History Detectives RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgWed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:42 -0400Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:42 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/2364988919/Charles Burns of Bakersfield, purchased this leather bound edition of Life and Adventures of Kit Carson at the estate sale of a Wild West book collector. Leafing through the book Charles was amazed to find the names of Kit Carson’s family written in a page near the center. Tukufu Zuberi takes on the challenge to find out whether this book once belonged to the Kit Carson family.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364988919/04/01/2013Did this antique biography once belong to Kit Carson’s family?nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2354955653/We investigate four stories from the American West. Did this biography of legendary frontiersman Kit Carson once belong to members of his family? Then, a rodeo saddle tells the story of movie stuntman Yakima Canutt. Discover the meaning behind an inscription on sheet music of the popular western song Tumbling Tumbleweeds? Did a pivotal character in the Modoc Indian wars weave this basket?http://video.pbs.org/video/2354955653/03/22/2013The History Detectives investigate four stories from the American West.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364035101/The History Detectives investigate four stories from the American West. 4/2/2013http://video.pbs.org/video/2364035101/03/29/2013Premieres Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364988964/Musician Gene Newberry cherishes a plaque he owns with the sheet music and 45 recording of the Sons of the Pioneers’ iconic song, Tumbling Tumbleweeds. But it contains a mysterious inscription by original band member, Bob Nolan: “To Fred – This was the second song I wrote – 1932. It has been both good and bad to me. Bob Nolan.” Hosts Eduardo Pagán and Elyse Luray investigate the story.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364988964/04/01/2013We investigate the tragic story behind the most famous cowboy song ever.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2327514493/Archive footage of the Sons of the Pioneers performing Tumbling Tumbleweeds.http://video.pbs.org/video/2327514493/01/21/2013Archive footage of the Sons of the Pioneers performing Tumbling Tumbleweeds.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2276776060/Exclusive for History Detectives. Rusty Richards performs 'So You Want to be a Cowboy'.http://video.pbs.org/video/2276776060/09/07/2012Exclusive for History Detectives. Rusty Richards performs 'So You Want to be a Cowboy'.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286287843/In this excerpt from the Kit Carson Biography investigation, History Detective Tukufu Zuberi meets with fellow detective Wes Cowan to discuss Kit Carson’s background. They inspect a copy of Kit Carson’s autobiography and confirm that it is a first edition of the book. Zuberi then meets with David Remly, a writer who has researched Kit Carson and his family extensively.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286287843/10/03/2012Tukufu Zuberi meets with fellow detective Wes Cowan to discuss Kit Carson's background.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286294205/History Detective Eduardo Pagan provides background on Bob Nolan, a member of the Sons of the Pioneers and the writer of “Tumbling Tumbleweeds.” A former member of the Sons of the Pioneers explains how the song was written and how popular it became. Fred Goodwin, a collector of Western memorabilia, gives his theory as to why the song was so popular during the Great Depression.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286294205/10/03/2012Eduardo Pagan provides background on Bob Nolan, a member of the Sons of the Pioneers.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2327537224/Archive footage of Vietnam War protesters in 1966. Various people speak to their reasons for protesting the Vietnam War, including opposing the draft, believing the war in Vietnam is a Revolution and should be left to the Vietnamese.http://video.pbs.org/video/2327537224/01/21/2013Archive footage of Vietnam War protesters in 1966nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2327520689/Archive - Excerpted from “Integration Report,” made in 1960, showing African American students arrested for staging a sit-in at a local lunch counterhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2327520689/01/21/2013Integration Report, 1960, showing African American students arrested for staging a sit-innrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2327519108/Archive footage of President Franklin Roosevelt explains the threat of Nazi spies within the United States.http://video.pbs.org/video/2327519108/01/21/2013President Franklin Roosevelt explains the threat of Nazi spies within the United States.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2327516882/Archive propaganda film showing what can happen when the enemy gains access to military secrets.http://video.pbs.org/video/2327516882/01/21/2013Archive propaganda film - what can happen when the enemy gains access to military secrets.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286035458/History Detective Wes Cowan talks with translator Merle Pribbenow, who translates passages from the diary of a Vietnamese soldier. The diary tells of the soldier’s grueling journey through Laos, over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and reveals his personal motivations for fighting.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286035458/10/02/2012Wes Cowan talks with translator Merle Pribbenow, who translates passages from the diary.