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All Special Features: Primary Resources
- Park Avenue Tunnel Crash, 1902
  
  From the film: Grand Central
- The "True Picture of the Situation"
  
  From the film: Golden Gate Bridge
- $300,000,000 to Aid Central Europe
  
  From the film: The Great Famine
- 1960 World Series
  
  From the film: Roberto Clemente
- 1971 World Series
  
  From the film: Roberto Clemente
- 1982 State of the Union Address
  
  From the film: Reagan
- 1983 State of the Union
  
  From the film: Reagan
- 20th Century Limited Streamliner Debuts, 1938
  
  From the film: Grand Central
- 3,000th Hit
  
  From the film: Roberto Clemente
- Acceptance of the Republican Nomination for President
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Accepting the NY Liberal Party Nomination, 1960
  
  From the film: JFK
- Accepting the Republican Nomination, 1968
  
  From the film: Nixon
- Address on Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1935
  
  From the film: FDR
- Address on Southeast Asia, 1970
  
  From the film: Nixon
- Address on the Vietnam War, 1969
  
  From the film: Nixon
- Address to Congress -- Voting Rights, 1965
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Address to Congress -- We Shall Overcome, 1965
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Assn, 1960
  
  From the film: JFK
- Address to the NAACP, 1947
  
  From the film: Truman
- Alzheimer's Letter
  
  From the film: Reagan
- American University Speech, 1963
  
  From the film: JFK
- Anguish in North Vietnam, 1965
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Announcing the Bombing of Hiroshima
  
  From the film: Truman
- Answer to Subpoena for Recordings, 1974
  
  From the film: Nixon
- Anti-Inflation Program
  
  From the film: Jimmy Carter
- Article: A Horrible Discovery
  
  From the film: The Greely Expedition
- The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968
  
  From the film: LBJ
- The Atlantic Charter
  
  From the film: FDR
- Attack on Alaska
  
  From the film: Building the Alaska Highway
- Background Memo on Joe Kennedy
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- Bedlam 1946
  
  From the film: The Lobotomist
- Berlin Potsdam Conference, 1945
  
  From the film: Truman
- Berlin Speech, 1963
  
  From the film: JFK
- Book Excerpt: President Reagan, The Role of a Lifetime
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Book Excerpt: Reagan, An American Story
  
  From the film: Reagan
- The Brotherhood of Man
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Brown v. Board of Education: Topeka, 1954
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- Cable from Colonel Haskell
  
  From the film: The Great Famine
- California and the Problem of Government Growth
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Campaign Against Drug Abuse
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Canal Record 1907
  
  From the film: Panama Canal
- The Challenger Disaster
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Charter of the United Nations, June 26, 1945
  
  From the film: Truman
- Checkers Speech, 1952
  
  From the film: Nixon
- The Christian Constable
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Chronology of China Visit, 1972
  
  From the film: Nixon
- The Church and Slavery
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Civil Rights Announcement, 1963
  
  From the film: JFK
- Civil Rights Speech, 1948
  
  From the film: Truman
- Colored Advisory Commission Report
  
  From the film: Fatal Flood
- Commencement Address at Eureka College, 1957
  
  From the film: Reagan
- The Common Sense Answer
  
  From the film: Golden Gate Bridge
- Conspiracy Theories Speech, 1961
  
  From the film: JFK
- Cope's Mistake
  
  From the film: Dinosaur Wars
- Crisis of Confidence
  
  From the film: Jimmy Carter
- Cyrus F. Boyd: A Union Soldier at Shiloh
  
  From the film: U.S. Grant: Warrior
- Darwin's Letter to Marsh
  
  From the film: Dinosaur Wars
- A Day of Mourning After the Death of Dr. King, 1968
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Death List is 141; Only 86 Identified
  
  From the film: Triangle Fire
- Declaration of Israel's Independence, 1948
  
  From the film: Truman
- A Defender of Slavery
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Defending Slavery: Comparing Factory Workers and Slaves
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Delta Blues Music
  
  From the film: Fatal Flood
- Democratic Nomination Acceptance Speech, 1948
  
  From the film: Truman
- Desegregation in the Schools of Alabama, 1963
  
  From the film: JFK
- Desegregation of the Armed Forces, 1948
  
  From the film: Truman
- Destruction in Rockefeller Center
  
  From the film: The Rockefellers
- The Diary of Patrick Breen
  
  From the film: The Donner Party
- The Duties of American Citizenship, 1883
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Economic Recovery Program
  
  From the film: Reagan
- An Emergency is On!
  
