"This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the 1870's, captured the hearts of viewers around the world."--Container.

This saga follows two families - the Hazards, from the North, and the Mains, from the South - through their changing fortunes at home and the harsh realities of the battlefields. When the South surrenders at the end of the Civil War, the families are reunited once again in friendship. In the final installment, the two families continue through Post-Civil War Reconstruction into pioneer Indian territories.

A western adventure spanning three generations, the breadth of a wild, unsettled country, and fifty of the most excitingly turbulent years of this nation's history.

Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafš. The French win the battle, but ultimately...

In the 1800's a warship's perilous journey is seen through the eyes of Edmund Talbot, an ambitious young aristocrat who has embarked for Australia, where he is to receive an official position in the colonial government. On this voyage, Talbot learns more about life at sea - and himself - than he ever thought possible.

Charles must work at several jobs to pay off their debts while the entire family pitches in - Laura makes a new friend and helps him get over his grief - Charles promises a dying widow that he will care for her three children - Walnut Grove sees the opening of its first bank - Mary becomes the pride and joy of the town - The sensitive subject of drug abuse is addressed in the second to last episode entitled "Soldiers Return". These and many other...