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  • Olga Joins the Second Front Clip
    American Comandante | Clip

    Olga Joins the Second Front

    In 1958, student activist Olga Rodriguez joined Eloy Menoyo's Second Front and was the first woman to join the guerrilla group.

    2 MIN 11 SEC
  • American Comandante: Trailer Trailer
    American Comandante | Trailer

    American Comandante: Trailer

    William Morgan's story was lost in the classified archives of the Cold War and edited out of Cuban history by Fidel Castro’s retelling of the revolution.

    30 SEC
  • American Comandante: Chapter 1 Chapter
    American Comandante | Chapter

    American Comandante: Chapter 1

    Watch Chapter 1 of American Comandante.

    9 MIN 17 SEC
  • Edison: Trailer Trailer
    Edison | Trailer

    Edison: Trailer

    Thomas Edison achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light. 

    30 SEC
  • The Kinetoscope Clip
    Edison | Clip

    The Kinetoscope

    In the 1890s, Thomas Edison worked with his assistant and part-time photographer, William Dickson to create a motion picture camera. 

    3 MIN 32 SEC
  • Electrifying Manhattan Clip
    Edison | Clip

    Electrifying Manhattan

    In February 1881, Thomas Edison established the headquarters of the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City.

    2 MIN 59 SEC
  • The Phonograph Clip
    Edison | Clip

    The Phonograph

    On December 7, 1877, Edison demonstrated his phonograph at the New York City offices of the nation's leading technical weekly publication, Scientific American.

    2 MIN 14 SEC
  • The Black Maria Clip
    Edison | Clip

    The Black Maria

    In 1894, Thomas Edison filmed sharpshooter Annie Oakley in his Black Maria studio.

    2 MIN 39 SEC
  • Edison's Electric Light Clip
    Edison | Clip

    Edison's Electric Light

    On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. 

    2 MIN 27 SEC
  • Edison and Competition Clip
    Edison | Clip

    Edison and Competition

    Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated his new invention, the telephone, at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park.

    3 MIN 04 SEC
  • A Day with Thomas A. Edison Clip
    Edison | Clip

    A Day with Thomas A. Edison

    In the fall of 1922, a film crew came to West Orange, New Jersey to document Thomas Edison going about his day. 

    15 MIN 52 SEC
  • Edison: Chapter 1 Chapter
    Edison | Chapter

    Edison: Chapter 1

    Watch Chapter 1 of Edison.

    9 MIN 22 SEC