David McCullough

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their...

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A story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam...

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Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and...

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Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his...

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For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and...

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In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the...

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Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and...

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Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey...

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Author/historian David McCullough welcomes viewers into his public and private world in this film. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman--who...

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For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful...

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They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them...

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Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long.

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Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises:...

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The personal development of George Washington is the focus as Producer David Sutherland brings to life a uniquely human Washington who transformed...

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The life of the famed illustrator NC Wyeth as told by his children: Andrew Wyeth, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Caroline Wyeth, Nat Wyeth, and Ann Wyeth...

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In September of 1938, a great storm rose up on the coast of West Africa and began making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. The National Weather...

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In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets and pokey transportation system were a source of...

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Each year, the Christmas concert presented by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square is seen by more than 85,000 people live and...

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He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do-nothing" president and a good-natured bumbler,...

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In David Grubin's NAPOLEON watch Napoleon's rise from obscurity to victories that made him a hero to the French people and convinced him he was...

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On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine flight: a smooth take-off banking into a couple...

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Lyndon Johnson exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs, rivaling those of FDR's New Deal,...

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He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry...

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From the late 1920's through the '60's, Robert Moses built the bridges and highways, parks and parkways, tunnels and expressways of New York, as well...

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