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Bill Moyers | The Journal: LBJ's Road to War

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:50:33 -0800

As President Obama prepares to announce how many more troops he will send to Afghanistan, Bill Moyers remembers the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the agonizing decisions that escalated America's involvement in Vietnam. Through Johnson's secret tapes of phone calls and conversations, and his own reminiscences, Moyers recalls the events that plunged us ever deeper into war.

PBS Presents | Lost Cave Temples

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:28:27 -0800

In a remote corner of the Himalaya, in the forbidden kingdom of Mustang, a team of climbers scale cliffs to climb into mysterious caves for the first time and discover ancient cave temples lost to the modern world.

NOVA | Becoming Human Part 3

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:05:39 -0800

The third hour of NOVA's comprehensive, three-part special "Becoming Human" examines why, of the many species of humans that once shared the globe, only our species, Homo sapiens, remains.

Tavis Smiley | Gail Collins: Monday, 11/16/09

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:49:42 -0800

Writer Gail Collins talks about her book, When Everything Changed, and comments on the significance of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Antiques Roadshow | Louisville, Hour 3

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:11:06 -0800

At the Embroiderer's Guild of America in Louisville, Kentucky, appraiser Nancy Druckman shows host Mark L. Walberg samples of antique needlework crafted by school girls. Highlights include: a rare, circa 1910 Dirk Van Erp lamp; an 1876 portrait Jumeau doll with almost all original parts; and a Kentucky corner cupboard made of locally grown wood and valued at $8,500.

American Experience | Surviving the Dust Bowl

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:38:57 -0800

The story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease and even death for nearly a decade.

Tavis Smiley | Bruce Feiler: Thursday, 11/12/2009

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:28:47 -0800

Best-selling author Bruce Feiler talks about his critically acclaimed book on the life of Moses, "America's Prophet".

POV | The Way We Get By - Filmmaker Interview

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:47:32 -0800

Filmmakers Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly talk about their film, The Way We Get By, which takes an intimate look at three elderly troop greeters in Maine, one of whom is Gaudet's mother Joan. The filmmakers talk about how they became close to the characters, what sending a loved one off to war means and what we can all learn from the troop greeters. The film airs on Nov 11th on PBS at 9PM

Secrets of the Dead | The Airmen and the Headhunters

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:24:51 -0800

In 1944, a U.S. bomber was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft fire, and the crew ejected and parachuted into the wilderness. They were taken in and protected by members of the Dayak tribe - the "wild men of Borneo," who were infamous for their custom of hunting and smoking enemy heads. Months later, the airmen were found by an eccentric British Major who devised an ingenious plan to rescue the men.

POV | The Way We Get By

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:07:28 -0800

For the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting over 900,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine. Take an intimate look at three of these greeters as they confront the universal losses that come with aging and rediscover their reason for living.

NOVA | Becoming Human Part 2

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:08:30 -0800

The second hour of NOVA's comprehensive, three-part special "Becoming Human" examines new discoveries that reveal how the first humans hunted and formed families.

Antiques Roadshow | Louisville, Hour 2

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:58:49 -0800

At the historic Civil War battle site in Perryville, Kentucky, host Mark L. Walberg is joined by appraiser Rafael Eledge, who instructs collectors on how to avoid falling for a fake Confederate belt buckle. Highlights include: an heirloom Kentucky sugar chest; and a pair of boxing gloves signed twice by Muhammad Ali -- once as Cassius Clay in 1963, and again as Muhammad Ali forty years later.

American Masters | Outtakes from Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:06:41 -0800

Louisa May Alcott's reputation as a morally upstanding spinster, reflecting the conventional propriety of late 19th Century Concord, is firmly established. However, raised among reformers, the intellectual protege of Emerson and Hawthorne and Thoreau, Alcott was actually a free thinker, with democratic ideals and progressive values about women.

Antiques Roadshow | Louisville, Hour 1

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:25:33 -0800

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is in Louisville, Kentucky, birthplace of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and the Muhammad Ali Center, where Mark and appraiser Mike Gutierrez talk about collecting memorabilia of the former World Heavyweight Champion. Highlights include: an early nineteenth-century embroidered silk mourning picture; an heirloom mint julep cup; and original cover art for The Saturday Evening Post.

