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Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On March 4, 1865, at the United States Capitol, a crowd of fifty thousand listened as President Lincoln delivered his classic second inaugural address, urging charity and forgiveness to a nation in the final throes of war. Just two months later, a train, nine cars long and draped in black bunting, pulled slowly out of a station in Washington, D.C. Dignitaries and government officials crowded the first eight cars. In the ninth rode the body of Abraham...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Forty years after Martin Luther King's assassination, newsman Tom Brokaw, takes viewers through the extraordinary life and times of America's civil rights visionary. Go beyond the legend to portray the man, the questions, the myths, and the relevance of Dr. King's message in today's world.
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
From the fateful balcony in Ford's Theatre to Dr. Samuel Mudd's remote home to the fiery showdown in a Virginia farmhouse, experience firsthand the suspenseful, breakneck search for America's first presidential assassin. Discover the awesome reach of his conspiracy, which had further targeted Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward in a bid to undermine the U.S. Government and give the Confederacy a second chance. No man...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The 1960s was the decade America transformed from a country of conformity to a land of political, cultural, and social liberation. Looking through the lens of television, this production weaves together the events and personalities that influenced and dominated the 1960s in America, sketching a portrait of this remarkable decade that is both entertaining and illuminating.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Examines the events of July, 1944, when a party led by highly placed Nazi officers nearly killed their leader in the infamous "Wolf's Lair," where he spend 900 days directing the German war effort. The program also uncovers evidence of a top secret plot hatched in London to kill the Führer.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This five-episode collection seeks answers to five of the most iconic deaths in history. From the unexpected tragedy of Princess Diana's car crash to the failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler and possibly save thousands of lives and the five other plots that didn't kill Lincoln. The team will use modern-day forensics to bring new facts to light.
Language
English
Description
Thirty years after his renowned film JFK, Oliver Stone takes viewers on a thought-provoking and eye-opening journey through recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Subjects covered include the early formation of President Kennedy's foreign policy overview and his anti-colonial convictions, which put him in opposition to the Eisenhower administration, the CIA, and the Pentagon.
12) Oswald's ghost
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A look at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and how many people still believe that there wasn't a lone gunman involved. Features rarely seen archival footage; interviews; government investigations; and more.
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Reveals rarely seen archival footage that has been digitally captured and assembled into a detailed timeline. Included is footage capturing the real-time horror of parade-goers who witnessed the killing, the out-of-breath local anchors reporting the breaking news bulletin, the priest who describes administering the president's last rites and the ongoing, on-air speculation over who fired the fatal shots. Includes news footage, radio reports, audio...
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Using transcripts only recently made public, this program pieces together the 24-hour period following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The timeline reveals new information about the death of the president and the transfer of power to his successor, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Former NYC forensic examiner Dr. Michael Baden presents five high profile and historic cases: the mysterious disappearance of the royal Romanov family in Russia in 1918; the assassination of John F. Kennedy; the deaths of rock musician Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen; the double-murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman; and the mysterious illnesses and deaths due to exposure to toxic chemicals by first responders at Ground Zero...
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