victory. Postmaster General Franklin: Sarah and James carry letters to New York because the British have been intercepting patriot mail. Meanwhile, Ben Franklin is named Postmaster General on July 26, 1775.
Burden of Innocence (2003, 57 min.)
Acclaimed FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel -- whose unparalleled work on America's criminal justice system has helped exonerate 11 individuals and has won numerous awards, tracks down five exonerated men to learn how they have fared following their highly publicized releases. Her report examines the social, psychological, and economic challenges these men now face, the vast majority of them without any financial or transitional assistance from the states that imprisoned them.
By the People (2006, 87 min.)
By the People is an insider's look at who and what it takes to put on an American election. Set in Indianapolis, Indiana - a blue city inside a longtime red state - as events unfold over the 11 days leading up to and including the 2004 Presidential election, this unprecedented documentary vividly reveals the myriad of activities required to maintain the most basic element of democracy-our right to vote.
Can You Afford to Retire? (2006, 57 min.)
The baby boomer generation is headed for a shock as it hits retirement: many of them will be long on life expectancy but short on savings. The two main strategies for funding retirement -- lifetime pensions and 401(k)-style savings plans -- are in serious trouble. In Can You Afford to Retire? FRONTLINE correspondent Hedrick Smith ("Is Wal-Mart Good for America?") investigates this looming financial crisis and the outlook for middle-class Americans.
Captain Molly & American Crisis (2002, 57 min.)
Captain Molly: Sarah meets Captain Molly, who fights in the place of her fallen husband. But Gen. Washington is losing battle after battle. Meanwhile, Moses teaches Henri to read. American Crisis: It's December 1776 and the American war effort is at its lowest point. 'These are the times that try men's souls,' writes Thomas Paine. The kids see that when they meet General Washington.
Changing Your Mind (2000, 57 min.)
Alan Alda meets two young women whose brains have remodeled themselves -- one temporarily in response to a week of being blindfolded, the other permanently after a devastating brain injury before birth. They are dramatic examples of 'neuroplasticity' -- today's hot topic in brain research. Alda also joins researchers who have overthrown the conventional wisdom that adults can't grow new brain cells.
Chasing the Sleeper Cell (2003, 57 min.)
What was the real story behind a group U.S. intelligence called America's 'most dangerous terrorist cell'? FRONTLINE and The New York Times investigated the domestic battle against terrorism in CHASING THE SLEEPER CELL, an in-depth examination of a major, ongoing domestic terrorism case involving Al Qaeda operatives and U.S. citizens they trained, raising questions about FBI and CIA effectiveness. Episode 6 of the Al Qaeda Files.
Chicago: City of the Century. Part 1: Mud Hole to Metropolis
Tells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. It's the story of the wealthy and the indigent, the heralded and the forgotten, the shop assistants and the millionaire retail barons who together created Chicago. It describes how through innovation, ingenuity, determination and sheer ruthlessness, the captains of industry created empires in a marshy wasteland.
Part 2: The Revolution has Begun (2003, 88 min.)
Part 3: Battle for Chicago (2003, 85 min.)
China in the Red (2003, 117 min.)
Filmed over the course of three turbulent years, China in the Red is a documentary that tells the stories of 10 Chinese individuals -- factory workers, rural villagers, and a millionaire entrepreneur -- caught up in China's dramatic, ongoing effort to modernize its economy. Through their intimate personal stories, camera work capturing the unique feel of their cities and homes, and with a soundtrack that includes Chinese rock music reflecting the rawness and energy of a nation in great flux, China in the Red offers a view of China that is rarely seen in the West.
Citizen King, 1963-1968 (2004, 115 min.)
This work chronicles the last five years of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. Using the personal recollections, diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts of friends, family, journalists, law enforcement officers and historians, this film brings fresh insights to King's difficult journey, his charismatic -- if at times flawed -- leadership, and his truly remarkable impact.
Civil War: The Cause (1861) [Episode 1] (1990, 97 min.)
Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South to the northern abolitionists who opposed it.
Civil War: A Very Bloody Affair (1862) [Episode 2] (1990, 69 min.)
1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves.
Civil War: Forever Free (1862) [Episode 3] (1990, 77 min.)
This episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free.
Civil War: Simply Murder (1863) [Episode 4] (1990, 63 min.)
During the episode we learn of fierce Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the miseries of regimental life and the increasing desperation of the Confederate homefront.
Civil War: The Universe of Battle (1863) [Episode 5] (1990, 91 min.)
This extended episode then goes on to chronicle the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Civil War: Valley of the Shadow of Death (1864) [Episode 6] (1990, 70 min.)
Episode six begins with a biographical comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and then chronicles the extraordinary series of battles that pitted the two generals against each other from the wilderness to Petersburg in Virginia.
Civil War: Most Hallowed Ground (1864) [Episode 7] (1990, 73 min.)
The stakes are nothing less than the survival of the Union itself: with Grant and Sherman stalled at Petersburg and Atlanta, opinion in the North has turned strongly against the war. But 11th-hour victories at Mobile Bay, Atlanta, and the Shenandoah Valley tilt the election to Lincoln and the Confederacy's last hope for independence dies.
Civil War: War is All Hell (1865) [Episode 8] (1990, 70 min.)
The episode begins with Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. Also, the surrender of Lee to Grant and John Wilkes Booth' dream of vengeance for the South.
Civil War: The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) [Episode 9] (1990, 69 min.)
This final episode begins in the aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goes on to narrate the events of five days later when, on April 14, Lincoln is assassinated. The episode then considers the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation we are today.
Class Divided (1985, 57 min.)
One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. This is the story of that lesson, its lasting impact on the children, and its enduring power thirty years later.
Coming Into America (2004, 57 min.)
Who were the first Americans? New discoveries and techniques for dating them have archaeologists rethinking what we know - and rewriting history.
Company of Soliders, A (2005, 87 min.)
In November 2004, a FRONTLINE production team embedded with the soldiers of the 1-8 Cavalry's Dog Company in south Baghdad to document the day-to-day realities of a life-and-death military mission that also includes rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure, promoting its economic development, and building positive relations with its people.
Conflict in the South & Deborah Samson: Soldier of the Revolution (2002, 57 min.)
Conflict in the South: Virginia governor Thomas Jefferson is forced to abandon his home; Sarah's upset that Jefferson owns slaves. Deborah Samson: Deborah Samson poses as a man to enlist in the Continental Army; Sarah learns about women's efforts in the Revolution.
Congress, The (1988, 90 min.)
In this film, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of Congress and, in turn, our country.
Conquistadors: The Fall Of the Aztecs & The Conquest of the Incas (2001, 111 min.)
The Fall of the Aztecs: Cortez left Cuba in 1519 seeking riches in he islands to the west. Instead, he discovered, and ultimately destroyed, a hitherto unknown civilization. Michael Wood retraces this fateful expedition. Read Spanish eyewitness accounts that describe the conquistadors' awe at the Aztec achievements and their lust for native treasure. The Conquest of the Incas: Francisco Pizarro hoped to find great riches in the land of the Inca when he set off on this third voyage to the New World in 1527. Travel back in time with Michael Wood and learn how Pizarro ransomed the life of a king for a room full of gold and silver. Through letters and drawings from the 16th century discover this remarkable story of greed, faith, dishonor, and valor.
Conquistadors: The Search for El Dorado & All the World is Human (2001, 111 min.)
The Search for El Dorado: Gold was the ultimate goal for the Spanish Conquistadors of the 1500s. The myth of an entire city of gold, ruled by a king who covered his body with a layer of pure gold dust and bathed each night in a lake of gold, drove the Conquistadors in their determined search for El Dorado. Francisco Orellana failed to find El Dorado, but discovered the Amazon. All the World is Human: Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked off the coast of Texas in 1528 and lived with Indians for eight years. Upon his return to Spain, he wrote a book based on his experiences. Histale is one of a empathy and respect for the Indians.
Crime of Insanity, A (2002, 56 min.)
In 1994, Ralph Tortorici, a 26-year-old New York psychology student, took a college class hostage. A paranoid schizophrenic convinced the government had planted tracking devices in his body, he was charged with assault, kidnapping, and attempted murder. His mental illness was apparent, but not how the courts should deal with him. FRONTLINE examines the controversial case in interviews with his family, defense attorney, prosecutor, and judge.
Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War (1999, 117 min.)
Teddy Roosevelt charging up the San Juan Heights, the Rough Riders and the sinking of the battleship, the U.S.S. Maine---these are what people commonly know about the United States' war with Spain in 1898. What they may not remember is that this was the war that steered the United States to center stage as a world power. Victorious over Spain in Cuba and the Philippines, the United States, a nation founded in opposition to imperialism, grappled with its new role as an imperial power. More recent events in Vietnam, Somalia, and Yugoslavia bear striking parallels to those of 1898. Even in its own time, the war with Spain was understood as a turning point in American history.
Cyberchase, Measurement: Elapsed Time & Body Math -- A Time to Cook & EcoHaven CSE (2003, 56 min.)
A Time to Cook teaches to clock how much time has gone by during an event. EcoHaven CSE gives students a lesson in using measurement, the principles of proportional reasoning and 'body' math.
Cyberchase, Navigation -- Lost My Marbles (2002, 29 min.)
In this episode the team learns to use a map as a mathematical tool as they navigate across a cyber island in search of Marbles...then try to escape before a huge earthquake turns the island inside out!
Cyberchase, Number & Operations: Zero & Number Sense -- A World Without Zero & They Counted Happily Ever After (2002, 56 min.)
A World Without Zero explains the unique importance of zero and the surprising results you get when you calculate with it. They Counted Happily Ever After illustrates the importance of place value and how it gives us the power to keep track of anything and everything.
Cyberchase, Algebra: Algebraic Variables & Codes -- Find Those Gleamers & Codename: Icky (2002, 58 min.)
In Find Those Gleamers take an instructional look at using algebraic variables to simplify arithmetic and make a problem look easier to solve. Codename: Icky reveals the secret behind developing and using codes.
Cyberchase, Algebra: Equations & Patterns -- A Battle of Equals & The Poddleville Case (2002, 59 min.)
In A Battle of Equals students discover how different numeric expressions can be equal to each other. In The Poddleville Case the kids use a great tool for recognizing patterns and for using them to predict the next step in solving a problem.
Cyberchase, Algebra: Scale and Size & Timekeeping -- Size Me Up & Clock Like an Egyptian (2002, 58 min.)
Size Me Up is a fun way to tackle the basic concepts of size and scale. Clock Like an Egyptian shows students how to measure the passage of time by choosing a starting point and counting regular beats.
Cyberchase, Data Analysis & Probability: Combinations & Probability -- A Day at the Spa & R-Fair City (2002, 58 min.)
A Day at the Spa reveals the value of lists, tables, and tree diagrams when faced with too many choices. R-Fair City lets kids have a ball analyzing games of chance and figuring out which ones are fair.
Cyberchase, Data Analysis & Probability: Using Data & Line Graphs -- Castleblanca & Return to Sensible Flats (2002, 58 min.)
Castleblanca lets students discover that data are a lot more than a collection of numbers when they organize and analyze data for hidden information. Return to Sensible Flats uses this adventure to show how line graphs can tell a story about change and help you make predictions.
Cyberchase, Equivalence: Harriet Hippo & The Mean Green (2003, 29 min.)
Hacker infects Motherboard with a new virus - one that causes her to make cyber-citizens act mean. Will the young cyber-heroes be able to gather the ingredients and figure out how to properly mix these odd fractions before it is too late?
Cyberchase, Geometry: Two- and Three-Dimensional Geometry & Point of View -- Eureka & The Guilty Party (2002, 58 min.)
Eureka demonstrates how to turn 2 dimensional flat shapes into 3 dimensional objects. The Guilty Party investigates how, depending on their point of view, the shapes of objects can trick students into thinking they are seeing different things.
Cyberchase, Measurement: Area & Liquid Volume -- Sensible Flats & Cool It (2002, 58 min.)
Sensible Flats challenges kids with the fun of finding and comparing the areas of irregular shapes. Cool It explores the reason it can be hard to tell by sight alone which containers hold more when they are different shapes.
Cyberchase, Multiplication & Monetary Systems -- Send in the Clones & Trading Places (2002, 59 min.)