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285609633/Eduardo talks to James Jamerson Jr about his father prominent base playing and how before Motown the base was barely heard.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285609633/10/01/2012Eduardo talks to James Jamerson Jr about his father prominent base playing.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285605902/In this clip, History Detective Eduardo Pagan provides background on Motown Records and James Jamerson, the bass player for the Funk Brothers, Motown’s house band. He interviews Tim Hewitt and Ufuoma Wallace, Motown experts who explain how the Motown Sound, in part generated by Jamerson’s bass style, made history.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285605902/10/01/2012Eduardo Pagan provides background on Motown Records and James Jamerson.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyMedia & TechnologyMedia & TechnologyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285587606/Elyse Luray talks with Jonathan Taplin, one of Dylan’s roadies who was at Newport, and argues that Dylan did not sell out but made a gigantic artistic leap forward.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285587606/10/01/2012Elyse Luray talks with Jonathan Taplin, one of Dylan’s roadies who was at Newport.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285583824/History Detective Elyse Luray talks with Bob Dylan expert Andy Greene, who describes the historic night at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 when Dylan first played electric guitar.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285583824/10/01/2012Elyse Luray talks with Bob Dylan expert Andy Greene.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286026087/In this episode excerpt, History Detective Eduardo Pagan interviews two participants in the 1960 sit-ins in Winston-Salem, NC: Carl Matthews, who desegregated the lunch counters, and Bill Stevens, a white man who supported and was arrested with Matthews. Matthews and Stevens describe what it was like to be a part of the Civil Rights Movement and the strategies they used.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286026087/10/02/2012Eduardo Pagan interviews two participants in the 1960 sit-ins in Winston-SalemnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286041907/In this episode, History Detective Tukufu Zuberi is the one asking for help. Tukufu comes to host Elyse Luray for help learning about the origins of an amazing World War I poster he owns. The poster shows an African-American soldier bravely fighting German soldiers. Tukufu thinks it was a recruitment poster for the United States Army, but Elyse isn’t so sure.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286041907/10/02/2012Tukufu comes to Elyse for help learning about the origins of an amazing WWI poster he ownsnrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286302232/History Detective Eduardo Pagan attempts to trace the life of a single slave known only as Willoby. In this episode excerpt, he uses property records, wills and historical censuses to recreate a timeline of her life.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286302232/10/03/2012Eduardo Pagan attempts to trace the life of a single slave known only as Willoby.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285630181/Elyse speaks to criminology professor Alex Gerould about the wanted scrapbook.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285630181/10/01/2012Elyse speaks to criminology professor Alex Gerould about the wanted scrapbook.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285625067/Clint Black meets History Detective Elyse Luray and tells her how he came to own this crumbling scrapbook.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285625067/10/01/2012Clint Black meets Elyse Luray and tells her how he came to own this book.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286016626/History detective Eduardo Pagan searches through microfiche at the public library in order to find articles related to the Nazi spy ring that Jim so vividly remembers. He finds record of the arrest of Dr. Fred W. Thomas, a German-born obstetrician, and a counter-spy named Grace Buchanan-Deneen. Pagan then provides background on fears of sabotage and espionage during World War II.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286016626/10/02/2012Eduardo Pagan searches through microfiche at the public library.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2286032677/In this excerpt from Bootlegger's notebook, cocktail expert David Wondrich describes New York in the 1890s as a “wide open town.” The culture of saloons led to many patrons drinking far too much alcohol and the saloon owners sometimes serving wood alcohol—a potentially lethal drink—to satisfy the demand.http://video.pbs.org/video/2286032677/10/02/2012In this clip, cocktail expert David Wondrich describes New York saloons in the 1890s.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285976369/Wes Cowan meets with Joel Shockley, a park guide at the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, who describes what took place at the Battle of the Washita.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285976369/10/02/2012Wes Cowan meets with Joel Shockley, a park guide at the Washita Battlefield.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesParentsParentsEducationEducationCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285966929/History Detective Wes Cowan meets with Jerry Greene, a historian of the Indian Wars, who provides background on the Battle of the Washita. Greene explains the conflicts within the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes as well as the conflict with the white settlers.