Història d’un home de color que viu amb la seva família a Nova York, fins que una fatídica nit dos homes el droguen i el venen com a esclau a una plantació del sud, on no només ha de lluitar per recuperar la llibertat sinó també per la supervivència. La trobada amb un abolicionista canadenc canviarà la seva vida per sempre.
En 1830 multitud de famílies de colons es traslladen a l'Oest a la recerca de noves oportunitats, navegant pel canal Erie cap a les valls d'Ohio i més enllà. Tres generacions de la família Prescott viuran la contínua expansió i colonització de les fronteres a causa de l'annexió de nous territoris i la millora de les vies de comunicació. A poc a poc, malgrat la Guerra de Secessió i els enfrontaments amb els indis, els nous pobladors construiran assentaments que arribaran fins a Califòrnia i la costa del Pacífic.
El fiscal de Nova Orleans, Jim Garrison, va reobrir el cas de l'assassinat del president dels Estats Units John F. Kennedy i va presentar càrrecs contra algunes persones. Després d'entrevistar nombrosos testimonis de Dallas i persones relacionades amb els fets, va mantenir la tesi que el magnicidi va ser fruit d'una conspiració en què podrien haver intervingut l'FBI, la CIA i el mateix vicepresident Lindon B. Johnson.
L'any 1836, a prop de San Antonio, es produeixen diversos incidents entre els independentistes texans i l'exèrcit mexicà. Els guerrillers lluiten per la independència contra el president mexicà, el general Santa Ana. El general Sam Huston necessita molts homes per defensar Texas i mentre els busca, per guanyar temps, ordena al coronel William Travis que defensi un petit destacament on lluita, entre d'altres, el famós David Crockett.
Després de l'experiència esgarrifosa de veure com mataven a trets el seu marit durant una desfilada a Dallas, Jacqueline Kennedy passa uns dies en què aquell trauma impossible de pair es barreja amb la por que s'ha apoderat del seu entorn, les exigències de la seva vida pública, les friccions amb el nou president i el seu equip i, sobretot, l'angoixa de no saber quina és la millor manera de preservar el record del seu marit de cara a la posteritat. El funeral es converteix per a ella en el primer pas per preservar aquest record. Inspirant-se en el funeral d'un altre president assassinat, Abraham Lincoln, i superant l'oposició del seu entorn i el seu propi trauma, imposa la celebració d'un acte destinat a fer història.
Virginia, 1803. Després que els Estats Units d'Amèrica adquireixin de França l'immens territori de Louisiana, una gran expedició, encapçalada per William Lewis i Meriwether Clark, és enviada amb l'objectiu d'explorar les noves terres i arribar on cap home blanc ha arribat abans.
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America’s great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.
Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 for its first two seasons before settling into its best-remembered time slot of Friday evenings at 9:00, following The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, and preceding The Odd Couple and Love, American Style. In 1970, Room 222 earned Emmy Awards in three categories: Outstanding New Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage.
Liberty's Kids is an animated educational historical fiction television series produced by DIC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002 to April 4, 2003, although PBS continued to air reruns until August 2004. The show has since been syndicated by DiC to affiliates of smaller television networks such as The CW and MyNetworkTV and some independent stations so that those stations can fulfill FCC educational and informational requirements. Since September 16, 2006, the series aired on CBS's new block called KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS, then it was aired on KEWLopolis, which taking September 12, 2009. In 2008 it ran on The History Channel. The series is currently on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and CBS's Cookie Jar TV. In 2012, Qubo announced the channel will air Liberty's Kids in fall 2012. The series was based on an idea by Kevin O'Donnell and developed for television by Kevin O'Donnell, Robby London, Mike Maliani, and Andy Heyward.
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
When the United States of America was founded, the ideals of freedom and equality did not apply to all people. These are the stories of the brave Americans who fought to right the nation’s wrongs and enshrine the values we hold most dear into the Constitution — with liberty and justice for all.
The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in Memphis in 1968.
Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of titan rises…Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J.P. Morgan Jr., Henry Ford, and William Boeing. Their fight to reach the top will transform America as they compete to dominate new industries—from the highways to the skyways. After years of fighting each other, and FDR, these rivals must unite during World War II to defeat a greater enemy and save the world.
"Lincoln" was a 1988 American television mini-series starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and was based on Gore Vidal’s novel. It covers the time period running from Lincoln’s election as President of the United States to the time of his assassination. When released for home entertainment, the title was changed to "Gore Vidal's Lincoln" Lamont Johnson won an Emmy for directing Lincoln. The film was shot almost entirely in Richmond, Virginia and it cost $8 million to produce.
Set in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country, “Strange Empire” is a Western whose heroes are women. With most of their men gone, and those who remain battling for control, the women struggle to survive, to find their independence, and to build a life in which to thrive and raise families.
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.