In Send in the Clones a quick lesson shows how repeated addition easily solves multiplication problems. In Trading Places kids learn to trade, barter, and create a system for exchanging goods for tokens of different fixed values.
Cyberchase, Perimeter/Area Relationship -- Totally Rad (2003, 29 min.)
In this episode Hacker takes over the Radopolis cybersite, declaring himself King. In an effort to dethrone him, the kids challenge Hacker's extreme team to a winner-take-all skate-off. There's just one catch: High-scoring tricks need as much area as possible and the configuration of the field's perimeter mysteriously keeps changing!
Cyberchase, Inverse Operations -- The Eye of Rom (2003, 29 min.)
Hacker steals the powerful Eye of Rom from Binky the Cat's pyramid, placing the Ancient Egypt cybersite in jeopardy. The kids and Digit set out to retrieve the Eye from Hacker, but the journey is packed with a maze of exciting, action-filled gambits that force them to first do and undo a series of complicated steps.
Cyberchase, Process Standards: Estimation & Fractions -- Snow Day to be Exact & Zeus on the Loose (2002, 58 min.)
In Snow Day to be Exact kids learn that estimation can be a powerful tool when a close answer is good enough to solve a problem. In Zeus on the Loose kids learn why fractions are the numbers to use to divide things into parts and to share them.
Cyberchase, Process Standards: Negative Numbers & Decimals -- Less Than Zero & Mother's Day (2002, 59 min.)
Less than Zero demystifies the concept of negative numbers by scaling a building and turning it into a giant number line. Mother's Day helps students discover how decimals can make fractions easier to work with.
Cyberchase, Using Models -- Model Behavior (2002, 29 min.)
In Model Behavior the kids use models to stop Hacker from cracking open the glass Skywall using a Witch's voice.
Cyberchase, Patterns in Music -- Out of Sync (2002, 29 min.)
In this episode the kids and Digit have until sunset to make the sound of the music right! For the beat to go on, the kids must recreate the music and find the missing element in the musical pattern.
Cyberchase, Angle Measurement -- All the Right Angles (2003, 29 min.)
Motherboard mistakenly sends a treasure map to Hacker. To help Motherboard, the kids must find the secret treasure before Hacker does, and use their skill with angles to read the strange map that contains only riddles about twists and turns.
Cyberchase, Counter Examples -- True Colors (2003, 29 min.)
A new, reformed Hacker runs for election against Motherboard, claiming to have done five good deeds, and promising to turn over a new leaf. Can the kids find a counter example that proves his claims to be false - or will Hacker be elected the new ruler of cyberspace?
Cyberchase, Data Clusters -- Hugs & Witches (2003, 29 min.)
In this episode the kids and Digit must decipher a series of poems left behind by Lady L, and free them from the time machine before it time travels to the nether world of cyberspace.
Cyberchase, Process Standards: Logic & Problem Solving -- Of All the Luck & Problem Solving in Shangri-La (2002, 58 min.)
Of All the Luck helps students understand how a Venn diagram can help them refine choices to achieve a desired result. Problem Solving in Shangri-La shows students how to follow a game plan and reason their way through problems.
Cyberchase, Linear Measurement -- Fortress of Altitude (2002, 29 min.)
In Fortress of Attitude the kids use their skills at measuring length to climb a massive, booby-trapped statue of Hacker.
Cyber War! (2003, 58 min.)
How real is the threat of war in cyberspace, and what does the White House knows that the rest of us don't? FRONTLINE investigates a new war using embedded malicious code, probes and pings, and other weapons aimed directly at America's power grid, water supply, and transportation systems.
D-Day: Down to Earth - Return of the 507th (2003, 58 min.)
This film recounts the history of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment through battles in World War II and the culmination of its story 60 years later. Men from the 507th dropped into Normandy on D-Day and fought in several crucial engagements. After the war, the regiment was disbanded and its accomplishments nearly forgotten until 2002 when surviving members returned to Normandy to take part in events that gave completion to their story.
Dark Passages (1990, 50 min.)
Employs a mixture of interviews, slave narratives, and dramatization. Tells the story of the impact of the Atlantic slave trade. Takes the viewer from the House of Slaves on Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, to the village of Juffere on the Gambia River.
Dark Side of the Universe, The (2004, 57 min.)
New discoveries about Dark Matter and Dark Energy have astronomers wondering if ours is but one of an infinity of universes.
Daughter From Danang (2003, 85 min.)
Daughter from Danang is a riveting emotional drama of longing, identity, and the personal legacy of war. To all outward appearances, Heidi is the proverbial 'all-American girl', hailing from small town Pulaski, Tenn. But her birth name was Mai Thi Hiep. Born in Danang, Vietnam in 1968, she's the mixed-race daughter of an American serviceman and a Vietnamese woman. Fearing for her daughter's safety at the war's end, Hiep's mother sent her to the U.S. on 'Operation Babylift', a Ford administration plan to relocate orphans and mixed-race children to the U.S. for adoption before they fell victim to a frighteningly uncertain future in Vietnam after the Americans pulled out. Through intimate and sometimes excruciating moments, Daughter from Danang profoundly shows how wide the chasms of cultural difference and how deep the wounds of war can run--even within one family.
Dead Men's Tales (2001, 57 min.)
In this program, Alda meets scientists reconstructing mysterious past events from the evidence of excavated remains. Stories in the episode include the unexplained loss of the Confederate submarine Hunley, which sank off Charleston after successfully attacking and sinking the battleship USS Housatonic; the mysterious destruction of the Jamestown colony; and discovering whether or not outlaw Wild Bill Longley actually escaped hanging.
Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk (2005, 117 min.)
At a time when a college education is vital to an individual's future and our nation's economic standing in the world, this documentary explores the simple yet significant question: What happens between admission and graduation? The answer: often not enough.
Destination America: The Golden Door & The Art of Departure (2005, 110 min.)
The Golden Door: America is a country founded and built by immigrants. From the beginning, most have come looking for a better life for themselves and their families. The Art of Departure: Creative spirits have come to America from all over the world, drawn to the possibilities of a free society, but it has never been easy to leave home.
Destination America: The Earth is the Lord's & Breaking Free: A Women's Journey (2005, 110 min.)
The Earth is the Lord's Breaking Free: Ever since the Mayflower pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, immigrants have come to America to escape religious persecution. The idea of America as a haven for those seeking freedom to worship looms large in the American imagination. Breaking Free: A Women's Journey: In the world they left behind, women were second-class citizens, dominated by law and custom by men. Some feared for their lives. Others were searching for new opportunities.
Diet Wars (2003, 57 min.)
Americans spend $40 billion a year on books, products, and programs designed to do one thing: help us lose weight. From Atkins to Ornish and Weight Watchers to South Beach, today's dieters have a dizzying array of weight loss programs from which to choose -- yet the underlying principles of these diets are often contradictory. In Diet Wars, FRONTLINE examines the great diet debate. Viewers follow FRONTLINE correspondent Steve Talbot, whose discovery that those 'few extra pounds' have put him perilously close to the clinical definition of obesity prompts him to evaluate the myriad diets now available to overweight Americans.
Different Way to Heal, A (2002, 57 min.)
Alternative medicines are a growing multi-billion dollar industry. But do they hold up under scientific scrutiny?
Discounted Dreams (2007, 57 min.)
Community colleges are the fastest growing segment of American higher education - and some say the most vital to America's future - offering a staggering array of classes and job training programs. But growing enrollment is straining the system, under funding persists, and in spite of some remarkable success stories, they fail to graduate even half of those who come.
Don't Forget (2004, 57 min.)
Scientists attempt to unravel the mysteries of memory-- how we make memories, where they come from and why some slip away.
Dragon Science (1996, 57 min.)
Alan Alda journeys across China, from dry western deserts and the world's most dramatic mummy find--well-preserved individuals from 4,000 years ago--to the steamy Yangtze River Valley, where scientists developed a new type of rice to feed China's burgeoning population.
e2: Design, Season 1 -- The Green Apple (2006, 27 min.)
The first episode begins in New York, a city that is leading the charge to green its industrial skyline with several groundbreaking projects. New York combats the urban myth of the bustling city as a "concrete jungle." "The Green Apple" explores some of Manhattan's most prominent and technologically advanced structures like One Bryant Park and The Solaire, as well as the innovative minds behind them. The episode illustrates how the ubiquitous skyscraper can surprisingly be a model of environmental responsibility.
e2: Design, Season 1 -- Green for All (2006, 27 min.)
Follows architect and activist Sergio Palleroni as he continues his mission to provide architectural and design solutions to regions in social and humanitarian crisis. Palleroni already has four global initiatives underway aimed at providing architecture students with hands-on field experience building housing for the poor.
e2: Design, Season 1 -- The Green Machine (2006, 27 min.)
Mayor Richard Daley takes viewers on a tour through Chicago, and showcases his mission to make it 'the greenest city in America.' Chicago already demonstrates a remarkable commitment to green design and construction, with over 40 buildings registered for LEED certification, an integrated solar-powered public transportation system with a biker commuter station and over two million square feet of green roofs, including City Hall.
e2: Design, Season 1 -- Gray to Green (2006, 27 min.)
Gray to Green takes the notion of the three R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) to grand proportions by looking at Boston's "Big Dig" and the massive amount of waste created by the $15 billion public works project. Paul Pedini, a civil engineer on the project, had the idea to build his own home from the Big Dig waste. The success of this project sparked plans to create an office complex in Massachusetts from the same recycled material. These innovative projects serve as prototypes to demonstrate to city officials that there is value in recycling on such a grand level.
e2: Design, Season 1 -- China: From Red to Green (2006, 27 min.)
The series moves to China, whose soaring population and rapid industrialization have created a boom in urbanization that is unprecedented in human history. This episode explores green design solutions in both theory and practice, including Steven Holl's Linked Hybrid project, which will have the largest residential geothermal heating/cooling and greywater recycling system in the world upon completion. William McDonough shares his innovative plans to make China an entirely sustainable country and the ways architecture can be both profitable and environmentally intelligent.
e2: Design, Season 1 -- Deeper Shades of Green (2006, 27 min.)
The first season of e2 Design concludes with a look to the future, focusing on remarkable thinkers and designers of our time: Ken Yang, Werner Sober and William McDonough. Nothing short of geniuses, these architects are challenging society and environmental design philosophically, psychologically, technically, aesthetically, politically, and culturally. Each is radically changing the face of not only architecture, but of environmentalism.
Egypt's Golden Empire: The Warrior Pharaohs & Pharaohs of the Sun (2002, 56 min.)
The Warrior Pharaohs: In 1560 BC, Egypt was divided into two. Its very existence was threatened from both north and south. But one family was determined to restore Egypt to its former glory by destroying the Hyksos in the north and the Nubians in the south. In 1479 BC, Egypt was again in turmoil. Against all Egyptian traditions and beliefs, the pharaoh was a woman. She used all her cunning to secure her position. She used images on temple walls to claim that her father had publicly appointed her as pharaoh. Later on, she sent the army - on a trade expedition to Punt, the first in over 500 years. The success of the mission and the exotic riches it brought back to Egypt cemented her reputation. By the end of her son's reign, Egypt controlled a vast empire of enormous wealth. Pharaohs of the Sun: When Amenhotep III became pharaoh in 1390 BC, Egypt controlled a vast empire and was rich, respected and free. But it faced the challenge of powerful new rivals. Rather than fighting these rivals, as his predecessors had done, he talked to them. The Amarna letters were small stone tablets - correspondence between the pharaoh and the leaders of rival nations. Instead of war, Egypt was now using diplomacy. Egypt's enormous quantities of gold made it the most valuable ally in the ancient world. By the time his son, Akenhaten died, his heir inherited an empire on the brink of disaster. Tutankhamen, the new pharaoh, was just nine years old, so priests and courtiers ruled behind the scenes.
Egypt's Golden Empire: The Last Great Pharaoh (2002, 56 min.)
The Last Great Pharaoh: The reign of Ramesses the Great marked the high point of the New Kingdom and the high point of Egyptian culture. But like any highpoint, it was all downhill as the New Kingdom gradually fell into ruin. Ramesses was a distinctive and powerful figure. He was lucky to win the Battle of Kadesh, but wanted his victory to seem more impressive. He carved stories on temple walls that told his people how, single-handed, he had defeated the enemy. Throughout his reign he would use propaganda to build up his reputation. Ramesses also used Egypt's wealth to expand or rebuild its temples, including those at Luxor and Karnak. But his greatest buildings were two enormous temples, carved out of the mountains of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt. The first was for his dead wife, Nefertari, while the other was for him. The New Kingdom would never again see the glory days of Ramesses the Great. Within 150 years the golden age of Egypt was over for good.
Eleanor Roosevelt (2000, 145 min.)
Eleanor Roosevelt struggled to overcome an unhappy childhood, betrayal in her marriage, a controlling mother-in-law, and gripping depressions-all the while staying true to her passion for social justice. This biography includes rare home movies, contemporary footage, and reflections from Eleanor's closest surviving relatives, as well as biographers Blanche Wiesen Cook, Allida Black, and Geoffrey C. Ward, bringing to life one of the century's most influential women.
Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular (2002, 57 min.)
The film Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular is about one man's passionate resolve to bear witness for the millions of people who suffered and perished in the Holocaust. He has been sustained by his faith and guided by his belief in the power of language and the value of teaching.
Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs -- Clinton (1999-2001) & Arafat (2001-2002) (2005, 102 min.)
Presents President Clinton, Yasser Arafat, the Israeli Prime Ministers, their generals and advisers, and those behind the suicide bombs and assassinations discussing what happened behind closed doors as peace talks gave way to the violent struggle of the Palestinian intifada. Part 1: Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak persuades President Clinton to help make peace, but gets cold feet twice. Part 2: Secretary of State Colin Powell attempts to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but his efforts are derailed by his own hard-line colleagues and Yasser Arafat himself.
Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs -- Sharon (2002-2005) (2005, 46 min.)
Presents President Clinton, Yasser Arafat, the Israeli Prime Ministers, their generals and advisers, and those behind the suicide bombs and assassinations discussing what happened behind closed doors as peace talks gave way to the violent struggle of the Palestinian intifada. Part 3: President Bush finally agrees to take the lead with a road map to peace, but Prime Minister Sharon moves the goal posts.
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991, 114 min.)
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first "mass medium." In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity interacted in tragic ways.
Endgame: Ethics and Values in America (2002, 58 min.)
This groundbreaking special enables viewers to enter the lives of fictional characters forced to make critical decisions with profound moral, ethical or social implications.
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea (2005, 87 min.)
More than 40 years after his death, Hemingway is one of the most widely read and written about American authors. It is the art of Hemingway's story telling that forms the heart of this film, the point of departure from which Hemingway's work is uniquely explored.
Eugene O'Neill (2005, 120 min.)
Eugene O'Neill tells the haunting story of the life and work of America's greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright -- set within the context of the harrowing family dramas and personal upheavals that shaped him, and that he in turn struggled all his life to give form to in his art.
Exploring Space: The Quest for Life (2006, 116 min.)
How did life begin? Are we the only intelligent life in the universe? The key to unraveling the mysteries about the origins of life may just exist in space. Every day, new discoveries inch us closer to answering these cosmic questions-renewing our dreams of what lies in the unknown realms of the stars. This program traces the links between life on Earth and the rest of the universe-in the most realistic but spectacular fashion. Viewers will zoom through space alongside a meteor the size of a small city and learn how millions of years of cosmic activity have helped to create life on our planet.
Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero (2002, 127 min.)
It has been almost a year since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. For many Americans, those images called more into question than just their own physical safety. For many people, the most difficult questions were not about politics, military strategy, or homeland security. They were questions about God, about evil, and about the potential for darkness within religion itself. And for many, those questions haven't gone away. FRONTLINE producer Helen Whitney sets out to discover how the religious beliefs -- and unbelief -- of Americans have been challenged since the events of Sept. 11. Through interviews with priests, rabbis, and Islamic scholars, victims' families and World Trade Center survivors, writers and thinkers, atheists and agnostics, this two-hour documentary explores whether, and in what ways, Americans' spiritual lives may have changed on that day.
Fat and Happy? (2001, 57 min.)
Alan Alda visits with Dr. George Blackburn of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to explore society's obsession with diets that promise quick, painless results. Alda also visits Arizona's Pima and Tohono O'odham Indians, who have the world's highest rate of obesity-related diabetes, and are advised to return to traditional diets to save their culture and health. The program explores new research on how obesity develops in children.
Fatal Flood (2001, 56 min.)
In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people and leaving a million homeless. A dramatic story of greed, power and race during one of America's greatest natural disasters.
Feeding and Fueling the World: Healthier Alternatives for Planet Earth (2007, 57 min.)
Meet two resourceful CEOs who are revolutionizing the way we think about food and energy around the globe. After decades in the oil industry, Patricia Woertz has brought renewed energy to Archer Daniels Midland, now the leading producer of biofuels. At Deere & Company, Bob Lane is combining the traditional quality of the legendary equipment manufacturer with modern technology to harvest crops in the most efficient manner. Part of the CEO Exchange series.
Fidel Castro (2005, 117 min.)
Through interviews with relatives, loyalists, and enemies in Cuba and abroad, American Experience constructs an intimate and revealing portrait of the most resilient of leaders.
Fight, The (2004, 93 min.)
The rematch between the African American heavyweight Joe Louis and his German opponent Max Schmeling was riveting -- 'one hundred and twenty-four seconds of murder,' as one newspaper put it. But for most spectators the fight was much more than a boxing match; it was an historic event freighted with symbolic significance, both a harbinger of the civil rights movement and a prelude to World War II. In this first feature-length documentary about the momentous encounter, American Experience captures the anticipation the bout generated, the swirl of events leading up to it, the impact Louis's victory had on black America and its significance for Jews on both sides of the Atlantic.
First Measured Century, The (2000, 84 min.)
The First Measured Century (1883-1940) tells the story of America by the numbers through the eyes of those who did the measuring and the interpreting, often in highly controversial and unusual circumstances. On the cusp of the 20th century, Frederick Jackson Turner released his seminal work The Significance of the Frontier in American History. As America experienced an unprecedented wave of immigration, the field of Eugenics took hold. Frank Boas led the battle against Eugenics and all scientific racism. Results from H.H. Goddard's IQ tests convinced Congress to pass the National Origins Act. Early women social reformers (like Jane Addams and Julia Lathrop) used data to make the case for political action to alleviate poverty. 1920's Shepherd-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act became the model for social welfare legislation for the rest of the century. John D. Rockefeller Jr. commissioned Robert and Helen Lynd to complete a study of religious attitudes in a society increasingly based on material possessions. The Lynds' meaningful work, Middletown, was released in 1929. Recent Social Trends provided the statistical basis against which many social trends would be measured for the rest of the century. Data was used extensively to measure the depth and suffering of the Great Depression, and to apply aid from the vast array of New Deal programs. George Gallup legitimized pubic opinion polls when he accurately predicted the winner of the 1936 presidential election. Soon afterward, he published The Pulse of Democracy.
Flyers In Search of a Dream (1987, 59 min.)
Most Americans are familiar with Orville and Wilbur Wright, Charles Lindbergh, and Amelia Earhart, but few know the stories of America's pioneering black aviators, who overcame social pressures to gain the right to fly. Flyers in Search of a Dream documents the lives and adventures of early black aviators, from Bessie Coleman, first black to earn an aviator's license, to James Herman Banning, first black to complete a transcontinental flight.
Flying High (1996, 57 min.)
Scientists look to birds for the secrets of flight, work on a sun-powered wing that may one day fly forever, and design flying robots with minds of their own.
Food for the Ancestors (1999, 57 min.)
Food for Ancestors is a culinary-history exploration of Days of the Dead, Mexican traditions and ancient ways of life that still exist there. All of these seen through Mexican cuisine. The program is set in the state of Puebla because it is also a place where the contrasts between new and old are vividly seen. Puebla, also, might be Mexico's greatest culinary state, for it was here that the greatest of all Mexican dishes was born, mole poblano. It's also a place where some of the most ancient prehispanic foods are still eaten --- insects such as the much beloved chapulines (grasshoppers).
Frank Lloyd Wright, Part 1 (1997, 86 min.)
Frank Lloyd Wright showed his countrymen new ways to build their homes and see the world around them. He created some of the most monumental, and some of the most intimate spaces in America. From his first house to his final masterpiece, follow Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary career, his life, and 20th century American architecture.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Part 2 (1997, 77 min.)
Frank Lloyd Wright showed his countrymen new ways to build their homes and see the world around them. He created some of the most monumental, and some of the most intimate spaces in America. From his first house to his final masterpiece, follow Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary career, his life, and 20th century American architecture.
Freedom: A History of US -- Independence & Revolution (2003, 54 min.)
Independence begins by examining how the terrorist attack of September 11th sparked a renewed focus on freedom. The program then takes us back to the summer of 1776. Revolution: Colonial Americans fight together to defeat the world's most awesome military power. Then they strive to create a new kind of government that will live up to their high ideals.
Freedom: A History of US -- Safe for Democracy & Depression and War (2003, 54 min.)
Safe for Democracy: With help from the Wright brothers' introduction of the airplane, the country begins to soar. Woodrow Wilson and America reluctantly join the fight in World War I, while on the home front, women at last get the right to vote. The twenties roar with new levels of personal freedom. Depression and the War: America heads into the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt builds a New Deal, while, overseas, Adolf Hitler rises to power and invades Poland.
Freedom: A History of US -- Democracy & Struggles & Let Freedom Ring (2003, 54 min.)
Democracy and Struggles: In the postwar free world, America becomes the acknowledged leader, striving to rebuild democracies abroad. At the same time, the U.S. finally faces up to racial separatism. Let Freedom Ring: The Civil Rights movement becomes the most effective social movement in U.S. history.
Freedom: A History of US -- Marching to Freedom Land & Becoming Free (2003, 54 min.)
Marching to Freedom Land: The 1960s bring new progress in the quest for freedom, but this is also an explosive decade that threatens to tear apart the fabric of society. Becoming Free: America continues to make tremendous strides through the prosperity of the 1980s, 1990s and into the new millennium.
Freedom: A History of US -- Liberty for All? & Wake Up America (2003, 54 min.)
Liberty for All?: While America was founded as a free land in which people could live out their own destinies, it came at a terrible cost to Native Americans.The nation's population migrates westward, emboldened by a new philosophy called Manifest Destiny. Wake Up America: The nation is in love with progress, and innovations include steamboats, the Erie Canal, and the first railroads. The Industrial Revolution brings Americans new leisure and personal freedom -- but there is a dark side to the story for factory workers and women.
Freedom: A History of US -- What is Freedom? & Whose Land is This? (2003, 54 min.)
What is Freedom?: In the aftermath of the Civil War, Reconstruction begins as a time of great hope for the devastated South. In the Supreme Court decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, 'separate but equal' becomes the law of the land. Whose Land is This?: The nation seethes with racial conflict as immigrants increasingly become targets of prejudice, and as settlers and soldiers massacre Western Indians and force them onto reservations.
Freedom: A History of US -- Working for Freedom & Yearning to Breathe Free (2003, 54 min.)
Working for Freedom: As industrial progress continues and the gap between the rich and poor widens, a new labor movement emerges to advocate for workers' rights. Yearning to Breathe Free: The newly unveiled Statue of Liberty is a symbol of all that is best in America, inspiring a time of reform and compassion. Mother Jones brings the child labor issue to the forefront of the nation's consciousness, and Jane Addams, America's first social worker, creates Hull House.
Freedom: A History of US -- A Fatal Contridiction & A War to End Slavery (2003, 54 min.)
A Fatal Contradiction: The Declaration of Independence stated 'all men are created equal,' but the nation's slaves were a glaring exception. This episode explores the role of Frederick Douglass, and then looks at the impact of the Lincoln-Douglass debates on the westward expansion of slavery. A War to End Slavery: Heroic soldiers in blue and gray endure the bloodiest battles ever fought on American soil, as the country fights a civil war over the future of slavery.
Gene Hunters (2000, 57 min.)
Alan Alda meets some of the brightest and most charismatic scientists hunting genes. Their work could unlock the mysteries of human disease.
Ghosts of Rwanda (2004, 117 min.)
Documentary marks the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide -- a state-sponsored massacre in which some 800,000 Rwandans were methodically hunted down and murdered by Hutu extremists as the U.S. and international community refused to intervene -- examines the social, political, and diplomatic failures that converged to enable the genocide to occur.