  From the film: FDR
- End of the Cuban Naval Quarantine, 1962
  
  From the film: JFK
- Entries from President Truman's Diary
  
  From the film: Truman
- Equal Employment Opportunity, 1965
  
  From the film: LBJ
- The Evil Empire
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Farewell Address, 1961
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- Farewell Address, 1974
  
  From the film: Nixon
- Father-Daughter Correspondence
  
  From the film: The Rockefellers
- Father-Son Correspondence
  
  From the film: The Rockefellers
- FBI Files
  
  From the film: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Fireside Chat, May 7, 1933
  
  From the film: FDR
- First Inaugural Address
  
  From the film: Reagan
- First Inaugural Address 1933
  
  From the film: FDR
- First Inaugural Address 1953
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- First Inaugural Address 1969
  
  From the film: Nixon
- The First Nuclear Test in New Mexico
  
  From the film: Truman
- The Flood Makes News
  
  From the film: Fatal Flood
- Fossil Reptiles of NJ
  
  From the film: Dinosaur Wars
- Fourth Inaugural Address 1945
  
  From the film: FDR
- Frustration at Santa Anita
  
  From the film: Seabiscuit
- Gay Power Comes to Sheridan Square
  
  From the film: Stonewall Uprising
- The Golden Rule
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Grand Central Terminal Opens, 1913
  
  From the film: Grand Central
- The Great Society, Cabinet Meeting, 1964
  
  From the film: LBJ
- The Great Society, U. Michigan, 1964
  
  From the film: LBJ
- A Greater Sin
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Greetings to the Civilian Conservation Corps
  
  From the film: FDR
- He Is Not Hers
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Headlines
  
  From the film: The Crash of 1929
- Henry Morton Stanley: A Confederate Soldier at Shiloh
  
  From the film: U.S. Grant: Warrior
- How to Sell Tupperware
  
  From the film: Tupperware!
- I am a True Born American
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- I Have a Dream, 1963
  
  From the film: JFK
- In Your State
  
  From the film: War Letters
- Inaugural Address, 1905
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Inaugural Address, 1949
  
  From the film: Truman
- Inaugural Address, 1961
  
  From the film: JFK
- Inaugural Address, 1965
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Inconsistencies of Slavery in a Christian Nation
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Inside the Mind of Hibiscus
  
  From the film: Tupperware!
- Invade or Bomb?
  
  From the film: Victory in the Pacific
- Ira Baldwin's Oral History
  
  From the film: The Living Weapon
- Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Is Democracy Finished?
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- JFK Assassination, 1963
  
  From the film: LBJ
- JFK on Civil Rights
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- JFK's Inaugural Speech
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- A Job for Paul Bunyon
  
  From the film: Building the Alaska Highway
- John Kennedy's Political Credo
  
  From the film: JFK
- Journal: First Lt. Greely
  
  From the film: The Greely Expedition
- Journal: Sgt Brainard
  
  From the film: The Greely Expedition
- Journal: Sgt. Rice
  
  From the film: The Greely Expedition
- A Journalistic Masterpiece
  
  From the film: The Rockefellers
- Khrushchev's Message to Kennedy, 10/28/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Leaflet Distributed by the Homophile Youth Movement
  
  From the film: Stonewall Uprising
- Leaflets warning Japanese of Atomic Bomb, 1945
  
  From the film: Truman
- Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR, 3/25/45
  
  From the film: Truman
- Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR, 8/2/39
  
  From the film: Truman
- A Letter From Camp Devins, MA
  
  From the film: Influenza 1918
- Letter from Castro to Khrushchev, 10/26/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter from Castro to Khrushchev, 10/28/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter from Hugh. R Wilson to FDR
  
  From the film: FDR
- Letter from Joseph C. Grew to Cordell Hull
  
  From the film: FDR
- Letter from Kennedy to Khrushchev, 10/22/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter from Kennedy to Khrushchev, 10/23/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter from Kennedy to Ngo Dinh Diem, 1961
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter from Khrushchev to Castro, 10/28/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter from Khrushchev to Castro, 10/30/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter from Khrushchev to Kennedy, 10/23/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter from Khrushchev to Kennedy, 10/24/62
  
