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  • Woodrow Wilson: The Decider Digital Short
    The Great War | Digital Short

    Woodrow Wilson: The Decider

    Filmmaker Stephen Ives explains that for Woodrow Wilson, the Great War was a chance to for America to become a global citizen.

    1 MIN 12 SEC
  • Dead Men Walking Clip
    Last Days in Vietnam | Clip

    Dead Men Walking

    U.S. military men took matters into their own hands to get their South Vietnamese counterparts out of the country before the North Vietnamese reached Saigon.

    1 MIN 27 SEC
  • The Olympic Trials Clip
    The Boys of '36 | Clip

    The Olympic Trials

    The boys from Washington had to win one more time to become the first Washington crew to represent the United States in the Olympics. 

    1 MIN 15 SEC
  • The Great War: Chapter 1 Chapter
    The Great War | Chapter

    The Great War: Chapter 1

    Watch the opening scene of The Great War.

    8 MIN 28 SEC
  • George Creel: The Salesman Digital Short
    The Great War | Digital Short

    George Creel: The Salesman

    Filmmaker Amanda Pollack discusses George Creel — the man tasked with selling the Great War to the American people.

    1 MIN 38 SEC
  • Alice Paul: The Suffragist Digital Short
    The Great War | Digital Short

    Alice Paul: The Suffragist

    How could President Wilson call for democracy abroad while suppressing it at home? Filmmaker Amanda Pollak discusses the radical suffragist Alice Paul.

    1 MIN 46 SEC
  • POTUS vs. The Press Clip
    Citizen Hearst | Clip

    POTUS vs. The Press

    Political scientist Yu Ouyang and professor Jeremi Suri speak with Kelly McBride, Senior Vice President at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, about how politicians and the press compete for public attention.

  • For Glory, Gold, and Country: Nationalism at the Olympic Games Clip
    The Boys of '36 | Clip

    For Glory, Gold, and Country: Nationalism at the Olympic Games

    Sportswriter Dave Zirin and Assistant Professor Kendra Gage examine the political motives behind competing at and hosting the Olympics with historian Adriane Lentz-Smith.

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    LBJ: Part Two

    LBJ exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs through Congress with astounding success, but his visions of a Great Society were swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam.

    111 min
  • Star-Spangled Fascism Clip
    Nazi Town, USA | Clip

    Star-Spangled Fascism

    Professor at George Washington Law School Mary Anne Franks and Professor at University of Southern California Steven J. Ross speak with historian Adriane Lentz-Smith about whether the First Amendment makes Americans more vulnerable to political extremism.

  • Nazi Town, USA: Chapter 1 Chapter
    Nazi Town, USA | Chapter

    Nazi Town, USA: Chapter 1

    Watch a preview of Nazi Town, USA

    9 MIN 20 SEC
  • Nazi Town, USA: Trailer Trailer
    Nazi Town, USA | Trailer

    Nazi Town, USA: Trailer

    The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930s.

    1 MIN 26 SEC