Global Warming: The Signs and the Science (2005, 57 min.)
Profiles people who are living with the grave consequences of a changing climate, as well as the individuals, communities and scientists inventing new approaches to safeguard our children's future.
Going Home & "We the People" (2002, 57 min.)
Going Home: Ben Franklin returns from Europe; those loyal to the English king are forced to leave America; Lafayette invites Henri to live in France. We the People: George Washington becomes the first president; James Madison writes much of the Constitution; Moses resolves to open a school for free black children.
Greeks, Crucible of Civilization: Revolution & The Golden Age (2000, 109 min.)
This video tells the story of Greek democracy from its first stirrings in 500 B.C. through to the cataclysmic wars that virtually destroyed the empire. It concludes with a fascinating look at how the Greeks were defeated, yet their philosophy endured and changed the world forever. Much of the story relates how the Greeks essentially invented politics and democracy, and interviews with prominent scholars of classical history provide insight into the major characters, including Thales, Pericles, and Socrates. The stories of epic battles on land and sea and a thoughtful treatment of the Greek ideals of heroism are presented well. The documentary ends with the downfall of Socrates and an explanation of how Greek philosophy transformed civilization.
Green Mountain Boys & The Second Continental Congress (2002, 57 min.)
In The Green Mountain Boys, Sarah befriends Benedict Arnold (voice of Dustin Hoffman) when his militia takes New York's Fort Ticonderoga from the British in May 1775. Arnold is a brilliant soldier but he doesn't get along well with his troops. In The Second Continental Congress, Sarah and Moses meet George Washington during the Second Continental Congress in May 1775 (it's a good thing for Washington: they fix his broken carriage). Meanwhile, James unwittingly aids a British spy.
Growing Up Different (2001, 57 min.)
Alan Alda meets several kids who are growing up different and the doctors and researchers who are trying to mitigate the difficulties they face. Cochlear implants restore some hearing to a profoundly deaf child, the latest augmentative communication technology gives speech to a child without it, and new insights into the fundamental nature of autism may have implications for treatment.
Hidden Child, The (2006, 57 min.)
Of the 1.6 million Jewish children who lived in Europe before WWII, only 100,000 survived the Holocaust. Most were hidden children, shuttered away in attics, cellars, convents or farms. This is Maud Dahme's story of courage, hope and bravery in the face of evil and death. It chronicles the wartime experiences of Dahme, one of an estimated 5,000 Jewish children hidden from the Nazis by righteous gentiles in the Netherlands.
Holy Warriors (2005, 111 min.)
The epic legend of King Richard the Lionhearted and his struggle to save Christendom's holiest city, Jerusalem, from its Muslim conqueror Saladin is explored in this drama-documentary using original Muslim and Christian sources, as well as interviews with experts from both the East and West.
Hot Planet-Cold Comfort (2005, 27 min.)
So you think global warming won't affect you? Wait until the great Atlantic Conveyor shuts down. And find out what's already happening in Alaska.
Hot Times in Alaska (2004, 57 min.)
Alaska is warming up. It's now a few degrees warmer than it was a century and a half ago, and the trend seems to be accelerating. Already the landscape is changing dramatically -- permafrost is thawing, glaciers are melting, forests are succumbing to drought and insect attack. Alan Alda meets Alaskan scientists who are working to find out if these are the first signs of global warming and what the future may hold.
How Difficult Can This Be?--'F.A.T. City: A Learning Disabilities Workshop (1989, 107 min.)
This unique program lets viewers experience the frustration, anxiety, and tension faced by children with learning disabilities. Workshop facilitator Richard Lavoie presents a series of striking simulations emulating daily experience of LD children. Teachers, social workers, and parents, workshop participants, reflect upon how the workshop changed their approach to LD children. Includes discussion of mainstreaming discipline and self-concept.
Hydrogen Hopes (2005, 27 min.)
Hydrogen may be the fuel of the future, but what will it take to safely and efficiently make the transition from today's fossil fuels?
In Remembrance of Martin (1986, 59 min.)
Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, Jimmy Carter, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward Kennedy, John Lewis, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Andrew Young, who recall Dr. King's career and trace his leadership in the civil rights movement.
In Search of Al Qaeda (2002, 57 min.)
FRONTLINE investigates what has become of Al Qaeda in the months since the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Martin Smith and cameraman Scott Anger set out on a two-month journey that took them from London to the Gulf of Oman, into the border regions and teeming cities of Pakistan, and finally to Saudi Arabia -- bin Laden's homeland -- and to Yemen. Episode 1 of The Al Qaeda Files.
In Search of Bin Laden (1999, 56 min.)
In August 1998, two cars exploded simultaneously at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 268 and injuring 5,000. CIA and FBI investigators soon identified suspects, including accused mastermind and Saudi exile Osama bin Laden. But was this an individual terrorist act, or a symptom of deeply rooted anti-U.S. vendettas? In collaboration with The New York Times, FRONTLINE investigates bin Laden, his followers, and the Africa bombings. Episode 2 of The Al Qaeda Files.
In Search of Myths and Heroes: The Queen of Sheba & Arthur: The Once & Future King (2005, 113 min.)
The Queen of Sheba: Michael Wood begins his quest with an exotic and mysterious woman of power - the Queen of Sheba. Immortalized in the Hebrew Bible, the Muslim Koran and in many Christian traditions, the tale of the Queen's journey to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon has been told and retold for nearly 3,000 years. Wood's journey starts on Easter night in Jerusalem and takes him round the Red Sea to Egypt, Eritrea and Ethiopia, and the lost world of Axum, the little-known first civilization of Black Africa. On the journey he discovers the legend of the Queen of Sheba alive in Arabia and Ethiopia, where she is still viewed as the mother of the nation, whose son brought the mythical Lost Ark of the Covenant back to Axum - where it still resides today. Arthur: The Once & Future King: In this episode of the series, Wood explores the greatest British myth: the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Traveling round the Celtic world from Cornwall to Wales, Brittany, Ireland and Scotland, Wood uncovers the extraordinary story of how a shadowy Welsh freedom fighter - a Dark Age Che Guevara - became a medieval superman, and finally the model of a Christian hero.
In Search of Myths and Heroes: The Search for Shangri-La & Jason and the Golden Fleece (2005, 113 min.)
The Search for Shangri-La: Wood's search for Shangri-La takes him on a thrilling trek through India, Nepal and Tibet. The tale of the magical hidden valley of Shangri-La was popularized in the 1930s by James Hilton in his novel, Lost Horizon. But, the story of a lost kingdom behind the Himalayas free from war and suffering is descended from a much older Indian myth. When Europeans first caught wind of the tale back in the 16th Century, they set about trying to discover it. Jason and the Golden Fleece: The tale of Jason, the Argonauts and the Golden Fleece is one of the oldest stories in all of Greek myth. In this episode, Michael Wood traces the route of Jason and his famous boat, the Argo, along its route from Greece to Turkey and Georgia.
In Search of Shakespeare: A Time of Revolution & The Lost Years (2002, 112 min.)
Mixing travel, adventure, interviews and specially shot sequences with the Royal Shakespeare Company on the road, the series sets the life of Shakespeare in the turbulent times in which he lived--a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars.
In Search of Shakespeare: The Duty of Poets & For All Time (2003, 112 min.)
Mixing travel, adventure, interviews and specially shot sequences with the Royal Shakespeare Company on the road, the series sets the life of Shakespeare in the turbulent times in which he lived--a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars.
Influenza 1918 (1998, 56 min.)
In the spring of 1918, an army private reported to a hospital in Kansas. He was diagnosed with the flu, an illness that doctors knew little about. By the end of WWI, America was ravaged by a flu epidemic that killed 675,000 people.
Inside Hamas - includes Chopin's Heart & The Play Pump (2006, 57 min.)
Kate Seelye travels across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to investigate Hamas, the militant Islamist group responsible for scores of suicide bombings and missile attacks on Israel -- and the surprise winner of January's Palestinian elections. Seelye builds a portrait of an organization teetering between a political awakening and a familiar cycle of bloody resistance. Also includes Chopin's Heart: A visit to Poland to witness the 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. The Play Pump: The story of social entrepreneur Trevor Field and his PlayPump water project in South Africa.
Intimate Machine, The (2002, 57 min.)
Explores research aimed at making computers, or machines controlled by computers, as sensitive, gentle and caring as a human companion - or at least a devoted family pet.
Invasion of Iraq (2003, 88 min.)
FRONTLINE presents a special two-hour documentary investigation examining the key strategies, battles, and turning points of the war as seen from both sides of the battlefield. In The Invasion of Iraq, FRONTLINE takes viewers behind the scenes of the allied invasion and advance on Baghdad. Through interviews with key commanders and soldiers -- U.S., British, and Iraqi -- as well as Iraqi civilians, the documentary offers a rare battlefield perspective on the war, as told in first-hand accounts of those who lived it.
Inventing the Future (2000, 57 min.)
Scientists look to the brain's frontal lobe as the seat of personality.
The Iron Road (1990, 57 min.)
With the discovery of gold in California in 1849, fortune hunters poured into the western United States so fast that California was added to the union as a state in 1850. But the rich and expansive territory of California was a whole continent away from the existing seat of government and industry in the United States. This is the story of the completion of the transcontinental railroad which reduced the cross-country trip from several months to just nine and one half days.
Is Wal-Mart Good for America? (2004, 57 min.)
FRONTLINE explores the relationship between U.S. job losses and the American consumer's insatiable desire for bargains in Is Wal-Mart Good for America? Through interviews with retail executives, product manufacturers, economists, and trade experts, correspondent Hedrick Smith examines the growing controversy over the Wal-Mart way of doing business and asks whether a single retail giant has changed the American economy.
Islam: Empire of Faith -- The Ottomans (2000, 56 min.)
Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
Islam: Empire of Faith -- The Messenger & The Awakening (2000, 107 min.)
Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
James Armistead & Yorktown (2002, 57 min.)
James Armistead: Virginia slave James Armistead offers to spy on Benedict Arnold; Sarah and Henri go from camp to camp with Lafayette. Yorktown: The climactic battle of the Revolution is fought at Yorktown and witnessed by Sarah, James and Henri; Moses' brother serves with the British.
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire -- The Way of the Samurai (2003, 56 min.)
Tokugawa Ieyasu unifies Japan and establishes a dynasty that will rule Japan for over 250 years.
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire -- The Will of the Shogun & The Return of the Barbarians (2003, 111 min.)
The Will of the Shogun: The Will of the Shogun: The grandson of Ieyasu, Tokugawa Iemitsu, tightens control over Japan's warlords and expels all foreigners. The Return of the Barbarians: The Return of the Barbarians: Isolated from the West, 18th century Edo flourishes culturally and economically, becoming one of the liveliest cities in the world. But foreign forces are coming.
Jazz: Gumbo (2000, 90 min.)
Jazz begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fills the streets with a richly diverse musical culture. Here, in the 1890s, African-American musicians create a new music out of these ingredients by mixing in ragtime syncopations and the soulful feeling of the blues. Soon after the start of the new century, people are calling it jazz.
Jazz: The Gift (2000, 110 min.)
Speakeasies, flappers, and easy money - it's the Jazz Age, when the story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives and music will span almost three-quarters of a century - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
Jazz: Our Language (2000, 113 min.)
Our Language: As the stock market continues to soar, jazz is everywhere in America, and now, for the first time soloists and singers take center stage, transforming the music with their distinctive voices and the unique stories they have to tell.
Jazz: The True Welcome (2000, 123 min.)
The True Welcome: In 1929, America enters a decade of economic desperation, as the Stock Market collapses and the Great Depression begins. Factories fall silent, farms fall into decay, and a quarter of the nation's workforce is jobless. In these dark times, jazz is called upon to lift the spirits of a frightened country, and finds itself poised for a decade of explosive growth.
Jazz: Swing: Pure Pleasure (2000, 90 min.)
As the Great Depression drags on, jazz comes as close as it has ever come to being America's popular music, providing entertainment and escape for a people down on their luck. It has a new name now - Swing - and for millions of young fans, it will be the defining music of their generation.
Jazz: Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (2000, 114 min.)
As the 1930's come to a close, Swing-mania is still going strong, but some fans are saying success has made the music too predictable. Their ears are tuned to a new sound - pulsing, stomping, suffused with the blues. It's the Kansas City sound of Count Basie's band and it quickly reignites the spirit of Swing.
