Keyword: american history

Wagon Train

7.5

1957

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Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.

The Big Valley

7.6

1965

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The Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in Californias San Joaquin Valley.

The Kennedys

7.6

2011

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The triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history.

Sons of Liberty

7.6

2015

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A radical group of young men band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.

The U.S. and the Holocaust

5.9

2022

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Explores Americas response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy.

Glory

8.3

1989

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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.

Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

5.5

2021

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A documentary celebrating the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old race massacre that left an indelible, though hidden stain on American history.

Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden

2

2021

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The History Channel marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with a new groundbreaking documentary about the biggest manhunt in human history. This documentary draws on interviews and stories told in the Museums special exhibition of the same name, and features interviews with Jan Seidler Ramirez, chief curator and executive vice president of collections, to tell the sweeping tale, linking policy, intelligence, and military decision-making as they converged on a mysterious compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

6.3

2021

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Deadly assault on the 100th anniversary of the crime in the context of other racial massacres and police killings.

Lynching Postcards: ‘Token of a Great Day’

7

2021

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This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

The Crossing

7.2

2000

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A dramatization of George Washingtons perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the Hessian forces at Trenton.

Old Glory

5.1

1939

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Porky balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and gives him a lesson in American history.

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

6.6

2021

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One hundred years after the two-day Tulsa Massacre, one of Americas most violent racial conflicts, this documentary explores the role of media during these early 20th century events and todays revived call for justice and anti-racism.

I Am JFK Jr.

7

2016

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The story of a life cut tragically short, the story of a little boy whose salute transfixed a nation, a boy who would grow to become the embodiment of American hopes for the future.

JFK: Seven Days That Made a President

6.3

2013

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JFK: Seven Days That Made a President investigates the seven key days in JFKs life that helped shape his character and have come to define him. They include the day he nearly died as a teenager from a mystery illness; the day, as a PT boat captain his boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer killing two of his crew; the first televised presidential debate with Richard Nixon, his birthday party in New York with Marilyn Monroe; the Cuban Missile Crisis.