  From the film: JFK
- Letter Henry Stimson to Truman
  
  From the film: Truman
- Letter to Charles Doolittle Walcott, 1908
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Letter to King George V, 1918
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Letters from Lee
  
  From the film: Robert E. Lee
- Letters Requesting Donations
  
  From the film: The Rockefellers
- Letters to His Children, 1903-1918
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Letters to Mamie
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- Lewinsky-Tripp Tapes
  
  From the film: Clinton
- The Ludlow Massacre
  
  From the film: The Rockefellers
- Maiden House Speech, 1947
  
  From the film: Nixon
- Make the Dirt Fly!
  
  From the film: Panama Canal
- The Man With the Muck Rake, 1906
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Mark Twain on the Railroad
  
  From the film: Transcontinental Railroad
- The Match Race
  
  From the film: Seabiscuit
- Message to Congress on Social Security
  
  From the film: FDR
- The Miseries We Tasted
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Mobilization for Human Needs, 1933
  
  From the film: FDR
- Monroe Doctrine, 1823
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- MVP
  
  From the film: Roberto Clemente
- My Day, Key Events
  
  From the film: Eleanor Roosevelt
- My Day, Race Issues
  
  From the film: Eleanor Roosevelt
- My Day, Women Issues
  
  From the film: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Nation's Space Effort, 1962
  
  From the film: JFK
- National Action Security Memo, 1961
  
  From the film: JFK
- National Geographic
  
  From the film: Streamliners: America's Lost Trains
- National Security and SDI
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Negotiating the Surrender
  
  From the film: Victory in the Pacific
- The Negro as an American
  
  From the film: JFK
- Nelson's New Car
  
  From the film: The Rockefellers
- The Neutrality Act of 1937
  
  From the film: FDR
- New Deal a Square Deal for the Negro?
  
  From the film: FDR
- The New Nationalism, 1910
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- New York Times Coverage of the Fire
  
  From the film: Triangle Fire
- News Clippings: A Confederate Spy in Prison
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Newspaper Accounts
  
  From the film: Jesse James
- Nixon's Checkers Speech
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- North Atlantic Treaty, 1949
  
  From the film: Truman
- A Nurse's Diary
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Nurses' Tales
  
  From the film: Battle of the Bulge
- One Man's Experience
  
  From the film: Fatal Flood
- The Opening Fiesta
  
  From the film: Golden Gate Bridge
- Opinions of New York
  
  From the film: New York: The Center of the World
- Oral Histories
  
  From the film: FDR
- Pay-offs Explained
  
  From the film: Seabiscuit
- Pearl Harbor Speech
  
  From the film: FDR
- Pennsylvania Dutch
  
  From the film: The Amish
- Pennsylvania Dutch and Other Essays
  
  From the film: The Amish
- Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
  
  From the film: U.S. Grant: Warrior
- Phone Call with McGeorge Bundy, 1964
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Plane Crash
  
  From the film: Roberto Clemente
- Police Mishandle Girl Strike-Pickets
  
  From the film: Triangle Fire
- The Political Economy of Slavery
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Populating Alaska
  
  From the film: Building the Alaska Highway
- The Power of Norman Vincent Peale
  
  From the film: Tupperware!
- The Press and Abolition
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- The Press and Army Morale
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Progressive Party Platform, 1912
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Proposed Energy Policy
  
  From the film: Jimmy Carter
- Queen Bees are Stinging Mad
  
  From the film: Stonewall Uprising
- Reagan's Farewell Speech
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Regarding John Brown
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Religious Freedom in the Constitution
  
  From the film: JFK
- Report on the Arms Buildup in Cuba, 1962
  
  From the film: JFK
- Report to the Secretary of War, 1898
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Report: Greely Relief Expedition
  
  From the film: The Greely Expedition
- Reports From the End of the Track
  
  From the film: Transcontinental Railroad
- Resignation Announcement, 1974
  
  From the film: Nixon
- Responses to John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Results of the Fugitive Slave Act
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- RFK in Capetown
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- RFK on the Death of MLK
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- Robert Moton's First Report
  