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285966929/10/02/2012History Detective Wes Cowan meets with Jerry Greene, a historian of the Indian Wars.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2097324181/The scrawled notes in the margins of this 1775 Almanac give History Detectives host Elyse Luray rare, intimate insight into how conflicting loyalties may have strained personal relationships during the Revolution. Elyse sets out to learn who wrote this diary. What role did the author play in the Revolutionary War?http://video.pbs.org/video/2097324181/09/06/2011The notes in the margins of this 1775 Almanac tell a family's story of the Revolution.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 9Season 9Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2323356062/While cleaning out her parents’ attic in Kansas, Jeanie Hans found a box of her grandfather’s possessions. Among some books and old gun manuals she found a disturbing document: an 1829 ‘Bill of Sale’ for the purchase of a 17-year old “negro girl” named Willoby. Jeanie wants to know more about this young girl. Jeanie asks host Eduardo Pagán to find out what happened to Willoby.http://video.pbs.org/video/2323356062/01/04/2013Eduardo investigates the life story behind a Bill of Sale for a 17-year old “negro girl.”nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2323355629/In this episode, Eduardo investigates the life story behind with a Bill of Sale for a 17-year old “negro girl.” Gwen traces a powder horn from a muddy Minnesota field to the American Revolution. Elyse asks what role a handwritten score played in the creation of our national anthem. Finally, notes in a 1775 Almanac tell how conflicting loyalties strained family ties during the Revolution.http://video.pbs.org/video/2323355629/01/04/2013Eduardo investigates the story behind a Bill of Sale for a 17-year old “negro girl".tv-gHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 10Season 10Episodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2323356120/Almost a hundred years ago in Bemidji, MN, 10 year-old Joseph Burns wriggled his feet in the mud and felt something solid. He reached down and pulled out a powder horn engraved with these words: For Captain Richard Cobb-1762. After all these years, Joseph’s son Robert takes his question to host Gwen Wright: Who is Captain Richard Cobb and what is the story behind this horn?http://video.pbs.org/video/2323356120/01/04/2013What is the story behind an engraved horn found in a Minnesota field?tv-gHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 10Season 10Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2322678021/See stories concerning an early American bill of sale, a powder horn, the “Star Spangled Banner” and a 1775 almanac. 1/8/2013http://video.pbs.org/video/2322678021/01/02/2013Premieres Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-ToAntiques & CollectiblesAntiques & CollectiblesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2323356137/A Eugene, Oregon woman was helping her father pack up his house when she found a yellowed document tucked away inside his desk for nearly sixty years. It is a handwritten manuscript for the The Star Spangled Banner which her father got in 1935 as a gift from his mentor, Arnold J. Gantvoort. Elyse Luray sets out to determine what role this document played in the creation of our national anthem.http://video.pbs.org/video/2323356137/01/04/2013Was this handwritten sheet of music central to deciding our national anthem?nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 10Season 10Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285035194/For 46 years, Bob Frazure has wanted to return the small, red diary he took off a dead Vietnam soldier’s chest. Now Bob has asked Wes Cowan to find the soldier’s hometown and return the diary to his family. The search becomes part of a profound international exchange as U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gets involved to present the document to Vietnam’s Minister of Defense.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285035194/09/28/2012Wes searches for the family of a fallen North Vietnamese soldier.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285042567/In this episode, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer helps us find the details behind the heroic acts pictured in a poster about two WWI African American soldiers. Then, do we have a hand-drawn map of Valley Forge that George Washington used during the American Revolution? Finally we investigate an early first transistor radios ever made and a business card’s link to Prohibition-era underworld crime.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285042567/09/28/2012U.S. Senator Charles Schumer helps Tukufu track down the true story behind a WWI poster.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictSeason 10Season 10Episodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285052239/Joe Bidwell still remembers buying his first Motorola transistor radio in 1959 and the freedom he felt listening to music with a radio he could fit in his pocket. Now Joe owns a Regency TR-1, the first transistor radio model made in 1954. His has a serial number of 2067, which Joe thinks seems very low. Joe asks Tukufu Zuberi to find out whether he has one of the first transistor radios ever madhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285052239/09/28/2012A Tucson man wonders if he has one of the first transistor radios ever made.