Jazz: Dedicated to Chaos (2000, 119 min.)
When America enters World War II, jazz is part of the arsenal. In Europe, where musicians like the Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt continue to play despite a Nazi ban, jazz is a beacon of hope. In America, it becomes the embodiment of democracy, as bandleaders like Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw enlist, taking their swing to the troops overseas.
Jazz: Risk (2000, 121 min.)
The postwar years bring America to a level of prosperity unimaginable a decade before, but the Cold War threat of nuclear annihilation makes these anxious years as well. In jazz, this underlying tension will be reflected in the broken rhythms and dissonant melodies of bebop, and in the troubled life of bebop's biggest star, Charlie Parker.
Jazz: The Adventure (2000, 115 min.)
In the late 1950s, America's postwar prosperity continues, but beneath the surface run currents of change. Families are moving to the suburbs, watching television has become the national pastime, and baby boomers have begun coming of age. For jazz, it is also a period of transition when old stars like Billie Holiday and Lester Young will burn out while young talents arise to take the music in new directions.
Jazz: A Masterpiece by Midnight (2000, 112 min.)
During the Sixties, jazz is in trouble. Critics divide the music into schools - Dixieland, swing, bebop, hard bop, modal, free, avant-garde. But most young people are listening to rock 'n' roll. Though Louis Armstrong briefly outsells the Beatles with Hello Dolly, most jazz musicians are desperate for work and many head for Europe, including bebop saxophone master, Dexter Gordon.
Jew Among the Germans, A (2005, 57 min.)
In A Jew Among the Germans, FRONTLINE presents Marian Marzynski's moving and provocative search for a Germany that he -- and his children -- can live with. Over several years of filming, Marzynski encounters artists, architects, and everyday Germans, who wrestle with the big questions of guilt, responsibility, and memory. He also meets a young, third generation of Germans who have broken with their parents and grandparents over the war. Rejecting collective guilt, these young Germans are looking for a way to keep the Holocaust in living memory.
Jimmy Carter, Part 1 (2002, 86 min.)
Examines the life and political career of President Jimmy Carter. Part 1 covers his life to his election to the presidency.
Jimmy Carter, Part 2 (2002, 79 min.)
Part 2 covers the subsequent years, including his presidency, the Iran hostage crisis, post-presidential years, and winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
John & Abigail Adams (2005, 117 min.)
Relying heavily on the extraordinary correspondence between the second president and his wife, this joint biography sheds light not only on the characters of two remarkable people, but also on the tumultuous times through which they lived.
Journey of Man (2002, 117 min.)
How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the global family tree can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago.
Journey of Sacagawea, The (2003, 58 min.)
Many mysteries surround her. More mountains, lakes and streams bear her name than any other North American woman. This program explores the life of Sacagawea from the rich oral history of the Augadika Shoshoni, Mandan Hidatsa and the Nez Perce Native American tribes, as well as the historical account taken from the journals of the Corps of Discovery.
Journey to Mars (2000, 57 min.)
Find out how a Mars mission can be affordably accomplished and why it's so important to explore the "red planet." Watch host, Alan Alda try out some of the tools currently being developed by NASA to make life in space less traumatic for the astronauts who will someday make this historic journey.
Karl Rove - The Architect (2005, 57 min.)
After surviving one of the roughest presidential elections in modern times, President George W. Bush singled out one member of his team in particular, calling Karl Rove the campaign's 'architect.' But Rove, a longtime Bush adviser and confidant, is much more than a political guru, he is also the single most powerful -- and ambitious -- policy adviser in the White House. FRONTLINE and The Washington Post join forces to trace the political history and modus operandi of the controversial figure who has been on the inside of every major political and policy decision of the Bush administration. With the campaign over, Rove has turned his attention to the battle for Bush's legacy on issues like Social Security, taxes and tort reform. But his ultimate goal is something larger.
Kennedys: The Father (1992, 66 min.)
Describes how Joseph Kennedy built his family into a potent political force. Traces the lives of Joe and Rose and their nine children, focusing particularly on Joseph Jr., John, Robert, and Edward.
Kennedys: The Sons (1992, 113 min.)
The conclusion of The Kennedys follows the Kennedy story from the glamorous imagery of Jack and Jackie Kennedy's White House -- carefully cultivated by both the president and the first lady -- through the national tragedies of the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy, to the dark days of Edward Kennedy's accident at Chappaquiddick and his unsuccessful 1980 presidential campaign, which may have finally freed him of the burden of his father's ambition.
Killer at Thurston High, The (2004, 57 min.)
In the late 1990s Americans witnessed a startling new terror: kids killing other kids in school. FRONTLINE takes a measure of this national dilemma through a detailed, intimate journey into the life of one high school shooter, Kip Kinkel. In May 1998, at the age of 15, Kip shot his father and mother to death and the next day opened fire on classmates in Springfield, Oregon, murdering two and injuring 25.
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites: By the Rivers of Babylon & The Book and the Sword (2003, 108 min.)
Tells the epic story of the Jews and the creation of the world's first and most profoundly influential monotheistic religion. The stories of the patriarch Abraham, the liberator Moses, the poet-king David and his son Solomon all come to life in the dramatic tale of loss and triumph that shaped humanity's basic moral struggle for more than three millennia.
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites: The End of Days & The Gifts of the Jews (2003, 108 min.)
Tells the epic story of the Jews and the creation of the world's first and most profoundly influential monotheistic religion. The stories of the patriarch Abraham, the liberator Moses, the poet-king David and his son Solomon all come to life in the dramatic tale of loss and triumph that shaped humanity's basic moral struggle for more than three millennia.
Korean War Stories (2001, 20 min.)
The Korean conflict is often called 'The Forgotten War', but never been by those who lived it. In this film, notable personalities and trench soldiers share their memories.
Last Abortion Clinic, The (2005, 57 min.)
In the summer of 2005 -- more than 30 years after Roe v. Wade established that access to abortion services is a fundamental right -- a FRONTLINE documentary team spent two months traveling across the South where states have been particularly active in passing restrictions on abortion. In interviews with abortion providers and their patients, staff at a pro-life pregnancy counseling center and key legal strategists on both sides of the national debate, FRONTLINE documents the success of the pro-life movement and the growing number of states with regulations limiting access to abortion.
Last One Picked, First One Picked On (1994, 58 min.)
Playing with friends is a happy ritual for most children. But kids with learning disabilities are often isolated and rejected, lacking the social skills to make and keep friends. Richard Lavoie shows how to help these kids succeed in every-day situations. This program gives parents and teachers greater understanding of social skill deficits and strategies for developing skills and fostering social competence.
LBJ, Part 1 (1991, 117 min.)
LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Texan, Democrat, political virtuoso -- rises up out of the 1960s like a Colossus. He is admired and he is detested. But the real measure of a leader is what he gets done, the size of the problems he faces. Before LBJ, we were essentially a segregated society. Inequality among black Americans in the South was set in law. Before Lyndon Johnson, there was no Head Start program, no Medicare -- so much that we take for granted -- and before LBJ, very few Americans had even heard of Vietnam. He's the central character in a struggle of moral importance ending in ruin. Part 1 covers LBJ's childhood through his landslide victory over Barry Goldwater in the 1964 election.
LBJ, Part 2 (1991, 117 min.)
Part 2 covers LBJ's second term, including his handling of the escalation in Vietnam, the creation of the Medicare, and the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.It also covers the end of his second term in office, primarily the increasing pressure on the homefront as a result of the escalation of the Vietnam War. As RFK mounts a successful Presidential campaign bid for the nomination in 1968, LBJ withdraws from the race and returns to Texas.
Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, Part 1 (1997, 116 min.)
On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project, an endeavor that would become one of America's greatest stories of adventure. This episode includes The Making of Lewis & Clark with Ken Burns.
Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, Part 2 (1997, 117 min.)
On February 28, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress for a visionary project, an endeavor that would become one of America's greatest stories of adventure.
Liberty! The American Revolution: The Reluctant Revolutionaries (1763-1774) & Blows Must Decide (1774-1776) (1997, 113 min.)
Episode 1: In 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a dozen years, the colonies are on the brink of rebellion. What happens to bring this country so quickly near war with England? Episode 2: A total break from Great Britain remains hard for Americans to imagine, even after shots are fired at Lexington and Concord.
Liberty! The American Revolution: The Times That Try Men's Souls (1776-1777) & Oh Fatal Ambition (1777-1778) (1997, 110 min.)
Episode 3: Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, a British force arrives in New York harbor. Washington and his troops are driven to New Jersey. A desperate Washington leads his army quietly across the Delaware River on the day after Christmas, 1776. Episode 4: The states remain in dire need of funds and military support. Congress dispatches Benjamin Franklin to France in hopes of creating an alliance which will provide both.
Liberty! The American Revolution: The World Turned Upside Down (1778-1783) & Are We Born to be a Nation? (1783-1788) (1997, 113 min.)
Episode 5: The British hope to exploit the issue of slavery and to enlist the support of loyalists in the south. They fail. After a series of brutal engagements, the British army heads for Virginia, only to be trapped by the miraculous convergence of Washington's army and the French fleet at Yorktown. Episode 6: Peace comes to the United States, but governing the world's newest republic is no simple task. Congress is ineffectual and individual states act like sovereign nations. By the time the Constitutional Convention convenes in 1787, many wonder if the country can survive.
Life's Greatest Miracle (2001, 56 min.)
A sequel to the most popular NOVA of all time, 'Miracle of Life,' the program once again uses the extraordinary microimagery of Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson to track human development from embryo to newborn
Life's Really Big Questions (2000, 57 min.)
See how our hands set us free and play baseball, how an ancient telescope found an alien world, see a baby robot that may grow up without needing us, and learn why Noah's flood may have been a snowball. Hear the big questions that scientists are asking.
Living Old (2006, 57 min.)
For the first time in American history, the 'old' old -- those over 85 -- are now the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. Medical advances have enabled an unprecedented number of Americans to live longer, healthier lives. But for millions of elderly, living longer can also mean a debilitating physical decline that often requires an immense amount of care. And just as more care is needed, fewer caregivers are available to provide it. In Living Old, FRONTLINE investigates this national crisis and explores the new realities of aging in America.
Looking for Answers (2001, 56 min.)
Attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were history's most devastating terrorist assault and the worst failure of U.S. intelligence in 60 years. FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman and The New York Times investigate CIA and FBI failure to uncover the hijackers' plot. The film examines hatred for America among Muslim fundamentalists, fueled by U.S. support for Israel and authoritarian Middle East regimes. Episode 3 of the Al Qaeda Files.
Lynching in Marion, A (1995, 28 min.)
In August, 1930, a 16 year-old African American named James Cameron survived a lynching in Marion, Indiana. Now, 65 years later, Cameron tells his compelling story in vivid detail.
Make Up Your Mind (2002, 57 min.)
Scientists look to the brain's frontal lobe as the seat of personality.
Man Behind Hitler, The (2006, 84 min.)
A symbol of Nazi cruelty and a master of cynical propaganda, Joseph Goebbels was the mastermind behind Adolf Hitler's disturbing success.
Man Who Knew, The (2002, 58 min.)
When the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, among the thousands killed was the one man who may have known more about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda than any other person in America: John O'Neill. The former head of the FBI's flagship antiterrorism unit in New York City, O'Neill had investigated the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Africa and the USS Cole in Yemen. For six years, he led the fight to track down and prosecute Al Qaeda operatives throughout the world. But his flamboyant, James Bond style and obsession with Osama bin Laden made him a controversial figure inside the buttoned-down world of the FBI. Just two weeks before Sept. 11, O'Neill left the bureau for a job in the private sector -- as head of security at the World Trade Center. He died there after rushing back into the burning towers to aid in the rescue efforts. Episode 7 of The Al Qaeda Files.
Marcus Garvey (2001, 87 min.)
He was both a visionary and a manipulator, a brilliant orator and a pompous autocrat. In just ten years following his emigration to the United States as a laborer in 1917, Marcus Garvey rose to lead the largest black organization in history, was taken to prison in handcuffs, and was eventually deported.
Marie Antoinette (2006, 116 min.)
