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A Family Gathering (no web site available)
The personal journey of three generations of a Japanese American family.
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Fatal Flood

A dramatic story of greed, power and race during one of America's greatest natural disasters.
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FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt restored hope to a country that had lost it, led the nation during the greatest war in history and championed the common man.
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Fly Girls

During WWII more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the U.S. military.
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Forbidden City, USA (no web site available)
Chinese Americans defy cultural tradition to pursue their passion for American music and dance.
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Forever Baseball (no web site available)
A wry philosophical essay on what makes baseball the great American pastime.
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Freedom on My Mind (no web site available)
Recruits in a nonviolent army fight the white Mississippi political establishment to register black voters, create schools and bring national attention to the struggle.
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French Dance Tonight (no web site available)
Cajun and Zydeco music innovators and performers talk about the emergence of two musical traditions.
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G-Men -- The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover (no web site available)
Of all the alphabet agencies of the New Deal, none captured the public's imagination like J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.
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George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire

He preached segregation now, segregation forever -- then he asked to be forgiven.
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George Washington -- The Man Who Wouldn't Be King (no web site available)
The little known story of our first president.
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Geronimo and the Apache Resistance (no web site available)
The story of a tragic collision of two civilizations.
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God Bless America and Poland Too (no web site available)
A nostalgic and humorous look at how old world Chicago lives side by side with the new.
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Goin' Back To T-Town (no web site available)
In a nostalgic celebration of old fashioned neighborhood life, the black residents of Tulsa relive their community's remarkable rise and tragic decline.
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Gold Fever

When gold was discovered in a frozen no man's land between Canada and Alaska, 100,000 people made the treacherous journey in search of riches .
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Golden Gate Bridge

The story of how San Francisco built one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World."
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The Great Air Race of 1924 (no web site available)
The first around-the-world air race tested the abilities of man and machine.
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake (no web site available)
Vivid memories of those trapped in the terrifying event of 1906.
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The Great War -- 1918 (no web site available)
The bloodiest war of the century.
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Hawaii's Last Queen

The story of Liliu'okalani, the last queen of Hawaii.
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Hearts and Hands (no web site available)
Quilting and the intimate clues it yields about the lives of 19th century women.
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Hoover Dam

One of the greatest engineering works in history.
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Houdini

He could escape from everything -- except from his own mortality.
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The Hunt for Pancho Villa (no web site available)
General John Pershing and his cavalry set out to get Villa, dead or alive.
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The Hurricane of '38 (no web site available)
No one had ever seen a storm like this.
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Ida B. Wells -- A Passion for Justice (no web site available)
The life of the legendary former slave and crusading journalist.
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If You Knew Sousa (no web site available)
America's favorite bandmaster.
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Ike
A skillful politician, a tough Cold Warrior and one of America's least understood presidents.
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In the White Man's Image (no web site available)
Indian schools and the "civilizing" mission. A story of cultural genocide -- a humanist experiment gone bad.
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Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo (no web site available)
Angie Debo uncovers a widespread conspiracy to cheat Native Americans of oil rich lands.
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Influenza 1918

The worst epidemic in American history.
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Insanity on Trial (no web site available)
The trial of Charles Julius Guiteau, the man who shot and fatally wounded President James A. Garfield.
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The Iron Road

The story of the transcontinental railroad.
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Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian (no web site available)
The last surviving member of a California Indian tribe.
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