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- DirectorJohn MaggioStarsAlec BaldwinLouis BayardBill CoeliusA very special video segment featuring one of the Acclaimed president and spokesperson around Theodore Roosevelt.2/7/18
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsCampbell ScottMichael HiltzikRobert BuderiTells the story of the role played by American tycoon and physicist Alfred Lee Loomis and a team of British scientists at Loomis's home laboratory outside New York City in countervailing Nazi advances in nuclear fission during World War II.
- DirectorSarah ColtStarsOliver PlattDavid NasawNell Irvin PainterAs national wealth expands in the U.S. disparities among the nation's population spark debates that continue to rage in modern day America.
- DirectorMark ZwonitzerMichael ChinStarsThalia MassieThomas MassieGrace Hubbard FortescueIn 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made an allegation of rape against five islanders.4/23/18
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsJanet BeckAlan BergJim BottingDocuments the beliefs and experiences of Timothy McVeigh in the lead-up to his bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which claimed 168 lives.
- DirectorRandall MacLowryStarsTim HopperThe history of the Florida Everglades and the efforts to reclaim, control and preserve the vast area once viewed as a wasteland.
- StarsBuzz AldrinMike CollinsFrank BormanFascinating behind-the-scenes look at the moon landing, blending scientific innovation, political maneuvering, media frenzy, visionary zeal, and personal stories in the space race.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanJamila EphronStarsJohn RobertsJoel RosenmanJoel MakowerIn August 1969, 500,000 people gathered at a farm in upstate New York. What happened there was far more than just a concert. Woodstock tells the story of a legendary event that defined a generation through the voices of those who were there.
- DirectorRandall MacLowryStarsMichael MurphyExploring the Hatfield-McCoy feud through the years 1863-1891, which involved two rural families of the West Virginia-Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River.
- DirectorSharon GrimbergStarsJoseph McCarthyDavid OshinskyEllen SchreckerChronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator whose anti-communist crusade against alleged infiltration of state institutions and film industry would test the limits of American decency and democracy in the 1950s.
- DirectorJohn MaggioStarsAnton BilanKrystof Bernard HájekMartin JáchimChemist Dr. Harvey Wiley takes on food manufacturers to banish dangerous substances threatening the health of consumers, laying the groundwork for U.S. consumer protection laws and the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
- 1987– 53mTV-147.4 (77)TV EpisodeDirectorRob RapleyStarsJeanie BorlaugNorman BorlaugNick CullatherPlant breeder Norman Borlaug solves India's famine problem and leads a "Green Revolution" of agriculture programs around the world, saving 1 billion lives and winning a 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
- DirectorChana GazitStarsKate BurtonJason FagoneAmy Butler GreenfieldThe work of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, America's first female cryptanalyst, brings down Al Capone, breaks up a Nazi spy ring in South America, and lays the foundation for the National Security Agency (NSA).
- StarsJoAnna RhinehartMichael StuhlbargEvan I. SchwartzThe life of author L. Frank Baum, creator of the classic novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which has inspired films, books and musicals.
- DirectorSarah ColtStarsBilly GrahamExplore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century.
- DirectorMichelle FerrariStarsKate BurtonSandra Day O'ConnorThe life and career of Sandra Day O'Connor, from growing up on a cattle ranch in Arizona to her 25 years on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1987– 53mTV-PG6.6 (128)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael BicksAnna Lee StrachanStarsJames SullivanKimberly JenkinsRabbit GoodyThe history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.
- DirectorLeola Calzolai-StewartStarsAndre BraugherEdward R. DudleyCarl RowanDiscover how 3 Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the US State Dept. during the Cold War. Asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home, they left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsAndre BraugherExplore the 1928 dam collapse, the 2nd deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct.
- DirectorLi-Shin YuStarsLea SalongaMarilyn ChaseDavid MorensThe bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1900 and the hunt to identify its source leads to a spate of violent anti-Asian sentiment.
- 1987– 52m7.3 (154)TV EpisodeDirectorStephen IvesStarsMary PilonTristan DonovanPatrick JagodaMonopoly is America's favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game's creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.
- DirectorStephen TalbotStarsChristian AppySam BrownStephen BullTwo antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 cause President Richard Nixon to cancel his "madman" plans for a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam.
- DirectorAmanda PollakStarsAndia WinslowMichelle AddingtonDaniel A. BarberScientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.