America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air decided to play a prank on the American people.
On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air decided to play a prank on the American people.
On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air decided to play a prank on the American people.
On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air decided to play a prank on the American people.
On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles and his colleagues at Mercury Theatre on the Air decided to play a prank on the American people.
Theodore Roosevelt gave this speech, at Carnegie Hall, on the 20th of March, 1912.
Robert Leckie and other U.S. Marines fight the Japanese during the Battle of Guadalcanal. It is a fearsome time for such young men.
Jim Morris - high-school science teacher and coach - agreed to try out for major-league baseball when his students made a pact with him.
Nathaniel Ayers - called "the soloist" in this film - was once an extremely talented student of music.
This is the theme song of The War, a Ken Burns documentary.
Seeing World War II through the eyes of those who fought it, and from the perspective of families who worried about their loved ones safety, Ken Burns...
Before the Doolittle Raiders flew to Tokyo, it seemed that Japan would win the war.
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