Her name has become synonymous with the French monarchy and all its excesses, but there is more to the story of Marie Antoinette than the simplistic tale of how a frivolous sovereign helped provoke the uprising that became the French Revolution. She was, in fact, a tender-hearted, complex woman, whose tragic awakening came too late to save her from the guillotine. Without losing sight of the dire inequities in 18th century France, the film paints a surprising portrait in which Marie Antoinette emerges as a sympathetic and, in the end, courageous figure.
Mark Twain, Part 1 (2001, 113 min.)
Drawing from thousands of archival photographs and interviews with top writers and scholars, Mark Twain is the story of Twain's extraordinary life-full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and crushing defeat, hilarious comedy and almost unbearable tragedy. Told primarily through the words of Twain himself, viewers of all ages will be personally introduced to this compelling yet contradictory genius.
Mark Twain, Part 2 (2001, 97 min.)
Drawing from thousands of archival photographs and interviews with top writers and scholars, Mark Twain is the story of Twain's extraordinary life-full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and crushing defeat, hilarious comedy and almost unbearable tragedy. Told primarily through the words of Twain himself, viewers of all ages will be personally introduced to this compelling yet contradictory genius.
Matters of Race: The Divide & Race Is/Race Ain't (2003, 113 min.)
Episode 1: Ten years ago, Siler City, North Carolina, was a black and white town of segregated communities with a shared geography and an unsettled history. This quiet, rural southern town is a 'laboratory' for the national transformation that is fundamentally altering America's sense of itself. Episode 2: Looks at race in America and the meaning of the black/white paradigm in multiracial America today. It examines the polarities of race and asks the provocative question, is race real?
Matters of Race: We're Still Here & Tomorrow's America (2003, 114 min.)
Episode 3: This program a contemporary look at two communities often overlooked in the race dialogue: American Indians and Native Hawaiians.Through the stories of three families the film considers the historical construction of Indian 'otherness' and its influence on the ways a new generation of Lakota people will address issues of unemployment, alcohol, domestic abuse, and apathy ravaging their community. Meanwhile, across the Pacific Ocean, lawsuits challenged the rights of Native Hawaiians to run schools and housing programs that provided only for their beleaguered community. Having been accused of reverse-racism, how do they see themselves in relation to the rest of the nation? And what are their connections to other Native communities? Episode 4: Examines the youth culture and the values of the next generation by putting the camera into the hands of three young producers. Through their short documentaries, these producers explore the way race is imagined and understood by the next generation, a generation influenced by cultural cross-pollination and the information superhighway.
Medicating Kids (2001, 58 min.)
FRONTLINE examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children. Are these medications really necessary--and safe--for young children, or merely a harried nation's quick fix for annoying, yet age-appropriate, behavior? FRONTLINE follows four families over the course of one year. From school complaints of disruptive behavior and parent-teacher conferences through multiple doctors, medications, and dosages, it offers an intimate portrait of how American families grapple with the decision to medicate their children and the stress such decisions place on the family.
Mill Times (2001, 58 min.)
This animated program centers on a small New England community similar to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where Samuel Slater established America's first textile mill. Live action hosted by David Macaulay, takes viewers from Manchester, England, to Lowell, Massachusetts, explaining technological changes that transformed the making of textiles, a key component of the Industrial Revolution sweeping across Europe and America in the late 18th century.
Monkey Trials (2002, 82 min.)
In 1925, a biology teacher named John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee state law. His trial became an epic event of the twentieth century, a debate over free speech that spiraled into an all-out duel between science and religion. Featuring two of the century's greatest orators, attorneys Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, the Scopes trial was America's first major media event, with hundreds of reporters and live nationwide radio coverage.
Mount Rushmore (2002, 57 min.)
Chronicles the story of the massive public works project, which took place in the midst of an economic depression, and relates the story of dozens of ordinary Americans who suddenly found themselves suspended high on a cliff face with drills and hammers, and examines the hyperactive, temperamental Danish artist whose talent and determination propelled the project.
Murder of Emmett Till, The (2003, 57 min.)
In August 1955, a black boy whistled at a white woman in a grocery store in Mississippi. Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago, didn't understand that he had broken the unwritten laws of the Jim Crow South until three days later, when two white men dragged him from his bed in the dead of night, beat him brutally and then shot him in the head. Although his killers were arrested and charged with murder, they were both acquitted quickly by an all-white, all-male jury. The murder and the trial horrified the nation and the world. Till's death was a spark that helped mobilize the civil rights movement. Three months after his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, the Montgomery bus boycott began.
Mysteries of the Deep (2002, 57 min.)
Scientists unlock secrets from the last frontier on Earth--the ocean's depths, where explorer Bob Ballard is changing science, history, and the future. 'The Uncivilized Engine of War' traces the world's first submarine attack--on the Union warship Housatonic, in February 1864.
Mystery of Love (2006, 118 min.)
The Mystery of Love examines the many faces of love through in-depth stories of marriage, family, friendship, divine love, altruistic love, brotherly love, the love between parents and children, and love of community.
Natural Born Robots (2000, 57 min.)
Nature still trounces humans in designing machines able to live comfortably in the world around them. Taking hints, engineers are increasingly turning to living creatures for robotic inspiration.
Never Say Die (2000, 57 min.)
Discusses latest findings on how to extend the lifespan, including low calorie diets, research in tissue engineering and cell rejuvenation, and the importance of daily physical and mental activity.
New Orleans (2006, 112 min.)
New Orleans: the utterly original American city that lies at the mouth of the mighty Mississippi and at the beating heart of the great American experiment. Walled in on almost all sides by water, pressed together by the demands and dangers of geography, the crowded streets of New Orleans have always been a laboratory where the social forces that characterize American life play out in dramatic and, at times, disastrous fashion. Focusing primarily on the century from Reconstruction to school desegregation in the 1960s, the film offers a portrait of New Orleans that both explores its unique and distinctive culture and illuminates its central place on the American landscape. Featuring the city's rich archival resources and a remarkable collection of on-camera commentators, the film also includes a series of verite-style portraits of New Orleans residents.
New York: A Documentary Film: The City and the World, 1945-Present (1999, 141 min.)
The turbulent and often harrowing years from 1945 to the present are explored. Emerging from the Depression and the Second World War as the most powerful metropolis on Earth, New York soon confronted urban woes of unprecedented proportions, and fought for its very existence.
New York: A Documentary Film: The City of Tomorrow, 1931-1940 (1999, 105 min.)
The dramatic events that followed the Crash of '29 fuel the greatest economic depression in American history and plunge the city and the nation into economic gloom.
New York: A Documentary Film: Cosmopolis, 1914-1931 (1999, 117 min.)
The post-war economic boom, the rise of consumer culture, and the birth of new mass-media industries fuel the convergence of an incredible array of human and cultural energies, ending with the Crash of 1929 and the construction of the Empire State Building.
New York: A Documentary Film: The Power and the People, 1898-1914 (1999, 116 min.)
Follows New York into a new century in the wake of an extraordinary wave of immigration and the birth of the skyscraper.
New York: A Documentary Film: Sunshine and Shadow, 1865-1898 (1999, 114 min.)
Turns to the period when greed and wealth fueled an expanding metropolis, even as politics and poverty defined it.
New York: A Documentary Film: Order and Disorder, 1825-1865 (1999, 116 min.)
Details New York's enormous growth as a booming commercial center and multi-ethnic port, and the mounting tensions that set the stage for the nation's bloodiest riot.
New York: A Documentary Film: The Country and the City, 1609-1825 (1999, 115 min.)
Chronicles New York's beginnings -- from its earliest days as a Dutch trading post to the 17th century construction of the Erie Canal, which made New York City a vital conduit to the mainland of a growing America.
New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World (2004, 71 min.)
Examines the rise and fall of the World Trade Center -- from its conception in the post-World War II economic boom, through its controversial construction in the 1960s and 1970s, to its tragic demise in the fall of 2001 and extraordinary response of the city in its aftermath.
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (Part 1: Revolution) (1999, 97 min.)
Presents the history of women's suffrage in the United States through the dramatic, often turbulent friendship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony. Part 1 covers the years from their youth up to the establishment of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1868.
Not for Ourselves Alone: The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (Part 2: Failure is Impossible)
(1999, 112 min.)
Presents the history of women's suffrage in the United States through the dramatic, often turbulent friendship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony. Part 2 spans the period from 1868 to the passage in 1919 of the 19th amendment to the Constitution which gave women the vote. This part also includes an interview with Ken Burns and Rick Barnes.
Nuremburg Trial (2006, 55 min.)
On November 20, 1945, the twenty-two surviving representatives of the Nazi elite stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany; they were charged with the systematic murder of millions of people.
Ocean Adventures: America's Underwater Treasures (2006, 108 min.)
Jean-Michel Cousteau, his son, Fabien, daughter, Céline, and his team of expert divers set out to investigate, for the first time, all 13 of our National Marine Sanctuaries and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument. While discovering what makes them unique, the group explores how these sites are conservation challenges for the country. Traversing thousands of miles, the Ocean Adventures team ventures below and above the sea off the coasts of Michigan, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts, California, Washington, Hawaii and American Samoa on a mission to introduce Americans to these fragile sanctuaries.
On the Ball (2000, 57 min.)
Today's technology can give athletes the edge, aid officials and enhance the spectator's experience of the game.
One Woman, One Vote (1995, 66 min.)
Documents the 70-year struggle for women's suffrage which culminated in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. It illuminates the alliances, infighting, betrayals and defeats that paved the way for victory in the battle for women's right to vote. Historical footage is enhanced with vocal performances, and interviews with historians provide the viewer with both current and historical perspectives.
Perilous Fight: America's WW II in Color -- Infamy (1919-1942) & Battlefronts (1942-1944) (2002, 108 min.)
Relying exclusively on color film footage, with no still photographs, black and white film or interviews, this is a unique and telling look at the way Americans faced history's greatest armed conflict. The series brings to the fore timeless questions about national and personal duty, courage and loss.
Perilous Fight: America's WW II in Color -- Wrath (D-Day - VE Day) & Triumph (The Pacific, 1943-1945) (2002, 108 min.)
Part 3: Covers the months from June 1944 to May 1945. Scenes include seizure of a German U-boat; the Allied assault on Normandy; liberation of Paris; the first Jewish Sabbath service at liberated Dachau; and VE Day celebrations. Part 4: Shows U.S. troops landing on Tarawa; the American flag atop Iwo Jima; and U.S.
Persuaders (2004, 86 min.)
This film explores how the cultures of marketing and advertising have come to influence not only what Americans buy, but also how they view themselves and the world around them.
Pieces of Mind (1997, 57 min.)
Aiming for insights into his own brain, Alan Alda visits scientists studying how the brain dreams, stores memories, and sorts language. Weighing just a few pounds, the most complex organ in the human body is responsible for the body's complete function.
The Pill (2003, 57 min.)
Featuring personal accounts from the first generation of women to have access to the Pill, this films show how harnessing female hormones into a little pill unleashed a social revolution unlike any other in our history.
Postville: When Cultures Collide (2001, 57 min.)
In 1988, Aaron Rubashkin, a New York entrepreneur and Hasidic Jew, bought an abandoned meatpacking plant in Postville, IA and reopened it as a kosher slaughterhouse. Trained rabbis were hired to oversee the koshering process, attracting Hispanic and Eastern European workers.
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War Revolution, Part 1: Revolution (2004, 88 min.)
In the post-war South, life changed irrevocably for everyone: the wealthy landowners, and the former slaves. Freed blacks settled on abandoned plantations, allowed under General Sherman's wartime Special Field Order 15. After President Lincoln assassinated, the great work of reconstruction took on greater urgency - and concern.
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 2: Retreat (2004, 88 min.)
Reconstruction was fitfully under way in 1867. The Radical Republican plan had just been implemented. New state constitutions were drafted, black freedmen voted in and were elected to southern legislatures, and white southerners struggled to regain control of their land in the new South. Southerners who initially accepted Northerners in their region now looked on them with suspicion and coined the term "carpetbagger" to describe them. The 1868 Presidential Election was a referendum on Reconstruction. Though many agreed with the Democrats openly-white supremacist platform, more were soothed by the "Let Us Have Peace" theme of Ulysses S. Grant's campaign.
Reporting America at War, Part 1 (2003, 88 min.)
Explores the role of American journalists in the pivotal conflicts of the 20th century and beyond. Episode 1 begins in 1898 with the Spanish-American War and, after flashing backward to trace the Civil War-era roots of American war reporting, goes on to explore the role of political commitment in war coverage during the first half of the 20th century.