  From the film: Fatal Flood
- Robert Moton's Second Report
  
  From the film: Fatal Flood
- Rockefeller Overkill
  
  From the film: The Rockefellers
- Roosevelt's Message to Congress
  
  From the film: Panama Canal
- Rules of a Godly Life
  
  From the film: The Amish
- Russians Plead for Famine Relief
  
  From the film: The Great Famine
- Seabiscuit's Obituary
  
  From the film: Seabiscuit
- Searching for Fossils
  
  From the film: Dinosaur Wars
- Second Inaugural Address
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Second Inaugural Address 1937
  
  From the film: FDR
- Second Inaugural Address, 1957
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- Second Inaugural Address, 1973
  
  From the film: Nixon
- A Segregationist's View of the Civil Rights Movement, 1964
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Shorter Factory Hours
  
  From the film: Triangle Fire
- Skyscrapers and Oysters
  
  From the film: New York: The Center of the World
- Soldiers' Battlefield Accounts
  
  From the film: Battle of the Bulge
- Southern Response to Civil Rights Speech, 1948
  
  From the film: Truman
- Speaking Out For Women's Equality
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- State of the Union Address, 1954
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- State of the Union Address, 1955
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- State of the Union Address, 1956
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- State of the Union Address, 1957
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- State of the Union Address, 1958
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- State of the Union Address, 1959
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- State of the Union Address, 1964
  
  From the film: LBJ
- State of the Union Address, 1965
  
  From the film: LBJ
- State of the Union Address, 1966
  
  From the film: LBJ
- State of the Union Address, 1967
  
  From the film: LBJ
- State of the Union Address, 1968
  
  From the film: LBJ
- State of the Union Address, 1969
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Statement about Korea, 1950
  
  From the film: Truman
- The Strenuous Life, 1899
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
- Success and Money
  
  From the film: Tupperware!
- Surrender Documents
  
  From the film: Robert E. Lee
- Take the Army Out of the CCC
  
  From the film: FDR
- Tale of Soviet Appeal Made to Washington
  
  From the film: The Great Famine
- Teacher In Space
  
  From the film: Reagan
- Ted Kennedy at the 1980 Democratic Convention
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- Ted Kennedy's Post-Chappaquidick Speech
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- Ted's Eulogy for his Brother Robert
  
  From the film: The Kennedys
- Telegram From George Wallace to Kennedy, 1963
  
  From the film: JFK
- Telegram from Kennedy to George Wallace, 1963
  
  From the film: JFK
- Telephone Conversation with George Reedy, 1964
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Televised Address, 1968
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Third Anniversary of C.C.C.
  
  From the film: FDR
- Third Inaugural Address 1941
  
  From the film: FDR
- This Business of Relief
  
  From the film: FDR
- Three Essentials for Unemployment Relief
  
  From the film: FDR
- A Time for Choosing
  
  From the film: Reagan
- To Fulfill These Rights, 1965
  
  From the film: LBJ
- To Restore America
  
  From the film: Reagan
- The Tonkin Gulf Incident, 1964
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Top 9 Quotes: Brownie and Earl's Aphorisms
  
  From the film: Tupperware!
- Trade Mart Speech, 1963
  
  From the film: JFK
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1970
  
  From the film: LBJ
- Tribute to a Hero
  
  From the film: Seabiscuit
- Truman Doctrine, 1947
  
  From the film: Truman
- Truth about Indochina, 1954
  
  From the film: JFK
- U-2 Incident
  
  From the film: Eisenhower
- Under New York City
  
  From the film: New York: The Center of the World
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
  
  From the film: Truman
- A War Begins
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- A Warning to Japan Urging Surrender
  
  From the film: Truman
- Watergate, First Address, 1973
  
  From the film: Nixon
- Watergate, Second Address, 1973
  
  From the film: Nixon
- We Are of Another Race
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Wild West in New York
  
  From the film: Annie Oakley
- Wilson Quarterly
  
  From the film: Streamliners: America's Lost Trains
- Women Writers and Literary Activism
  
  From the film: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
- Women, Wishes, and Wonder
  
  From the film: Tupperware!
- The Woodlawn Crash, 1907
  
  From the film: Grand Central
- Woodrow Wilson's First Inaugural Address, 1913
  
  From the film: TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt