Special Features
- Bonus Video: Government Film: Botulism
- Primary Resources: Ira Baldwin's Oral History
- General Article: Operation Whitecoat
- Bonus Video: Government Film: Incapacitation by Enterotoxin
- Interview: Experts Q & A: Zilinskas and Furmanski
- General Article: Secret Testing in the United States
The international race to develop biological weapons during the 20th century, the challenges scientists faced, and the moral dilemmas posed by their eventual success.
My American Experience
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The Cold War and the nuclear arms race dominated American foreign policy for decades. Did fears of nuclear weapons affect your life? Should the U.S. have engaged in creating the world’s most powerful bombs? What is the most theatening weapon today?
Race to the Moon
The historic journey of Apollo 8 captivated the world in 1968 -- a bright spot in a year marked by political assassinations, race riots, and the Vietnam War.
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
The first officially formed regiment of northern black soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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Reconstruction - The Second Civil War
The stories of ordinary people in the tumultuous years after the Civil War, when America struggled to rebuild the Union.
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Meltdown at Three Mile Island
Equipment failure, human error and bad luck led to the country's worst nuclear accident in 1979.
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The Berlin Airlift
After the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, British and American pilots delivered tons of food and fuel to the German city by airplane for nearly a year.
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The Great Air Race of 1924
The first around-the-world air race was sponsored to prove that the airplane had a commercial future.
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The Orphan Trains
Between 1854 and 1929 more than 100,000 abused or orphaned children were sent by train to the Midwest to begin new lives in foster families.
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