Documentary / Biography - DVD

He is remembered for seven words: "Give me liberty of give me death." More than any other founding father he represented the power of the ordinary citizens of the new nation. Patrick Henry rose from simple roots to mingle with the colonial aristocracy, helping...

Early aviators chucked grenades from their open cockpits on the enemy below. Today's strategic bombers can deliver their multi-ton payloads with pinpoint accuracy from miles above the target. BOMBERS is an explosive tour through the history of these mighty airplanes. Trace the incredible advances...

It's truth stranger than fiction...a "Lolita" for modern times. This is the story of the teacher who shocked the nation when she was arrested for having an affair with a 13-year-old student, Vili Fualaau. For the first time since going to jail, Letourneau talks...

Just over 50 years ago, international air travel was a novelty reserved for the very rich, a grand adventure on par with the transatlantic crossings of the great ocean liners. Today, more then three million people board planes bound for international destinations every day,...

Much of the history of New York City can be told through its bridges. These bridges, spanning the city's rivers, changed destinies. They linked some to opportunity, others to ruin. In the age of iron and steel they were architectural masterpieces--designed by engineers, but...

The machine gun is one of the most devastating, efficient killing machines ever developed. Pushed by the need to fire more bullets faster, weapons innovators started developing an automatic firing weapon as far back as the 14th century. But it was not until World...

On the night of July 13, 1966, eight nurses were savagely murdered in their Chicago townhouse. The killer, Richard Speck, eventually became America's symbol of evil. For all his brutality, Speck was careless, and after hearing the chilling testimony of a survivor, the jury...

When people speak of towering arrogance and catastrophic defeat, they speak of Waterloo. It was the 1815 battle in which the balance of world power changed, in one afternoon, for a hundred years to come. The players of the most famous battle in history...

After the handgun, it is perhaps the most familiar of all weapons. Large, powerful and able to cover a wide area with a single pull of the trigger, shotguns have an allure?and a danger?all their own.TALES OF THE GUN sets its sights on this...

<p>From the initial sparks of revolution in Boston to the climactic Siege of Yorktown and beyond, hear the story of the war within the Revolutionary War through the eyes of some of the most significant African American figures of our country's foundation, including Crispus...

Half science and half art, the ancient technology of welding is integral to modern life. It is the process of bonding, as simple as banging two metals together or as sophisticated as interlinking molecules with sound waves, and without it, the modern world around...

<p>In the years following the Civil War, a new generation of wealthy landowners began to emerge in the South: the Cotton Kings. From exquisite murals to lavish gardens, AMERICA'S CASTLES: THE COTTON KINGS offers an exclusive tour of some of their incomparable homes. Atlanta's...

<p>Their magnificent courage and ferocious combat struck terror in enemies. Their fabulous wealth made them the most powerful men in Europe. Yet their secret rites inspired rumors of heresy during the later Crusades, these sword-wielding monks were captured and burned at the stake. HISTORY...

<p>HISTORY remembers a costly political blunder in BAY OF PIGS DECLASSIFIED. President Kennedy considered the attempted invasion of Cuba in 1961 one of the worst decisions of his administration. Not only did the exercise fail miserably, it irrevocably tainted relations with the Communist dictatorship....

<p>Its origins date as far back as 1300 A.D. Today, it is the fastest-growing and most popular sport in the world. With the opening of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1754, golf was suddenly thrust into the spotlight...

<p>Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, the man who came to be known as Mark Twain was a true American original, a gifted and irreverent storyteller whose captivating novels and stories and piercing social commentary earned him worldwide fame. Revisit the jam-packed life of...

<p>Rick, Marty and the Oak Island team are back for the biggest season yet bringing with them more determination, resources, and technology than ever in their quest to solve the 224-year-old treasure mystery. Last season's cliffhanger revealed a possible sunken ship in the triangle-shaped...

<p>Narrated by Primetime Emmy Award winner Aidan Quinn, THE IRISH IN AMERICA explores the long and difficult struggle of the Irish immigrant experience in this special presentation HISTORY documentary. In the period of 1650 thru the turn of the 20th century, some five million...

<p>World War II spurred the production of over 300,000 war planes more than the previous 40 years combined and transformed the American aviation industry into a high-tech giant. HISTORY presents a rare glimpse into some of the greatest fighters ever produced, touring such planes...

<p>When explorer Hernando Cortes arrived in the New World in 1519, he found the present-day nation of Mexico dominated by the Aztecs. Highly skilled farmers, builders, and merchants, they were also savage warriors who practiced human sacrifice. HISTORY presents a comprehensive profile of this...

<p>Towering over the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore attracts more than 2.5 million visitors per year. The monument was the vision of Gutzon Borglum, a fiercely talented young sculptor, and its origins are as fascinating as the nascent nation it represents. Over...

<p>Short runways, high altitude, unpredictable weather, and complex take-off and landing approach procedures the most dangerous airports in the world test even the most seasoned pilots. In this heart-stopping program, climb the skies as HISTORY takes you on a death-defying tour of the world's...

<p>At a time when most of America was pinching pennies, media mogul William Randolph Hearst commissioned one of the largest and most extravagant homes ever built. The centerpiece of an estate nearly half the size of Rhode Island, the 165-room San Simeon overlooks the...

<p>The spectacular Incan city of Machu Picchu was thought to exist only in legend. Then in 1911, explorer Hiram Bingham III stumbled upon its remains high in the Andes Mountains. Although the site has been extensively studied, its purpose and function remain unclear. LOST...

<p>She was a homebound Spanish galleon loaded with New World gold when she suddenly went down in the shallow waters off the Florida Keys in 1622. For 363 years, her vast treasure lay on the ocean's floor, undisturbed by countless adventurers who dreamed of...

