History Detectives RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.org/en-ushttp://video.pbs.org/Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:41:57 -0500Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:41:57 -0500http://video.pbs.org/video/1242407331/Could these music plates be the originals for "Take the A Train?" How is a stamp connected to the landmark civil rights case of the "Scottsboro Boys?" Has the discovery of an old bridge abutment changed the location of an historic site?http://video.pbs.org/video/1242407331/Tue, 8 Sep 2009 03:11:27 -0700Performing ArtsPerforming Arts/MusicDuke Ellington Plates; "Scottsboro Boys" Stamp; Civil War Bridgetv-gCivil Rights, civil war, Duke Ellington, Take the A Train, Billy StrayhornPerforming ArtsPerforming Arts/Musichttp://video.pbs.org/video/1237365939/Did a South Carolina man discover evidence that could redraw Civil War maps? Host Elyse Luray goes to Columbia to investigate.http://video.pbs.org/video/1237365939/Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:11:25 -0700HistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/United StatesHistory/War & EspionageDid a South Carolina man discover evidence that could redraw Civil War maps?nrHistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/United StatesHistory/War & Espionagehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1229733006/What happened to a WWII POW who sketched portraits at the German camp Stalag 17B? What's the story behind photographs of the Seadrome project? Was an old artillery shell involved in an attack on Black Tom Island?http://video.pbs.org/video/1229733006/Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:50:43 -0700HistoryHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesStalag 17 Portrait; Seadrome; Black Tom Shelltv-gterrorism, aviation, World War II, POW, Stalig 17, seadrome, Black TomHistoryHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1222519402/Are six large paintings part of a mural project commissioned by the WPA? Why would abolitionist White Matlack own a miniature profile of George Washington? Is a piece of paper a fragment of a Japanese Balloon Bomb?http://video.pbs.org/video/1222519402/Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:05:12 -0700HistoryHistory/18th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesWPA Mural Studies; George Washington Miniature; Japanese Balloon Bombtv-gNew Deal, World War II, George Washington, WPA, Diego Rivera, Thelma JohnsonHistoryHistory/18th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1225136322/The Germans shot down George Silva's plane during World War II, and he spent the rest of the war in Stalag 17. George paid one potato and two onions for one of his fellow POWs to sketch his portrait. Sixty-five years later George wants to know what happened to the artist. Did he survive the prison camp?http://video.pbs.org/video/1225136322/Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:59:22 -0700HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesWhat happened to a WWII POW who sketched portraits at the German Camp Stalag 17?nrHistoryHistory/20th & 21st Centurieshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1207114355/Could a World War II souvenir be a dagger that belonged to Benito Mussolini? Could references in family letters refer to a post-slavery exodus to Liberia? Was a little black box a Civilian Warning Device for nuclear attacks?http://video.pbs.org/video/1207114355/Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:29:39 -0700HistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesMussolini Dagger; Liberia Letter; N.E.A.R. Devicetv-gCold War, World War II, Liberia, Mussolini, Italian historyHistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United Stateshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1192734705/Could this be a piece of Amelia Earhart�??s lost airplane? Why did an obscure court case about an unknown Native American matter to a US President? Was this unusual home made from a boxcar?http://video.pbs.org/video/1192734705/Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:46:25 -0700HistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesTechnologyTechnology/AviationAmelia Earhart Plane; Fillmore Pardon; Boxcar Hometv-gNative American, World War II, aviation history, Amelia Earhart, Lockheed Electra, Millard Fillmore, presidential pardons, railroad historyHistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesTechnologyTechnology/Aviationhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1188921823/Watch a preview for the Monday, July 27th, episode of History Detectives. A Colorado couple makes an unusual discovery in their basement, is their home made from a boxcar? Host Gwendolyn Wright investigates.http://video.pbs.org/video/1188921823/Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:55:10 -0700HistoryHistory/United StatesA Colorado couple makes an unusual discovery in their basement.nrHistoryHistory/United Stateshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1185284483/Did this recording play a part in the infamous trial of "Tokyo Rose?" Could this be a photograph of the Lakota warrior Crazy Horse? Could this diary reveal the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War II?http://video.pbs.org/video/1185284483/Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:30:40 -0700HistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesTokyo Rose Recording; Crazy Horse Photo; World War II DiarynrNative American, World War II, Tokyo Rose, Crazy Horse, Lakota, Smithsonian InstitutionHistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1176774004/Why were babies exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair? How are these photos linked to an early movie mogul? Did the weaver of this Southwestern rug violate a taboo?http://video.pbs.org/video/1176774004/Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:58:03 -0700HistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/The AmericasHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesSideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo Rugnrnavajo, Native American, incubator, Peirre Budin, Birth of a Nation, Herbert Lubin, filmmaking, weavingHistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/The AmericasHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1173229614/This segment, part of Season 7 Episode 4, will have its TV premiere on Monday, July 13, 9-10 p.m. on PBS. In 1933, a baby so tiny her parents cradled her in a shoebox is whisked away by the Chicago Board of Health and put on display in an incubator at the Chicago World's Fair. Elyse Luray folllows this personal story to the bizarre beginnings of life-saving medical technology.http://video.pbs.org/video/1173229614/Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:57:18 -0700HistoryHistory/United StatesTiny babies are put on display in an incubator at the Chicago World's Fair.nrHistoryHistory/United Stateshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1169415042/Was this gun used in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre? Does this letter reveal a Booth plot to assassinate Andrew Jackson? How is this explosive device connected to grave robbing and cadaver dissecting?http://video.pbs.org/video/1169415042/Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:24:28 -0700HistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesSt. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery AlarmnrChicago, John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Tommy Gun, St. Valentine Day Massacre, grave robberHistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1162509522/Did a Manhattan Project insider sell his invention to the government for a single dollar? Is this huge block of beeswax linked to a ship that wrecked 300 years ago? Could this French manuscript solve a family mystery?http://video.pbs.org/video/1162509522/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:34:00 -0700HistoryHistory/18th CenturyHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesManhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poemstv-gCreole, World War II, Mahattan Project, Spanish shipwreckHistoryHistory/18th CenturyHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United Stateshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1143720703/Did Thomas Edison invent this machine to unlock the secrets of the dead? What went wrong on Cat Island? Was the owner of this watch fob witness to Francisco "Pancho" Villa's infamous 1916 raid?http://video.pbs.org/video/1143720703/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:49:53 -0700HistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesPsychophone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fobtv-pgNew Mexico, Thomas Edison, Pancho Villa, psychophone, World War IIHistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/United StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1148394447/Investigating strange and mysterious objects from the past take the History Detectives down the seldom explored avenues of our history. The seventh season of the popular series debuts on Monday, June 22 at 9-10 p.m.. New episodes air all summer on Monday evenings at 9 p.m. (check local listings)http://video.pbs.org/video/1148394447/Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:38:59 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesInvestigating strange and mysterious objects from the past.nrCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1143155958/Did this record play a dramatic role in the Allied victory during the Second World War? Does this letter link an American President to the high seas piracy of the 1800s? What is the meaning of the markings on a silver bar found in a Spanish shipwreck?http://video.pbs.org/video/1143155958/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:28:00 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesBlueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silvertv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1143148473/Are these the remains of a navy schooner that fought with the mighty British Empire? How is this Connecticut farmhouse connected to the assassination of a Russian tsar? Is this painting an unknown work by an immigrant poet whose words inspired a generation?http://video.pbs.org/video/1143148473/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:27:23 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesShipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Paintingtv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1143102719/Do these pages open the book on a President who built a nation as his son fell into ruin? / What does this silver spoon have to do with the largest mass execution in U.S. history? Is this piece of fabric from the first transatlantic flight, eight years before Lindbergh?http://video.pbs.org/video/1143102719/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:27:41 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesJohn Adams Book; Mankato Spoon; NC-4: First Across The Atlantictv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1142999794/Is this shell from a devastating act of foreign sabotage on U.S. soil? Did this farmhouse door sail into battle in one of America's greatest naval victories? Did this unassuming house protect an American colony from attack almost 300 years ago?http://video.pbs.org/video/1142999794/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:27:58 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesBlack Tom Shell; USS Olympia Glass; Front Street Blockhousetv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1142999769/Was this device snatched from the burning wreckage of the ill-fated zeppelin? Is this stamp connected to a moment when the military bore weapons against fellow soldiers? Did this bell sit ringside at the world's first boxing superstar's legendary match?http://video.pbs.org/video/1142999769/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:27:41 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesHindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Belltv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1140593327/Can the symbols on this unusual item of clothing help identify a marine? Was this mobile home part of a modern-day wagon train halfway across the world? Could this piece of sheet music have come from Abraham Lincoln's private collection?http://video.pbs.org/video/1140593327/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:27:40 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesChina Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgerytv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1140369933/Is this scrap of fabric evidence of a secret wartime attack on the United States' mainland? Why did some New Yorkers plan a high society circus during the Great Depression? Could a box found in a dumpster hold information about the founding of a top-secret Presidential retreat?http://video.pbs.org/video/1140369933/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:27:39 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesJapanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Lettertv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1139152390/Is this peculiar flag one that African-American soldiers marched under in the war to end all wars? Is this painting an original depiction of Native American life from one of the premiere painters of the American West? Was this building a safe haven for persecuted immigrants, or a hub for organized crime?http://video.pbs.org/video/1139152390/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:27:57 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesRed Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tongtv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibleshttp://video.pbs.org/video/1138240842/Does this diary hold the key to understanding the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War II? Was this coin a target for one of the Wild West's most popular female sharpshooters? Is this tattered book a true account of female slavery in the old West?http://video.pbs.org/video/1138240842/Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:28:04 -0700CultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & CollectiblesWorld War II Diary; 1856 Mormon Tale; Annie Oakley Cointv-pgCultureCulture/Hobbies & CollectingHome & How-ToHome & How-To/Antiques & Collectibles