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The story of Secretariat, the legendary Triple Crown winner whose record-breaking accomplishments in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes have never been equaled, is seen through the perspective of the bond between the horse and his...
Abraham and Mary Lincoln
DVD - 2005
Weaves the lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln: Abraham, the dirt-farmer's son turned Great Emancipator and Mary, the emotionally fragile daughter of wealthy Southern slave-owners. Together, they ascended to the pinnacle of power at this crucial...
The Crash of 1929
DVD - 2009
On October 29, 1929--Black Monday, large and small investors alike lost corporate and personal fortunes when the stock market crashed. This program examines the reasons behind the crash and whether the crash was predictable.
Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In these lively...
On "May 31, 1889, an earth dam holding back a large lake in the mountains above Johnstown, Pennsylvania, broke and the lake water rolled down on the city, almost wiping it out.