American Experience | The Civilian Conservation Corps

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:33:22 -0800

The CCC was President Roosevelt's answer to the environmental and economic challenges facing the country. Enlisting 250,000 workers in just two months, the CCC was an ambitious undertaking that brought several government agencies together in the effort.

Tavis Smiley | Robin D. G. Kelley: Monday, 10/26

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:14:27 -0700

Cultural historian Robin D. G. Kelley shares stories from his new biography of Thelonious Monk.

American Experience | The Crash of 1929

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:21:19 -0700

Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich.

Bill Moyers | The Journal: Judge Richard Goldstone

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:31:59 -0700

Bill Moyers talks with Justice Richard Goldstone, who headed up the controversial UN Human Rights Council investigation into fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Antiques Roadshow | San Antonio, Hour 2

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:01:12 -0700

Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Beth Szescila visit the Witte Museum's collection of horn furniture, a German craft popularized in nineteenth-century America by Texas maker Wenzel Friedrich. Highlights include: a controversial silver statue of St. Catherine; an heirloom needlepoint sampler; and a massive desk and bookcase, made in the mid-nineteenth-century German-Texan tradition.

Tavis Smiley | Dr. Terrence Roberts: Friday, 10/16

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:42:18 -0700

Dr. Terrence Roberts reflects on the therapeutic process of writing his memoir and whether the "Little Rock Nine" experience was worth it.

Inventing LA | A Newspaper Serves Its Community - Archive Film

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:08:04 -0700

An educational short teaching kids how a story makes the paper. The short breaks down the process on a job by job basis. Each job is described in easy-to-understand detail.

Inventing LA | What is a Company? - LA TIMES Archival Film

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:08:04 -0700

An industrial film from the 1960s that looks into the history and inner workings of Times Mirror, and how Norman Chandler's involvement made Times Mirror the largest publishing empire in the country.

Antiques Roadshow | San Antonio, Hour 1

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:33:37 -0700

Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Christopher Mitchell visit the venerable Buckhorn Saloon and Museum for a discussion of antique colt pistols. Highlights include: a valuable Chinese Tang Dynasty pottery horse; an unusually large Teco vase from Terra Cotta, Illinois; and a collection of rare, early World Series programs, including one for the 1905 World Series, estimated to be worth $12,800.

Bill Moyers | The Journal: America's Economy Reformed?

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:40:47 -0700

Just over a year after economic calamity brought promises of reform to Washington is it business as usual for Wall Street? Former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson and US Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) join Bill Moyers for a report card on the bailouts and to find out whether efforts of reform have been derailed. Bill Moyers remembers his friend, renowned physician and mountaineer Charlie Houston.

NOVA | Darwin's Darkest Hour

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 06:21:46 -0700

NOVA and National Geographic Television present a two-hour drama on the crisis that compelled Darwin to publish his theory of evolution.

Inventing LA | Inventing LA: Full Show

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 03:20:16 -0700

Two-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones chronicles the epic saga of the most powerful family in Los Angeles history: the Chandlers. For four generations, they wielded unique influence through their newspaper, the Los Angeles Times. In their pursuit of personal agendas and civic ideals, they built the city of the future and exposed the dark side of the American Dream. Liev Schreiber narrates.

Inventing LA | LA Times Today

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 03:25:22 -0700

A look at the Times in the late 1970s at the height of its journalistic and financial success under Otis Chandler.

Inventing LA | City of Destiny

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 03:25:23 -0700

Explore the growth of Los Angeles after World War II.

Inventing LA | Nixon Tape

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:13:51 -0700

A recorded phone conversation reveals former President Nixon's opinion of the Chandlers.

Inventing LA | Bombing at the Times

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:49:56 -0700

Unionists explode dynamite at the Times Headquarters during Harrison Gray Otis' reign as publisher.

Inventing LA | California Dreaming

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:50:01 -0700

A look at the lifestyle of a former LA Times' publisher through a montage of archival images.

Inventing LA | Preview

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:18:51 -0700

Antiques Roadshow | Spokane, Hour 3

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:04:41 -0700

Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Bill Mercer visit the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture and its collection of beaded bags, crafted by Indian tribes of the Columbia River region. Highlights include: a circa 1900 Louis XIV-style French clock; a beautifully-preserved nineteenth-century Heriz rug; and a desk and chair used at the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1873.

