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- A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.
- A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.
- A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.
- She was a writer at a time when writers were celebrities and their recklessness was admired Lillian Hellman was a smoker, a drinker, a lover, and a fighter. Hellman maintained a social and political life as large and restless as her talent
- 1985– TV-148.8 (65)TV EpisodeThroughout his career, Truman Capote remained one of America's most controversial and colorful authors, combining literary genius with a penchant for the glittering world of high society.
- Science documentaries about various topics.
- Hosted by James Earl Jones, this anthology series features fairy tales and short stories. Throughout the series, many guest narrators take turns telling a traditional fairy tale in their own words.
- For more than 30 years, Lucille Ball was one of the most recognized and loved entertainers in the world. Known to all simply as Lucy, she portrayed a scatterbrained housewife with the ability to turn simple chores into humorous disasters.
- A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
- A survey of the musical form's history and major talents.
- On 27 January 1967, the disastrous failure of Apollo 1 risked the cancellation of America's space program altogether. Within two years of the Apollo 1 fire, Apollo 8 became the first manned mission to escape the Earth's gravity and orbit the moon.
- 1987–8.6 (78)TV EpisodeThe years 1969-1970 take Americans to the moon and back; what happens to scientific and engineering programs after goals are achieved.
- Blind Willie's Blues is a retrospective bio-documentary about the life, the times and the historic mucical compositions in the Blues Genre that were created and performed by the artist who was known as Blind Willie McTell. Blind from birth, his family surname was McTier, and he was named Willie Samuel McTier. But, the ethnic dialectics of the turn-of-the-century southern language caused the colloquial enunciation of his birthname of McTier to be pronounced as 'McTell'; the name that the noted and famed writer, composer and musical performer would adopt as his own as he plied his talented artistic craft in juke joints, taverns and on street corners across the vast southern USA in the 1900's. Blind Willie's delta-style country blues & gospel musical legacy is a cultural icon that is defined by his unique inimitable guitarists' skills of his own creation and invention in style and technical execution of technique in application that are heralded in this filmic tribute by Director/Producer David Fulmer. The impoverished vagabond hand-to-mouth life and the unparalleled original creative stylings of this blues virtuoso is attested to by several accomplished present-day artists' of musical performance fame, and some noted scholars from the halls of musical academia, as well as reflective rememberances extolled by family and friends who actually personally knew and associated & interacted with the unpretentious, historically undersung legend, Blind Willie McTell.
- 1987– 1h 50m8.5 (117)TV EpisodeAn assassin's bullet ended the life of William McKinley in 1901, making his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, an "accidental" president at the age of 42.
- 1985– TV-148.5 (123)TV EpisodeUnlike the intellectualized mysteries of earlier detective novels, Hammett's less-than-glamorous realism transformed the genre into a serious response to the urban culture of the times.
- Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the first of two parts.
- Actress Judy Garland tells her own story through recordings she made while preparing to write her autobiography.
- 1987– 6h8.4 (159)TV EpisodeThe story of the Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's childhoods - his in a remote backwoods log cabin, hers in a wealthy Kentucky home - and describes their courtship.
- 1985– 3h 28mNot Rated8.4 (12K)TV EpisodeA chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
- 1985– TV-148.4 (113)TV EpisodeHe was the man who told us that President Kennedy had been shot, the man who told us that we had put a man on the moon, and the man who told us that we couldn't win the war in Vietnam. For 20 years he anchored the evening news on CBS.
- A profile of journalist Edward R. Murrow recalling his live radio broadcasts and TV programs.
- 1987–8.4 (87)TV EpisodeTracking the early years of the space race beginning in 1957 as the U.S. struggles to catch up with the Soviet Union.
- Explore the remarkable life and legacy of late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin whose groundbreaking work, including "The Left Hand of Darkness," transformed American literature by bringing science fiction into the literary mainstream.
- 1985– TV-PG8.4 (157)TV EpisodeAt 10pm every Saturday night, in living rooms and bedrooms across the country, Americans watched The Carol Burnett Show. For 11 years, this wacky performer yelled like Tarzan and won our hearts, with her edgy always sympathetic characters.
- A look at the life and work of author Amy Tan.
- Prior to the 1960s, there were virtually no outlets for the wealth of black theatrical talent in America. Playwrights writing realistically about the black experience could not get their work produced.
- How African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.
- 1985– 2h 30mTV-148.3 (107)TV EpisodeEugene O'Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity.
- Through playwright Arthur Miller and director Elia Kazan, the film explores the blacklist: its origins, the key agents of the Red Scare, and the damage done not only to those subpoenaed, but to America's political system as well.
- A documentary that draws on input from a broad cross-section of people to examine to last five years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life.
- This final chapter provides a powerful portrait of the events leading up to and following 9/11, reaching back to when the idea of a "world trade center" was first conceived and the towers were constructed. Explore the physical, economic, and symbolic aftermath of the attack and what Americans can learn from the recovery effort.
- 1987– 1h 52mTV-PG8.3 (76)TV EpisodeEpisode one begins in 1609 and chronicles the arrival of the Dutch.
- 1987–8.3 (63)TV EpisodeThe film of the ships in New York harbor at the time of T.R.'s return is run backwards, as the smoke is seen going back into the smoke stacks.
- 1987– 1h8.3 (36)TV EpisodeFollowing the Union victory at Gettysburg, and the surrender at Appomattox, the president tells Mary Lincoln they can find some happiness again. Just days later, he is shot to death.
- From PBS and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: In the early 20th century, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner's treasure chest, with radioactive radium, thallium, and morphine in everyday products. The pace of industrial innovation increased, but the scientific knowledge to detect and prevent crimes committed with these materials lagged behind until 1918. New York City's first scientifically trained medical examiner, Charles Norris, and his chief toxicologist, Alexander Gettler, turned forensic chemistry into a formidable science and set the standards for the rest of the country.
- 1985– TV-148.3 (14)TV EpisodeWhen Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs met in New York City in the 1940's, they had no intention of starting a social revolution. According to Ginsberg, "We were just trying to propose our own souls to ourselves."
- Two health care workers Sierra Leone face the Ebola epidemic in their country.
- Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
- A documentary about the 1930s drought of North American prairie farm land, and its consequences during the great depression.
- The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
- A history of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), its causes, and its aftermath.
- Documentary exploring the struggles of The Donner Party, a group of American pioneers and their two Indigenous guides who became stranded in the Sierras during a horrible winter.
- Even in her eighties, the legendary Lena Horne has a quality of timelessness about her. Elegant and wise, she personifies both the glamour of Hollywood and the reality of a lifetime spent battling racial and social injustice.
- 1985– 1h 57mTV-148.2 (152)TV EpisodeLeonard Bernstein was a major force in twentieth century music. His exuberant and dramatic style caught the heart of America, bringing classical music to thousands of people from diverse backgrounds.
- Exploration of life in America in the first year of the 20th century, using archive film footage and photographs.
- A documentary based on the book "War Letters; Extraordinary Correspondence From American Wars" by Andrew Carroll.
- 1987– 1h 54mTV-PG8.2 (59)TV EpisodeEpisode two looks at New York's rise as a burgeoning cultural center and multi-ethnic port.
- 1987– 1h 51mTV-PG8.2 (59)TV EpisodeEpisode three turns the spotlight on greed and wealth.
- 1987– 1h 54mTV-PG8.2 (51)TV EpisodeReveals the immense new forces that were unleashed in New York.
- 1987– 1h 30m8.2 (105)TV EpisodeTodays theme is Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple.