Over one hundred years ago, Americans looked forward to the uncertainty of a new century with a mixture of confidence, optimism and anxiety. Following a range of characters from famous public figures to ordinary citizens, this chronicle of a year in the life of America examines the forces of change that would come to shape the twentieth century. Air Date : 18th-Nov-1998 Read More
At the dawn of the Cold War, the United States initiated a top secret program in New Mexico to build a weapon even more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Japan. A world away, on the frozen steppes of Siberia, the Soviet Union began a similar effort. A web of spies and scientists, intrigue and deception marked the race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon that would change the world. Air Date : 11th-Jan-1999 Read More
Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, it was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. Hoover Dam, built during the Great Depression, drew men desperate for work to a remote and rugged canyon near Las Vegas. There they struggled against heat, choking dust and perilous heights to build a colossus of concrete that brought electricity and water to millions and transformed the American Southwest. Air Date : 18th-Jan-1999 Read More
In June 1934, Richard Byrd lay alone in a small hut within the polar ice, hovering near death. No one before Byrd had ever experienced winter in the interior of the Antarctic. In an age of heroes, he was one of America's greatest. An explorer, aviation pioneer and scientist, Byrd was also an egotist, a risk-taker, and, his critics claim, a fraud who sometimes took credit for the accomplishments of others. Air Date : 8th-Feb-1999 Read More
On January 23, 1909, two ships -- one carrying Italian immigrants to New York City, the other, American tourists to Europe -- collided in dense fog off Nantucket Island. In a moment, more than 1,500 lives became dependent on a new technology, wireless telegraphy, and on Jack Binns, a twenty-six-year-old wireless operator on board one of the ships. A story of courage, luck, and heroism at sea. Air Date : 15th-Feb-1999 Read More
At 4:00am on March 28, 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suddenly overheated, releasing radioactive gasses. During the ensuing tension-packed week, scientists scrambled to prevent the nightmare of a meltdown, officials rushed in to calm public fears, and thousands of residents fled to emergency shelters. Equipment failure, human error, and bad luck would conspire to create America's worst nuclear accident. Air Date : 22nd-Feb-1999 Read More
In the summer of 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran led the first expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. John Wesley Powell's epic journey into the unknown established the Grand Canyon as a national landmark, and made him a hero. But when he used his fame to argue against the overdevelopment of the West, Powell was attacked. Air Date : 5th-Apr-1999 Read More
Part 1 of a two-part biography of Douglas MacArthur takes "America's first soldier" from his brilliant WWI service into WWII, when his knack for alienating superiors hindered his "return" to the Philippines. Interviewed: biographer Geoffrey Perret; historian Stephen Ambrose; Gen. Vernon Walters (USA Ret.). Air Date : 17th-May-1999 Read More
The conclusion of "MacArthur" focuses on his "return" to the Philippines in 1944, his years as Supreme Allied Commander in Japan after the war and his controversial command in Korea. Interviewed: onetime MacArthur aide Alexander Haig; historian David McCullough Air Date : 18th-May-1999 Read More
During WWII, more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the U.S. military. Wives, mothers, actresses and debutantes who joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) test-piloted aircraft, ferried planes and logged 60 million miles in the air. Thirty-eight women died in service. But the opportunity to play a critical role in the war effort was abruptly canceled by politics and resentment, and it would be 30 years before women would again break the sex barrier in the skies. Air Date : 24th-May-1999 Read More
Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy 2025 - Movies (May 8th)
The Match 2025 - Movies (May 8th)
A Murder in Oakland Beauty is Deadly 2025 - Movies (May 7th)
Captain America Brave New World 2025 - Movies (May 7th)
Resurrecting Legends The Rebirth of the MK IV 2025 - Movies (May 7th)
Black Bag 2025 - Movies (May 7th)
Planet B 2024 - Movies (May 6th)
Betray Thirst 2025 - Movies (May 6th)
Desert Fiends 2024 - Movies (May 6th)
The Blessing and the Curse 2025 - Movies (May 6th)
Untold Shooting Guards 2025 - Movies (May 6th)
David Spade Dandelion 2025 - Movies (May 6th)
Sneaks 2025 - Movies (May 6th)
Warfare 2025 - Movies (May 6th)
Broke 2025 - Movies (May 6th)
The Ballad of Wallis Island 2025 - Movies (May 6th)
The Luckiest Man in America 2024 - Movies (May 6th)
Little Empty Boxes 2024 - Movies (May 6th)
Nexus to Disclosure the Truth Is Classified 2025 - Movies (May 5th)
I Shall Not Hate 2024 - Movies (May 5th)
The Seat 2025 - Movies (May 5th)
The Voice - (May 7th)
Someday at a Place in the Sun - (May 7th)
Tribunal Justice - (May 7th)
Australian Crime Stories- The Investigators - (May 7th)
Deadline- White House - (May 6th)
Our Farm Next Door- Amanda, Clive and Kids - (May 6th)
The Honesty Box - (May 6th)
Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer - (May 6th)
Who Do You Think You Are - (May 6th)
The Young and the Restless - (May 6th)
Piers Morgan Uncensored - (May 6th)
Scotlands Home of the Year - (May 6th)
Katy Tur Reports - (May 6th)
The Bold and the Beautiful - (May 6th)
Chris Jansing Reports - (May 6th)
The Bidding Room - (May 6th)
Taskmaster - (May 6th)
Narrow Escapes - (May 6th)
The Cheap Seats - (May 6th)
Farmer Wants a Wife - (May 6th)