<p>Without the success of his innovative and groundbreaking inventions, modern-day life as we know it would be wholly unimaginable. Thomas Alva Edison rightly earned a place among the most important persons in history when his inventions such as the light bulb, phonograph, and movie...

<p>Israel declared its sovereignty on May 14, 1948. One day later, armies from Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan, Egypt, and Iraq invaded. With only 600,000 people in the infant nation, the odds seemed overwhelming. Yet they not only survived, they triumphed, and by 1949 armistice negotiations...

<p>It has been among the most powerful fraternal organizations in America, boasting up to four million members, and has survived for more than a century by wrapping its doctrine of hate and intolerance around the ideals of Christianity and patriotism. THE KU KLUX KLAN:...

<p>As a young man, he experienced the brutality of slavery firsthand. As an outspoken leader of the abolitionist movement, he became one of the most powerful voices in American history. Frederick Douglass inadvertently found his calling while giving an impromptu speech at an anti-slavery...

<p>IN SEARCH OF explores and investigates the most iconic mysteries and legends of all time. Are UFOs actually visiting the Earth? Can the Ark of the Covenant ever be found? Could the Loch Ness Monster actually exist in some form? To find out, Primetime...

<p>Inspired by the iconic 1970s franchise of the same name, IN SEARCH OF delves into all manners of mysterious phenomena throughout the world, from the mythical to the scientific. Primetime Emmy nominee Zachary Quinto serves as host and lead investigator, with each one-hour episode...

<p>From its commissioning in 1945 to its role in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the USS Midway gallantly provided the U.S. military with nearly half a century of loyal service. As the longest-serving carrier in American naval history, the Midway has become a veritable...

<p>At the end of World War II, few Americans dreamed the nation would soon to be involved in another overseas conflict. Yet June 25, 1950 marked the dawn of the Korean War. KOREA: THE FORGOTTEN WAR explores this violent battle, from the forces that...

<p>Ernest Hemingway's novels rank among the most influential and celebrated in history, while his life remains an obscure image shrouded in myth. In this feature-length portrait narrated by the author's granddaughter, Mariel Hemingway, BIOGRAPHY examines the remarkable life story of this legendary Nobel laureate....

<p>Each year on the 5th of May, Cinco de Mayo celebrations are held in cities throughout the United States. And yet, few people outside of Mexico are fully aware of the holiday's true significance. It is a story that began on a sweltering May...

<p>On a July morning 60 years ago, scientists and dignitaries gathered in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as Jornada del Muerto Journey of Death to await the detonation of the first atomic bomb. Dubbed "The Manhattan Project," this top-secret...

<p>Descend into the dark world and tragic life of Edgar Allan Poe, the melancholy author who is the uncontested master of the macabre, and hear excerpts from his famous works. A genius whose gloomy nature made his own life as tragic as one of...

<p>General George S. Patton was a walking, talking, fighting machine whose personality was bigger and noisier than one of his Sherman tanks. He was tough. He was vain. He was brilliant. And in a world gone mad with war, he was our greatest field...

<p>Launched in 1944, it was the last U.S. battleship ever built and the last to serve. Today, the U.S.S. Missouri floats in Pearl Harbor, a powerful monument to the devastating 1941 attack that propelled America into WWII. Now, HISTORY traces the 51-year career of...

<p>In the 1940s, twenty-nine young men from government-run Navajo reservations bravely heeded the call of a nation, which once nearly wiped out their ancestors and the memory of their culture completely. During the second world war, the United States and its allies were struggling...

<p>They were known as the "Fighting Sullivans," and were by far America's most famous sailors. The destruction of their ship in 1942, however, turned this story of national heroism into one of deepest tragedy. On Friday, November 13, 1942, a Japanese torpedo struck the...

<p>Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love is renowned filmmaker Nick Broomfield's most personal and romantic film of his storied career. The documentary starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen,...

<p>In his all-too-brief career, Chris Farley connected viscerally with audiences, creating hilarious characters that have stood the test of time. Beginning in the Midwest, Farley moved his way through the Chicago improv and sketch comedy scene at IO and Second City. He broke through...

<p>The Blood of My Brother takes the viewer behind the scenes of the growing Shia insurgency with scenes of fighting and death on the streets of Sadr City and Najaf. The Blood of My Brother brings war-torn Iraq to life with intimate detail. This...

Victory Remembered' tells the inspiring story of The First Special Service Force, a secret Allied commando unit during WWII. They were also known as the Black Devils, the name given them by their terrified German enemy. They were the first combined U.S. & Canadian...

The public is rarely allowed more than a superficial glimpse into the world of instant, unexpected wealth. Millions (a lottery story) follows the lives of six different big money winners to show in detail just how dramatically a life-changing experience can deeply affect ordinary...

WALL (Mur) is a cinematic meditation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which the filmmaker blurs the lines of hatred by asserting her double identity as Jew and Arab. In an original documentary approach, the film follows the separation fence that is destroying one of...

A cast of drummers discuss the joy and exhilaration of a life dedicated to driving the beat -- from banging on pots and pans as children, to playing the world's biggest stages. With interviews and narration from Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Roger Taylor (Queen),...

A determined group of women, midwives, and doctors fight to increase access to abortion pills in the United States outside of a clinic setting. In 2014, Francine, a social scientist based in Los Angeles, and her partners, launched Plan C to spread the word...

This unique documentary is composed entirely of archival footage and photographs, accompanied by the voice of Stanley Kubrick. Taken from a series of rare interviews, the film provides an opportunity to understand the work of a master filmmaker, giving voice to one of the...