Order By: Release Date | Name
There are currently 62 item(s) available in this category and its sub-categories.
Eisenhower's path to presidency and, how his national security policies and tactics kept a divided world at peace during the 1950s. Hosted by journalist and author Evan Thomas.
Captions: [CC]
Home to acclaimed authors, including four Nobel Prize laureates, Ireland has given the world a rich body of literature.
This series introduces the extraordinary body of English literature with such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, J. K. Rowling and more.
As the human population marches toward 10 billion people, understanding where people live, how they are connected, and how they are shaping different parts of the planet is essential.
Explores the dramatic discoveries of the forces shaping the planet Earth, open the door to a whole new way of seeing and making sense of the world we find ourselves in. Shot in HD.
Niall Ferguson explores how Western civilization - a clear minority of mankind - secured a lion's share of the world's resources, and examines whether the West is about to be overtaken by the rest.
For the first time, an eight part series presents America's unique 250 year experiment iwhere remarkably, the rights of a citizen are grounded on the idea that all men are created equal.
This series recounts the significant advances and the ongoing effort to gain a clear and permanent guarantee of privileges for women and all economically disadvantaged groups.
The government has a compelling interest in protecting minors from obscene and harmful material. In United States v. American Library Association this interest came into conflict.
Guided by the nation's top First Amendment scholars, this program brings into focus a critical First Amendment issue in the technological world of the 21st century.
Freedom of the Press is one of the most venerated freedoms of the First Amendment.
Garcetti v Ceballos questions how much First Amendment protection a public employee may enjoy.
One of the most divisive separation of church and state issues deals with governmental religious speech.
United States v Stevens asks the question whether images of animal cruelty were akin to child pornography for purposes of First Amendment analysis.
In Zelman v Simmons-Harris, the United States Supreme Court had to address whether an Ohio pilot project improved education or violated the establishment clause because it was funneling state money to predominately Catholic schools.
Citizens United v Federal Election Commission confronts the question, "Does the contribution of money or the spending of money in a political campaign constitute protected speech.
The exciting saga of America's Railroads and how they empowered America to become the greatest industrial nation on the planet.
Actress Mare Winningham narrates this chronicle of extraordinary Jewish American achievement. A unique history of greatness, service to country, humanitarianism, and love of education.
Presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, The BBC series, A History Of Christianity will reveal the true origins of Christianity. Intelligent, thought-provoking and magisterial in its scope the series will reveal how a small Jewish sect that preached humility became the biggest religion in the world.
21st Century Turning Points in U.S. History (2000-2009) examines the most significant events in America since the turn of the century.
Jordan Murphy takes you on a journey to eleven spectacular National Monuments throughout America's Pacific Northwest.
The incredible story of Chinese American Achievement, from the first wave of immigrants in California's gold fields to the entrepreneurs of the 21st century's Information Age.
A region with a rich and unique human history of American Indians, self-reliant settlers, explorers, and entrepreneurs drawn by the lure of gold and rich farmland. Home to a diverse population, and a forerunner in dealing with climate change, environmental problems.
The Pacific Northwest is one of the most extraordinary regions of the United States … A region shaped by volcanism … A land rich in history of American Indians, explorers and pioneers … An agricultural paradise.
The Mayas are best known for their spectacular architecture that made up their city centers, but they are also the most misunderstood of the great ancient civilizations.
Eight half-hour shows chronicle the story of American Indians ... Their magnificent civilizations and accomplishments. Presented by Tyler Christopher.
This series brings a new perspective to the growth and development in Ancient Rome, it's unique accomplishments and the birth and decliine of the Republic.
The 16th and 17th Century Turning Points in U.S. History series chronicles decisive events - chaptered into individual segments - in the crucial colonial period that would lead to the founding of the United States of America.
Join Jordan Murphy as he explores eleven spectacular National Monuments throughout America's historic southland.
Featuring such greats as Poe…Dickinson…Twain…Alcott…Hemingway..Wolfe…Steinbeck...Vonnegut and Morrison, this eight part series presents the lives and literary output of over 60 of America's most read authors.
Globe Trekker's Zay Harding hosts this new look one of the world's most ancient civilizations. It has been said that all western art and science is but a footnote to ancient Greek accomplishments.
Globe Trekker's Zay Harding hosts this new look at the world's ancient civilization of Greece.
Follow the incredible saga of a glorious 7000 year evolution of Ancient Britain's people - from the earliest Stone Age clans, to the builders of Stonehenge, to the formation of Bronze Age tribes and the founding of Iron Age Hill forts, all leading to the castle building kings and queens and knights that we all recognize today. Hosted by Globe Trekker'sZay Harding.
Six hundred years ago, in less than a century, the Inca people, located in present day Peru, forged an empire equal to that of the Greeks and Romans. They built their empire, not by military conquest but by treaties, based on providing food for all the empire's citizens.
Had they been made of stone, they would have been among the greatest wonders of the ancient world. These were the pyramids and effigy earthen works by the Mound Building Cultures of the eastern half of the United States. This is the story of the 3000 year Native American tradition that culminated with the construction of cities rivaling any on the planet when Columbus landed in the New World. Globe Trekker's Zay Harding hosts this new look at America's Prehistoric Civilization: The Mound Builders.
They stand today much as their builders left them 500 years ago. These are the cities of the Anasazi, the ancient Pueblo people of the four corners region of the western United States.
It's known as the court of last resort - the Supreme Court - where nine judges appointed for life make monumental decisions that govern our everyday lives, from the contents of the nation's daily newspapers to what we can do in the privacy of our own homes.
As the Sherlock Holmes of science, Burke tracks through 12,000 years of history for the clues that lead us to eight great life changing inventions-the atom bomb, telecommunications, the computer, the production line, jet aircraft, plastics, rocketry and television.
"A History of Hispanic Achievement in America" is a rich history that started 500 years ago when Christopher Columbus stepped ashore in the new world.
An American Film Festival Award winner, this 13 volume series attempts a massive survey of science, from flint tools to the theory of relativity.
In 1906, President Teddy Roosevelt created the nation's first National Monument designation. The purpose of this designation was to preserve for all Americans significant pieces of the country's history, ecology, geology and beauty for all Americans.
The unique and independent American woman: adventurer... pioneer... poet... mother... educator... artist... freedom fighter. A History of Women's Achievement in America examines the 400-year history of American women's inspiring accomplishments and victories.
In this series we shall see how this document has protected the American people from the abuses of power and tyranny and how for over two centuries the principles set forth by the U.S. Constitution have empowered Americans to excel and aspire to greatness.
This original, eight-part series documents Black Achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events.
SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA is a landmark, four-part series that examines the history of slavery in the United States and the integral role it played in shaping the new country's development.
A six-part series that chronicles the role of the European settlers that led up to the Revolution.
English Subtitles
War has always been part of the American experience. From the time the first colonists set foot upon North America's shores, they were in conflict with the Native inhabitants. One hundred years later the colonies suddenly found themselves an extension of the conflicts in Europe. Less than a century later, the Revolutionary War freed the fledgling United States from its British overlords and European entanglements. Born and nurtured in war, America grew in strength and power until at the beginning of the 21st century it was the foremost military power in the world.
20th Century Turning Points in U.S. History is an eight-part series designed to provide a clear overview of the people and events that distinguished the 20th century at specific points in time that were significant pivotal points in history.
Christopher Columbus introduced the two old worlds and created a new world. The exchange of plants and animals altered the way people ate and that transformed the planet.
As the 18th century dawned on the North American continent, four powers, the French, the Spanish, the British and the Native Americans were competing to see who would control this remarkable land.
James Burke the "scientific detective" is back tracking the fascinating links between technological invention, social history, economics, and, well, everything.
English Subtitles
Journeying through what he calls, "The Web," host James Burke shows how seemingly unrelated people and events have hooked up over time, spurring the social and technological changes that have shaped the modern world.
English Subtitles
This series of eight programs is chaptered into 55 stand-alone segments that highlight significant historical events, scientific milestones and cultural achievements.
Fly with the Wright Brothers, storm the Bastille, learn how television was created and what it meant to the war in Vietnam.
Each turning point in history has behind it a story and a set of principal characters whose dilemmas and conflicts form its dramatic core, and whose unique personalities influenced the outcome of events.
Robert Hughes' history of Modern Art from Cubism to Pop and the Avant-Garde
The new programs introduce the student to Carthage, The Seven Wonders of the World, The Biblical Lands and the Roman Empire in Northern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Stunning graphics give students a contemporary understanding of these extraordinary moments in history.
Through the magic of 3D animation we can see how the Earth's ancient legacies such as Pompeii, Stonehenge, Hadrian's Wall and the Great Pyramids would have looked in their heyday.
The new programs will give students a contemporary understanding of the fascinating lands of India, Japan, and China as well as introduce them to the Aztec and Celtic cultures and guide them through the England of Medieval times.
This sound and picture enhanced series has served as the basis of successful religious philosophy courses around the world. An American Film Festival Red Ribbon winner, the series gives a balanced treatment of a force that is sadly neglected in most educations, the basic beliefs of the major religions in the world today.
This series presents a unique and masterly survey of the greatest achievements in the history of art from the medieval era to the post-impressionist world.
Captions: [CC]
To narrow your search, you might want to try browsing one of this category's sub-categories:
Sub-Categories: World History, Political Science, Middle East History, Geography, Black History, As Seen on TV, American History