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285049039/The roles are switched for an investigation of a WW1-era poster owned by Tukufu Zuberi. Titled Our Colored Heroes, text on the poster tells an incredible World War I story of bravery in combat by a pair of African American soldiers. Tukufu and fellow host Elyse Luray track down the story, and call on the insight of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer to answer Tukufu’s question.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285049039/09/28/2012Tukufu and fellow host Elyse Luray track down the true story behind a WWI poster.tv-gHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285050331/The Newport Historical Society discovered a faded, hand drawn map of Valley Forge among the papers of John Austin Stevens, who founded the Sons of the Revolution in 1876 to preserve the history of the Revolutionary War. John Austin Stevens’ grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. Did General Washington hold this map in his hands during the critical winter at Valley Forge?http://video.pbs.org/video/2285050331/09/28/2012Did George Washington hold this map during the critical winter at Valley Forge?nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictSeason 10Season 10Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285822266/Explore stories about a WWI poster, a map of Valley Forge, a transistor radio and a 70-year-old business card. 10/9/2012http://video.pbs.org/video/2285822266/10/01/2012Premieres Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryCivilizationsCivilizationsModernModernUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2285035744/Kevin fondly recalls spending time as a kid with his very wealthy Great Uncle Mike. Sifting through a box of old books, Kevin came across a small, leather-bound journal of his. Inside, were handwritten instructions for making large quantities of liquor. Kevin wonders if his uncle earned his money as a Prohibition era bootlegger. He asks Elyse to find the facts behind this mysterious journal.http://video.pbs.org/video/2285035744/09/28/2012A journal of liquor recipes makes a man wonder if his uncle was a prohibition bootlegger.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 10Season 10Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2146512098/Who were "Two Lance and Wife" and "Luke Big Turnip and Wife?" And why did the New York Motion Picture Company pay them each week? Two California teens found the 1914 ledger in their great grandfather's attic. They ask HISTORY DETECTIVES host Eduardo Pagan to find out how these Native Americans earned their pay. Did Hollywood treat them fairly?http://video.pbs.org/video/2146512098/10/05/2011What will this ledger tell us about how Hollywood treated Indian actors?nrFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 9Season 9Season 10Season 10Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2283108121/Get the facts about a Vietnamese soldier’s diary, a bootlegger’s notebook and a Hollywood Indian ledger. 10/2/2012http://video.pbs.org/video/2283108121/09/24/2012Premieres Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesHistoryHistoryModernModernUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2284993448/In this episode, can History Detectives return the diary of a fallen North Vietnamese soldier to that veteran’s family? Then, a notebook full of recipes for large volumes of liquor makes an Indiana man wonder if his rich uncle was a Prohibition-era bootlegger. And what can an old ledger tell us about how Hollywood treated Native American actors?http://video.pbs.org/video/2284993448/09/28/2012Wes searches for the family of a fallen North Vietnamese soldier.tv-gHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 10Season 10Episodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2278232039/Watch the preview of this upcoming History Detectives episode. Where History Detectives investigate an emotional story that for the first time in the history of the show involves international diplomacy.http://video.pbs.org/video/2278232039/09/12/2012Watch the preview of this upcoming History Detectives episode.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2275669072/Discover what goes on behind the scenes on History Detectives with our hosts, Eduado pagán, Elyse Luray, Gwen Wright, Tukufu Zuberi and Wes Cowan.http://video.pbs.org/video/2275669072/09/04/2012Discover what goes on behind the scenes on History Detectives with our hosts.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2275645672/History Detectives host, Eduardo Pagán takes us around a cactus farm in Arizona.http://video.pbs.org/video/2275645672/09/04/2012History Detectives host, Eduardo Pagán takes us around a Cactus farm in Arizona.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2275639624/History Detectives host, Gwen Wright talks us through her unique style and fashion.http://video.pbs.org/video/2275639624/09/04/2012History Detectives host, Gwen Wright talks us through her unique style and fashion.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2262419420/Get the facts about a disputed picture frame, Woolworth signs, German toy soldiers and a book of liquor recipes. 8/7/2012http://video.pbs.org/video/2262419420/07/31/2012Premieres Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyModernModernUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2273938115/History Detectives host, Tukufu Zuberi takes us hat shopping. Ever since Tukufu saw a photograph of his grandfather wearing a fedora he knew he wanted to wear hats. Tukufu gives us his top tips on buying the right hat.http://video.pbs.org/video/2273938115/08/29/2012History Detectives host, Tukufu Zuberi takes us hat shopping.