Reporting America at War, Part 2 (2003, 87 min.)
Episode 2 charts the erosion of that consensus during the Cold War conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and examines the backlash against the media that took place in the more recent conflicts in Grenada, Panama and the Persian Gulf. The episode also explores the role of technology in shaping the current relationship between the military and the press.
RFK (2004, 114 min.)
This film chronicles the pivotal role RFK played in many of the major events of the 1960s. It looks closely at his complicated relationships with some of the leading figures of his day and reveals much about his personal world.
Road to 9/11: A Brief History of Conflict in the Middle East (2006, 57 min.)
The Road to 9/11 is a detailed look at the forces that have shaped the Middle East to give an understanding of the current crisis. Viewers are taken on a journey through a chronicle of steadily worsening social, political and economic conditions, the growing power of religious fanaticism, and the increasing problem of terrorism.
Roman Empire In the First Century: Order from Chaos & Years of Trial (2001, 119 min.)
Episode 1: Against all odds, Augustus ruled as Emperor for over 40 years, surviving plots, rebellions and mutinies. When he died, he was declared to be a god. His rule created the image of Imperial Rome that lasts to this day. He was the Emperor by which his heirs would be judged. Episode 2: In 14 AD, Augustus died and the empire stood at a crossroads. Would Rome continue on course or return to chaos? Much depended on his successor, Tiberius. He knew he had not been Augustus' first choice as heir, and his position was insecure.
Roman Empire In the First Century: Winds of Change & Years of Eruptions (2001, 119 min.)
Episode 3: Claudius was Rome's unlikely emperor. Despite his much-ridiculed appearance, he had become a good ruler, passing visionary laws and conquering Britain. After being murdered by his wife, her son was named heir. Nero was young and was guided by his mother and his tutor, the philosopher Seneca. A long reign of tyranny followed. After the Senate declared him a 'public enemy', Nero escaped to the country and killed himself. The Augustan dynasty was dead and, with no heir, civil war loomed. Episode 4: Nero's death in 68 AD ended the Augustan dynasty and left Rome without a ruler. The empire descended into civil war as generals fought each other for the throne.
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2001, 86 min.)
The Scottsboro boys In 1931, two white women stepped from a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trial of the nine falsely accused teens would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to its historical significance, the Scottsboro story is a riveting drama about the struggles of nine innocent young men for their lives and a cautionary tale about using human beings as fodder for political causes.
Secret Life of the Brain: The Baby's Brain (2001, 57 min.)
Less than a month after conception, human brain cells are developing at the rate of 500,000 per minute. Billions of cells linked by trillions of connections form the brain, but how does it organize itself? What are the roles played by genetics and environment in brain development? Episode One traces formation of the infant brain through age one, the period when it is most open to molding through external influence and experience.
Secret Life of the Brain: The Child's Brain (2001, 57 min.)
The explosion of language in young children provides a dramatic illustration of the young brain at work. How do we learn to talk? How do we learn to read? Unlike adults, in whose brains most linguistic activity is restricted to the left hemisphere, very young children respond to language with the entire brain. But what happens when the brain is physically compromised? And what are the physical roots of language disorders such as dyslexia?
Secret Life of the Brain: The Teenage Brain (2001, 57 min.)
Parents who believe teenagers are different from other humans may be comforted to learn that it is literally true. During puberty the brain is a work in progress, teeming with hormones; areas that direct reasoning and impulse control are still in development. During adolescence, people are especially susceptible to addiction and schizophrenia, two areas under intensive study and benefiting from increased understanding of brain function.
Secret Life of the Brain: The Aging Brain (2001, 57 min.)
For years, science has suggested that we lose vast numbers of brain cells as we grow older; now it turns out that this is not true -- in fact, healthy brains continue to produce new neurons well into the 70s. Drawing on the most recent neuroscience discoveries, this episode presents a new view of how the brain ages, focusing in part on the remarkable strides being made in understanding stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease.
Secret Life of the Brain: The Adult Brain (2001, 57 min.)
The brain is the seat of both intellect and emotion, and this episode chronicles the critical balance between these processes and explores what happens when the balance is lost. Scientists draw insight from the stories of a stroke victim and a sufferer of post-traumatic stress disorder, and break new ground in the struggle to understand and treat depression.
Secrets of the Dead: Death at Jamestown (2001, 57 min.)
This video explores the settlement of Jamestown as the men and boys onboard the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery sail from London to the distant shores of America in December 1606. They'd establish a British settlement, find gold and silver, a passage to the Orient, and, perhaps, the lost colony of Roanoke. The explorers, funded by a group of London entrepreneurs called the Virginia Company, could not have anticipated the fate that actually awaited most of them: drought, hunger, illness, and death.
Secrets of the Dead: Killer Flu (2004, 57 min.)
Over the centuries, humans have endured many influenza pandemics. Descriptions of the disease in Europe date back to 1100 A.D., and sporadic, isolated outbreaks have likely been occurring for many thousands of years. But no flu ever struck as fast, as hard, and with such lethal power as the 1918, or "Spanish Flu," which rivals the Black Death as the deadliest epidemic in history. To a world already ravaged by war, the 1918 pandemic was crippling; some 30 to 40 million people died worldwide, with the highest death rate occuring in young men and women. In the United States, 675,000 people died, including over 40,000 G.I.s -- 40 percent of all of those who perished in World War I. Since the original broadcast SECRETS OF THE DEAD: KILLER FLU, Taubenberger's team has successfully created a genetic sequencing of the 1918 virus, resurrected the virus itself to study its effects on lung tissue, and this fall announced a striking similarity between the 1918 virus and today's H5N1 avian flu virus. Their findings indicate that the 1918 virus originated as a bird flu, confirming the legitimacy of concerns about avian flu.
Seeking The First Americans (1980, 57 min.)
Archaeologists from Texas to Alaska search for clues to the identity of the first people to tread the north American continent-the early hunters who between 11,000 and 50,000 years ago crossed the Bering Strait in pursuit of game.
Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1991, 60 min.)
Ken Burns portrays 200 years of Shaker life in America, guided by recollections of three surviving members and archival material. Explore every aspect of a strange, noble sect that produced some of the greatest architecture and furniture in U.S. history. This story of devotion, invention, ingenuity, simple crafts, and dance was filmed at existing Shaker locations, with music re-created from authentic songs.
Silent Epidemic (2001, 27 min.)
A silent epidemic is ravaging the nation and killing our kids. In the last 30 years, the suicide rate among teenagers has tripled. A recent survey indicated that 60% of high school students have thought of killing themselves. And every two hours, a young person succeeds in taking his or her own life.
Sixties: The Years That Shaped the Generation (2005, 115 min.)
This documentary features interviews with the prominent figures of the era including: Barbara Ehrenreich, Daniel Ellsberg, Jesse Jackson, Tom Hayden, Arlo Guthrie, Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, Robert McNamara, Ed Messe III and Bobby Seale.
So Much, So Fast (2007, 86 min.)
What would you do if you were 29 years old and found out that you only had a few years to live? Stephen Heywood chose to get married, have a child and rebuild two houses while he was slowly losing control of his body's movement from a crippling disease. SO MUCH, SO FAST captures the remarkable events set in motion when Stephen Heywood discovers he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Son of Al Qaeda (2003, 57 min.)
Growing up in the 1990s, Abdurahman Khadr's playmates were the children of his father's longtime friend, Osama bin Laden. Khadr was raised to be an al Qaeda terrorist, but he ultimately found himself working for the U.S. Through interviews with Khadr as well as his mother and siblings, the documentary recounts his incredible journey from terrorist upbringing to CIA informant, offering a glimpse inside the mindset of an Al Qaeda family. Episode 4 of The Al Qaeda Files.
Spying on the Home Front (2007, 57 min.)
9/11 has indelibly altered America in ways that people are now starting to earnestly question: not only perpetual orange alerts, barricades and body frisks at the airport, but greater government scrutiny of people's records and electronic surveillance of their communications. The watershed, officials tell FRONTLINE, was the government's shift after 9/11 to a strategy of pre-emption at home -- not just prosecuting terrorists for breaking the law, but trying to find and stop them before they strike.
Stephen Hawking's Universe: Seeing is Believing & The Big Bang (1997, 113 min.)
Episode 1: Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble. Episode 2: Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaître, Fred Hoyle, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, cosmic background radiation.
Stephen Hawking's Universe Cosmic Alchemy & On the Dark Side (1997, 113 min.)
Episode 3: What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars. Episode 4: What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Stephen Hawking's Universe: Black Holes and Beyond & An Answer to Everything (1997, 113 min.)
Episode 3: What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars. Episode 4: What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Storm, The (2005, 57 min.)
The Storm examines the first critical hours of local, state, and federal emergency response to Hurricane Katrina.
The Tank Man (2006, 86 min.)
One day after the Chinese army's deadly crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, a single, unarmed young man stood his ground before a column of tanks on the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Captured on film and video by Western journalists, this confrontation became an icon of the struggle for freedom around the world.
Teach Me Different! with Sally L. Smith: The Nature of the Condition & Effective Teaching Methods (2001, 110 min.)
Part 1: Who is the child with learning disabilities and ADHD? This program shows the abilities and disabilities of these children. The abilities include originality, imagination, talent in the arts, love of building things, love of nature-the earth, love of color and movement, and technology. The disabilities include neurological immaturity, disorganization, distractibility, lack of attention span, poor motor skills, language problems, few group skills and being easily overwhelmed. Also to show why the arts work with these children. Part 2: This program is used to teach teachers the way to teach students with learning disabilities and ADHD. The techniques include challenging the intellect and tapping the imagination; using concrete objects, the body and pictures to teach abstract ideas; using object-centered learning by luring attention visually; limiting the amount of words used; using stimulation, choices and materials without limiting the child; and offering maximum participation and feedback to empower the students.
Teach Me Different! with Sally L. Smith: Prizing Diversity & Problem-solving and Self-advocacy (2001, 117 min.)
Part 3: By prizing diversity, a school embraces differences in students' abilities and learning approaches as well as race, gender, religion, culture, nationality, etc. Teaching styles must also be diverse. The child with learning disabilities and ADHD must receive individualized instruction and develop unique strategies and accommodations to learn effectively. Part 4: The key to working with the learning disabled is to be adept at problem-solving, analyzing tasks, figuring out different ways to teach the same thing and tailoring the method to fit the child. Then the child must be taught how he or she learns, what techniques and methods work best and how to talk comfortably about them.
Terry Sanford & The New South (2007, 57 min.)
By February of 1960, Terry Sanford had been working for the better part of a decade to win the governorship of North Carolina. But when four young black men sat down at a Woolworth counter in the city of Greensboro in his home state and demanded to be served, their actions put him in the most excruciating dilemma. This is the story of a progressive Southern governor and his bare-knuckle politics during segregation's reign.
Thomas Jefferson, Part 1 (1997, 94 min.)
The first part of a two-part documentary which examines the life of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. In this segment a young Jefferson is transformed by the fire of the Enlightenment into his country's most articulate voice for human liberty. Torn between family life at Monticello and his passion for politics, Jefferson suffers heartrending personal loss, even as he gives voice to a new democratic government. He then journeys to Paris as U.S. Minister to France for George Washington and supports the rising French Revolution.
Thomas Jefferson, Part 2 (1997, 99 min.)
The second part of a two-part documentary which examines the life of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. In this segment a mature Jefferson returning from France, strives to preserve the fragile American government and helps create the first political party through his bitter struggles with the Federalists. As President he doubles the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase but faces scandal and controversy, finally retiring to his beloved Monticello. After having advanced the religious, political and intellectual freedom of citizens of the new United States, his last years are spent founding the University of Virginia and re-establishing his friendship with John Adams.
Time of Fear (2004, 57 min.)
In World War II, more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into relocation camps across the US. This film traces the lives of the 16,000 people who were sent to two camps in southeast Arkansas, one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America. It explores the reactions of the native Arkansans who watched in bewilderment as their tiny towns were overwhelmed by this huge influx of outsiders. Through interviews with the internees and local citizens, the program explores how it affected the local communities, and the impact this history had on the issues of civil rights and social justice in America then and now.
The Torture Question (2005, 87 min.)
