Special Features
- Bonus Video: Original Interview: Janice Jones-Thomson
- Further Reading: Related Books and Websites
- Bonus Video: Original Interview: Howard Dully
- Bonus Video: Original Interview: Angelene Forester
- General Article: Online Forum
- Interview: Behind the Scenes with the Producers
In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill. But within a few years, lobotomy was labeled one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine.
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From the Times to the Tomes: History Evolving
In Phillip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel American Pastoral he remarks of history, “People think of history in the long term, but history, in fact, is a very sudden thing.”
The Pill
The story behind the development of the oral contraceptive that put women in control of birth control.
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Grand Central
A marvel of engineering, architecture, and vision, the story of the Beaux Arts structure on 42nd street that forever changed midtown Manhattan.
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Influenza 1918
The worst epidemic in American history killed over 600,000 Americans during World War I.
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Race for the Superbomb
The U.S. and the Soviet Union race to build the hydrogen bomb during the Cold War, thus beginning the nuclear arms race.
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Building the Alaska Highway
The Alaskan Highway stands today as one of the boldest homeland security initiatives ever undertaken.
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Transcontinental Railroad
The remarkable story of how a railroad was built connecting California to the East.
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Fly Girls
During World War II, more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the U.S. military as WASPS.
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