Keyword: early america

Little House on the Prairie

8.1

1974

TV

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The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.

Warrior

9

2019

TV

HD

A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.

Bonanza

7.4

1959

TV

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The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.

TURN: Washington's Spies

8.4

2014

TV

HD

A Long Island farmer bands together a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in Americas fight for independence.

The Good Lord Bird

8

2020

TV

HD

Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.

Jamestown

6.9

2017

TV

HD

A drama about English settlers in America in 1617.

Lonesome Dove

8.8

1989

TV

HD

Two former Texas Rangers renew their spirit of adventure as they and several other residents of a small Texas town join a cattle drive to the Montana Territory.

Grant

4.1

2020

TV

HD

This documentary-series examines Grants life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Washington

7.9

2020

TV

HD

The life story of George Washington, the first President of the United States.

America: Promised Land

7

2017

TV

HD

Anchored by interviews with descendants of ancestors whose stories are featured throughout the event series and geographical imagery that showcases the history of how America was populated, \America: Promised Land\ uncovers the great forces that set mankind in motion.

Glory

8.3

1989

Movie

HD

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil Wars first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

Gettysburg

7.7

1993

Movie

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In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

Cold Mountain

7.4

2003

Movie

HD

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

7.4

2007

Movie

HD

A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west.

Triangle: Remembering the Fire

7.8

2011

Movie

HD

On March 25, 1911, a catastrophic fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City. Trapped inside the upper floors of a 10-story building, 146 workers--mostly young immigrant women and teenage girls--were burned alive or forced to jump to their deaths to escape an inferno that consumed the factory in just 18 minutes. It was the worst disaster at a workplace in New York State until 9/11. The tragedy changed the course of history, paving the way for government to represent working people, not just business, for the first time, and helped an emerging American middle class to live the American Dream.

The Light in the Forest

6.5

1958

Movie

HD

A young white man who spent his whole life raised by Native Americans is sent to live with his birth family and must learn to fit in with people he was taught to hate.