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2271328450/In this clip from Season 3, we find Wes up in the air in a hot air balloon as he finds out more about Prof. Lowe, a fascinating professor who launched the country's first aeronautic division by inflating his hot air balloon, The Enterprise, on the lawn of President Lincoln's White House.http://video.pbs.org/video/2271328450/08/22/2012In this clip from Season 3, we find Wes up in the air in a hot air balloon!nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2271007665/History Detectives host, Wes Cowan opens the doors to his auction house and allows us to take a look around.http://video.pbs.org/video/2271007665/08/21/2012History Detectives host, Wes Cowan opens the doors to his auction house.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2258927816/Uncover information about Clint Black’s book of posters, a slide of Bettie Page and the original Hollywood sign. 8/21/2012http://video.pbs.org/video/2258927816/07/20/2012Airs Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsHistoryHistoryGeneaologyGeneaologyModernModernUnited StatesUnited StatesWorldWorldPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2267101854/History Detectives host, Elyse Luray talks about her collectables and provides some tips on how to start collecting.http://video.pbs.org/video/2267101854/08/14/2012History Detectives host, Elyse Luray talks about her collectables.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2267095311/History Detectives host Wes Cowan talks about fakes and explains what happens when fake or stolen artifacts turn up his auction house.http://video.pbs.org/video/2267095311/08/14/2012History Detectives host Wes Cowan talks about fakes.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2258322913/Learn the real stories behind a set of Civil War-era pistols, K.K.K. Records and a battered Ampeg B-15 amp. 8/14/2012http://video.pbs.org/video/2258322913/07/19/2012Airs Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.nrHistoryHistoryModernModernUnited StatesUnited StatesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2264343193/Watch this extended interview with Civil Rights activists, Carl Matthews and Bill Stevens. On February 23, 1960, African-American students from Winston-Salem Teachers College and white students from Wake Forest College entered the Woolworth on North Liberty Street and sat at the lunch counter...http://video.pbs.org/video/2264343193/08/06/2012Watch this extended interview with Civil Rights activists, Carl Matthews and Bill Stevens.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2264469102/Robert and Cathy were told that their great-grandfather worked on a ship recovering bodies after the Titanic sank. When his ship the Lusitania was torpedoed in 1915, he grabbed a floating piece of wood and had it made into a frame. Robert believes the frame was made from a piece of the Titanic whereas Cathy heard it was made from the Lusitania. They ask Elyse to help them figure out the truth.http://video.pbs.org/video/2264469102/08/06/2012Was this picture frame crafted from wood from the Titanic, the Lusitania, or neither?nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 10Season 10Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2264466371/In this episode, was this picture frame was crafted from wood from the Titanic, the Lusitania, or neither? Were these Woolworth signs at the 1960 Winston-Salem lunch-counter sit-ins? And, for 70 years the owner of these toy soldiers has wondered if the father of his childhood friend was a Nazi spy.http://video.pbs.org/video/2264466371/08/06/2012Was this picture frame crafted from wood from the Titanic, the Lusitania, or neither?nrHome & How-ToHome & How-ToAntiques & CollectiblesAntiques & CollectiblesSeason 10Season 10Episodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2264472384/Growing up in Detroit during WWII, Jim played toy soldiers with his best friend, Fritz. The toys they played with bared a special mark “Lineol – Germany.” Jim vividly remembers on a summer afternoon in 1943 hearing a newspaper boy yell “Extra! Nazi spy ring broken in Detroit!” Fritz’s family soon moved away and Jim never saw him again. Was Fritz’s father a Nazi spy? Jim asks Eduardo to find out.http://video.pbs.org/video/2264472384/08/06/2012The owner of these toy soldiers asks: was his childhood friend's father a Nazi spy?nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 10Season 10Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2264470148/Matt thinks he may have snatched up a remnant of American Civil Rights history. Perusing Craig’s List, Matt saw an ad for two “F.W. Woolworth Co.” signs. The seller claims he helped clean out a closed Winston-Salem store in the 1990s. Matt aks Tukufu to find out whether these signs were at the Winston-Salem Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in.http://video.pbs.org/video/2264470148/08/06/2012Tukufu wonders if these Woolworth signs were at the 1960 Winston-Salem lunch-counter sit-inrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSeason 10Season 10Segmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2261437792/In this episode we investigate an evocative symbol of a bird dropping a bomb. Did these patches belong to a World War II unit? Then, Gwen connects a swatch of tattered red fabric to a pivotal moment in U.S. Civil War history. And, did this neckpiece and these leggings once belong to Chief Black Kettle, long known as a Cheyenne Peace Chief? Finally, did President Lincoln actually sign this oath?http://video.pbs.org/video/2261437792/07/27/2012We investigate WWII era patches with an evocative symbol of a bird dropping a bomb.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesHome & How-ToHome & How-ToAntiques & CollectiblesAntiques & CollectiblesSeason 10Season 10Episode