A FRONTLINE documentary crew made the journey to the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Entering the 280-acre compound in the middle of the night, escorted by helicopters and a convoy of armed Humvees, the crew was following 50 detainees fresh from the battlefield. Abu Ghraib has always been a terrifying place to Iraqis -- Saddam Hussein used it as his primary torture chamber -- but in 2004, when graphic photographs of American soldiers abusing prisoners surfaced, Abu Ghraib took on deeper meaning.
TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt -- The Long Campaign (1858-1901) & The Bully Pulpit (1901-1904) (1996, 114 min.)
TR looks deep into the life of the man who embodied the confidence, exuberance of America at the turn of the century, revealing both the heroic and the tragic sides of Roosevelt's character: the boundless energy that drove him, the bleak emotions he worked so hard to suppress, and the inevitable clash between the two.
TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt -- The Good Fight (1905-1909) & Black Care (1910 & 1919) (1996, 112 min.)
TR looks deep into the life of the man who embodied the confidence, exuberance of America at the turn of the century, revealing both the heroic and the tragic sides of Roosevelt's character: the boundless energy that drove him, the bleak emotions he worked so hard to suppress, and the inevitable clash between the two.
Transcontinental Railroad (2003, 148 min.)
Go behind-the-scenes of one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: the building of a transcontinental railroad across the United States. Completed in six years by entrepreneurs, brilliant engineers, and legions of dedicated workers.
The Triumph of Memory (1988, 29 min.)
Four survivors of Nazi concentration camps describe their experiences and the horrors of camp life. Interviews are interspersed with extensive archival footage.
Truth, War, and Consequences (2003, 88 min.)
Did America rush into a war in Iraq for which it was unprepared? Could the current volatility in Iraq have been prevented? And was the White House's rationale for war based on faulty and exaggerated intelligence reports? As the Bush administration faces continuing questions about its failure to secure peace in Iraq, FRONTLINE takes an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at what some government officials say is the underlying cause of America's current problems in Iraq: the prewar political infighting among the Pentagon, State Department, and White House that hampered U.S. efforts to plan for an orderly postwar transition.
Tuskegee Airmen (2002, 57 min.)
A history of the pilots who faced discrimination in their effort to fly combat aircraft for their country.
Two Days in October (2005, 82 min.)
In October 1967, history turned a corner. In a jungle in Vietnam, a Viet Cong ambush nearly wiped out an American battalion, prompting some in power to question whether the war might be unwinnable. On a campus in Wisconsin, a student protest against the war spiraled out of control, marking the first time that a campus anti-war demonstration had turned violent.
Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1: The Warrior (2002, 110 min.)
This episode follows U.S. Grant's life from his frontier childhood through the victorious end of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's subsequent assassination, including: Grant's duty in the US-Mexican War; his marriage and posting to the Pacific Northwest; resignation from the army; continued business failures; troubled re-commissioning into the Army and rapid advancement as the Civil War expanded; and his exceptional generalship during the that led to the final defeat of the Confederacy; and Lincoln's assassination that left Grant feeling responsible for taking up Lincoln's part in creating a last peace.
Ulysses S. Grant, Part 2: The President (2002, 113 min.)
During the immediate post-war years, racial rioting became commonplace. President Andrew Johnson fanned the flames with his racist rhetoric and pardons for former Confederates, leading to his impeachment. Grant's feelings about the former slaves changed during this time: he now believed that American freedoms be extended to African Americans as well. He responded to calls to run for president and was easily elected. The country was struggling with Reconstruction, the Industrial Revolution, and forming a workable Indian policy. Grant mistakenly trusted people who brought scandal and failure to his presidency. After leaving office, Grant's financial fortunes rose and then fell. Grant spent his last days suffering from throat cancer and writing his memoirs, which restored his family's finances after his death.
Unearthing Secret America (2002, 57 min.)
Archeologists shed new light on life in colonial America.
U.S.-Mexican War: 1846-1848: Neighbors and Strangers & War for the Borderlands (1998, 111 min.)
Episode 1: Tensions mount between the expanding United States and Mexico during the 1830s and come to a boil in 1836, when Americans living in Texas, then part of Mexico, rebel against Mexican authority. Antonio López de Santa Anna leads a Mexican army against the insurgents but fails to stop the rebellion. Nine years later, the U.S. annexes Texas and the two countries become embroiled in a border dispute. Episode 2: President Polk orders the Army of the West to take over New Mexico, while John C. Fremont leads a rebellion that overthrows Mexican authority in California. Fremont's followers initially declare themselves an independent republic, but three weeks later decide to join the United States. Mexican settlers in both territories fight in vain to reclaim their land, and U.S. forces move south toward Mexico City.
U.S.-Mexican War: 1846-1849: The Hour of Sacrifice & The Fate of Nations (1998, 112 min.)
Episode 3: Santa Anna returns from exile in Cuba and is again elected president of Mexico. American President Polk orders a two-pronged attack on Mexican territory: Zachary Taylor's army move in overland from the north, while Winfield Scott leads an attack on Veracruz by sea. After defeating Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo and capturing Veracruz, the U.S. troops continue their push toward the capital. Episode 4: American troops capture Mexico City after heavy fighting, and the war ends. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo cedes Upper California and all the states of the present-day American Southwest to the United States.
Victory in the Pacific (2005, 113 min.)
In this provocative, thorough examination of the final months of the war, American Experience looks at the escalation of bloodletting from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans. As the film shows, most of the Emperor's inner circle was determined to continue the war even after losses in the Philippines in February 1945 cut off Japan's supply lines. And though he was warned that his country, brought to its knees by the conflict, might erupt in a Communist revolution, Emperor Hirohito believed that one last decisive battle could reverse Japan's fortunes.
Voyage to the Galapagos (1999, 57 min.)
Alan Alda follows in Charles Darwin's footsteps, meeting the animals and birds that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution. Alda joins scientists who witness the daily struggle for survival that has shaped the Galapagos Islands' unique wildlife. As he experiences the enchantment of the islands, he learns of efforts to protect them from alien invaders--including the 60,000 eco-tourists who visit every year.
War Letters (2001, 57 min.)
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.
War that Made America -- A Country Between & Unlikely Allies (2005, 116 min.)
Covers an important but often misunderstood period of American history - a period that set in motion forces that would culminate in the American Revolution. It tells the story of the French and Indian War (1754-1763), which began in the wilderness of the Pennsylvania frontier and spread throughout the colonies and into Canada.
War that Made America: Turning the Tide & Unintended Consequences (2005, 115 min.)
Covers an important but often misunderstood period of American history - a period that set in motion forces that would culminate in the American Revolution. It tells the story of the French and Indian War (1754-1763), which began in the wilderness of the Pennsylvania frontier and spread throughout the colonies and into Canada.
Watergate Plus 30 (2003, 118 min.)
What lessons has America learned from Watergate? Three decades after an infamous break-in helped topple President Richard Nixon, all the facts are still not in. But as this documentary shows, Watergate remains a nearly unbelievable tale of ordinary men corrupted by power--and their desire to retain it.
Way West: Westward, the Course of Empire Takes its Way (1995, 81 min.)
How the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporated into the American empire. Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Poncas, Apaches, Nez Perces and Utes fought back, then watched as everything they had was taken from them, their way of life all but destroyed.
Way West: The Approach of Civilization (1995, 84 min.)
How the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporated into the American empire. Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Poncas, Apaches, Nez Perces and Utes fought back, then watched as everything they had was taken from them, their way of life all but destroyed.
Way West: The War for the Black Hills (1995, 86 min.)
How the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporated into the American empire. Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Poncas, Apaches, Nez Perces and Utes fought back, then watched as everything they had was taken from them, their way of life all but destroyed.
Way West: Ghost Dance (1995, 88 min.)
How the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporated into the American empire. Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Poncas, Apaches, Nez Perces and Utes fought back, then watched as everything they had was taken from them, their way of life all but destroyed.
The West, Episode 1: The People, To 1806 (1996, 84 min.)
Experience the rich cultural diversity of Native American tribes and the impact that early white explorers had on their lives. Students will learn about the mysterious disappearance of the Anasazi culture and the successful Pueblo revolt against their Spanish conquerors. First-person accounts bring to life the adventures of early explorers, from Cabeza de Vaca, the first white man to enter the West, to the Lewis and Clark expedition.
The West, Episode 2: Empire Upon the Trails, 1806-1848 (1996, 86 min.)
Americans head west along many pathways -- following the fur trade into the mountains, fighting for self-determination in Texas, seeking religious freedom in Utah or a better life along the Oregon Trail. But whatever direction they travel, they move closer with every step to a 'Manifest Destiny' that will make the West their own.
The West , Episode 3: The Speck of the Future, 1848-1856 (1996, 87 min.)
The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West, as 49ers from Asia, South America and the eastern states scramble for "a share of the rocks," littering the hills with mining towns and creating the West's first metropolis. But in the push to strike it rich, many are violently pushed aside.
The West, Episode 4: Death Runs Riot, 1856-1868 (1996, 87 min.)
Civil war comes early to the West. In "Bleeding Kansas," abolitionists battle for free soil. In Utah, federal troops march against Mormon polygamy. And along the Rio Grande, oppressed Mexican Americans rebel. The war between North and South unleashes brute savagery in the West, and leaves behind an army prepared for total war against the native peoples of the plains.
The West, Episode 5: The Grandest Enterprise Under God, 1868-1874 (1996, 87 min.)
A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West, carrying homesteaders onto the prairies, bringing cowboys up the cattle trail from Texas, helping give women the vote in Utah and sending buffalo hunters onto the plains, where they drive a symbol of the West -- and a way of life -- to the brink of extinction.
The West, Episode 6: Fight No More Forever, 1874-1877 (1996, 87 min.)
The federal government tightens its grip on the West, but three bold spirits remain defiant -- Sitting Bull, who prophesies his people's greatest victory but cannot prevent their ultimate defeat; Brigham Young, who must sacrifice a spiritual son to save his church; and Chief Joseph, who triumphs in defeat as an indomitable voice of conscience for the West.
The West, Episode 7: The Geography of Hope, 1877-1887 (1996, 87 min.)
Newcomers arrive by the millions, bringing a new spirit of conformity to the West. Indian children are taught to forsake their heritage, Mormons are told to abandon a tenet of their faith, and new laws deny Chinese and Mexican Americans a place in society. Yet the legend of the "Wild West" lives on, thanks to the greatest showman of the age.
The West , Episode 8: Ghost Dance, 1887-1914 (1996, 60 min.)
Discover how mining and industrial expansion changed the West forever, while land rushes and assimilation efforts prolonged the tragedy for Native Americans. Through primary resource materials, explore the West's promise of a better life and learn about a religious movement called the Ghost Dance that swept through dispirited Indian reservations and culminated in the tragedy at Wounded Knee.
The West, Episode 9: One Sky Above Us, 1887-1914 (1996, 65 min.)
Begins with the World Columbian Expedition of 1893, a colossal Chicago fair marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the New World, and effectively announcing the closure of the Western frontier. Historian Richard White observes that the closing of the West was marked by romantic idealism regarding the past, masking the real and more complicated history that pointed to the industrial future.
Willa Cather: The Road is All (2005, 86 min.)
In 1883, the young Cather was plucked from her luxurious home in Virginia and dropped into the tall grass prairies of Nebraska, an experience that exhilarated her and became the force behind all of her great novels - O Pioneer, My Antonia, Death Comes for the Archbishop and the Pulitzer Prize winning One of Ours. She has been a great inspiration to women writers and women readers, rediscovered in every decade for the past 100 years.
Woodrow Wilson, Part 1: A Passionate Man (2002, 84 min.)
Wilson rises from a Civil War boyhood in Georgia to become president of Princeton University and an outspoken champion of progressive reform. He is elected governor of New Jersey, then narrowly wins the presidency, accomplishing a remarkable agenda of reform in this first two years.
Woodrow Wilson, Part 2: The Redemption of the World (2002, 88 min.)
President Wilson leads America through World War I, then brokers its peace treaty. His vision of world peace through the League of Nations is struck down at home, and his health suffers so seriously that his wife becomes de facto chief executive.
Worried Sick (2003, 57 min.)
This program shows the body's physiological reaction to stress. Host Alan Alda meets researchers who are exploring the ill effects of stress on health and aging, and how relaxation can help lessen the damage.
