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  • Collection

    The 1930s

    America’s response to the unprecedented economic crisis that threatened the nation during one of history’s most tumultuous decades.

  • Henry Ford | Clip

    The Making of Henry Ford

    Filmmaker Sarah Colt discusses the challenges of producing a biography on Henry Ford. 

  • Clinton | Chapter

    Clinton: Chapter 1

    Watch a preview of Clinton.

  • Henry Ford | Chapter

    Henry Ford: Chapter 1

    Watch the opening scene of Henry Ford.

  • Ulysses S. Grant | Trailer

    Ulysses S. Grant: Teaser

    This biography of Grant paints a portrait of one of America's most paradoxical leaders.

  • Jesse Owens | Behind the Scenes

    Jesse Owens: Behind the Scenes

    A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jesse Owens with series executive producer Mark Samels, and filmmaker Laurens Grant.

  • Collection

    The Presidents

    In this award-winning collection, explore documentaries, biographies, interviews, articles, image galleries and more for an in-depth look at the history of the American presidency.

  • Clinton | Behind the Scenes

    The Making of Clinton

    A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the four-hour biography. 

  • Film

    Custer's Last Stand

    The Last Stand, the final act of General George Custer's larger-than-life career, played out on a grand stage with a spellbound public engrossed in the drama. Part of the Wild West collection.

  • The Rockefellers | Article

    Ida Tarbell

    For over 30 years, Rockefeller had applied his uncanny shrewdness, thorough intelligence, and patient vision to the creation of an industrial organization without parallel in the world. The new century found him facing his most formidable rival ever — a 45-year-old woman 

  • Walt Disney | Article

    Uncovering New Material

    Associate Producer Matt Gavin describes the process of researching new material for the documentary Walt Disney.

  • The Mine Wars | Article

    Women in the Mine Towns

    Women in the early 1900s were barred from working underground in the coal mines, but their work above ground was integral to the coal camp system.

  • Murder of a President | Article

    Who's Who

    Meet the central characters of Murder of a President.

  • JFK | Article

    JFK Trivia

    Some strange, some coincidental, but all true facts about John F. Kennedy.

     

  • Alone on the Ice | Article

    Charles Murphy

    Charles Murphy, the CBS correspondent who accompanied Byrd on his second Antarctic expedition played a major role in crafting the public persona of Richard Byrd.

  • Tesla | Article

    Tesla's Dinner Party

    Join Robert Underwood Johnson, John Muir, Mark Twain, Stanford White, and Nikola Tesla for an imagined dinner party.

  • JFK | Clip

    Jackie's Culture of Elegance

    Jackie Kennedy created a new culture of elegance in the White House.

  • The Greely Expedition | Article

    Biography: Adolphus Greely

    Adolphus Greely was the commanding officer of the doomed Lady Franklin Bay Expedition from 1881-1884. 

  • Surviving the Dust Bowl | Article

    Biography: John McCarty

    When press reports of the dire situation in the Dust Bowl appeared throughout the country, John L. McCarty, the outspoken young editor of the "Dalhart Texan" newspaper, rushed to the region's defense.

  • The Vote | Article

    Carrie & Mollie & Anna & Lucy

    Queering the Women’s Suffrage Movement.