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."
In 2001, Gedeon Naudet, and his brother Jules, were working on a documentary about New York City firefighters.
As the World Trade Center was built, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey filmed its progress.
Once the basic structure of the trade center was in place, work proceeded at a fast clip.
In a world-changing event, Orville and Wilbur Wright brought their new airplane (Flyer) to the windy beach at Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina. It was ...
In the summer of 1908, Wilbur Wright went to France to demonstrate the powered-plane which he and his brother had designed and made.
This "NASA Connect" video clip explains how the Wright Brothers succeeded, where other more notable people had failed, to solve the problem of powered...
The Wright Brothers owned a bike shop in Dayton.
Hear an original Wright Brothers' engine and learn how the world changed on Dec 17, 1903.
On the 7th of July, 1946, Howard Hughes took his new XF-11 for a test flight in the skies above Los Angeles.
On the day of his father's funeral - November 25, 1963 - John F.
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