Botany of Desire | How The Delicious Apple Got Its Name

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:10:06 -0700

The story of a bright red apple that has become an American icon.

The National Parks | PBS Previews

Mon, 25 May 2009 10:43:32 -0700

Filmmaker Ken Burns and his longtime colleague Dayton Duncan take us on a behind the scenes tour of their new PBS series, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA. The team explains why they chose The Parks as their subject, as well as describing their five-year journey through research, scripting, filming and editing the series.

POV | So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:17:02 -0700

The film tells the story of a determined group of teenagers who, more than two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated their homes and scattered their families, return to New Orleans alone and struggle to graduate from high school. A touching and shocking story of the abandoned children of Louisiana, the film is also a bracing portrait of teens who won't be defeated by their abandonment.

Tavis Smiley | Matthew Weiner: Friday, 9/18

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:33:28 -0700

Mad Men creator reflects on the difficulties he faced in the creation of the hit show.

POV | A Healing Art

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:18:22 -0800

Artificial eye makers combine artistry, skill and compassion to rekindle hope for their patients and families. Each eye is a work of art created to be as unique as the individual who wears it. Follow the compelling journey of several patients from a state of fear to a place of hope as they are transformed by caring and capable hands.

Tavis Smiley | Ted Kennedy, Jr. - Wednesday, 9/16

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:41:46 -0700

Ted Kennedy, Jr., son of the late Massachusetts senator, discusses growing up in a political family and handling criticism of his father.

POV | The Principal Story

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:28:55 -0700

A portrait of the challenges facing America's public schools and of the difference a dedicated principal can make. Following two principals over the course of a school year, viewers discover what effective educational leadership looks like in the 21st century. The Principal Story is a production of Nomadic Pictures with funding from The Wallace Foundation. (Available through December 13, 2009)

Tavis Smiley | Ken Burns: Tuesday, 9/15

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:43:40 -0700

Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his latest project, the six-part documentary "The National Parks: America's Best Idea".

Tavis Smiley | Fred Kaplan: Thursday, 9/3

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:09:15 -0700

Journalist Fred Kaplan describe some of the revolutions that made '59 such a pivotal year.

Tavis Smiley | Peter Baker: Wednesday, 9/2

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:28:55 -0700

New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker talks U.S. policy versus politics related to the war in Afghanistan.

History Detectives | Web Extra: Civil War Bridge

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:11:25 -0700

Did a South Carolina man discover evidence that could redraw Civil War maps? Host Elyse Luray goes to Columbia to investigate.

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 10

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:50:43 -0700

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?

Tavis Smiley | Eric Sundquist: Thursday, 8/27

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:59:51 -0700

UCLA professor Eric Sundquist assesses the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 9

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:05:12 -0700

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?

History Detectives | Web Extra: Stalag 17 Portrait

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:59:22 -0700

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?

American Experience | The 1930s Series Preview

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:32:52 -0700

This five-part series examines the political and cultural life of America during a tumultuous decade -- and draws parallels to our current age. Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, the series looks at the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the construction of the Hoover Dam, the catastrophic drought that created the Dust Bowl and an unlikely hero: Seabiscuit.

Tavis Smiley | Don Hewitt Tribute: Wednesday, 8/19

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:05:33 -0700

Tavis pays tribute to "60 Minutes" creator Don Hewitt, including clips from his two appearances on the show.

POV | Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:47:21 -0700

If you thought Minnesota's Mall of America was the world's biggest shopping center, think again. South China Mall is a Vegas-like spectacle built in 2005 that now sits almost entirely empty. In the current economic climate, could this be a symbol of things to come?

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 8

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:29:39 -0700

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?

Tavis Smiley | Corneille: Wednesday, 8/12

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:47:55 -0700

Singer-songwriter Corneille recounts his firsthand experience with the Rwandan genocide.

Time Team America | Fort James, South Dakota

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:42:32 -0700

In 1865, a unit of cavalry soldiers was sent west to keep the peace between incoming pioneer settlers and the Sioux Indians in what is now South Dakota. The soldiers built Fort James, one of the few stone forts on the American frontier. Time Team America traveled to South Dakota to find out how much of the fort survives so that it can be protected for future research.

Antiques Roadshow | Houston, Hour 2

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:03:18 -0700

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark Walberg joins appraiser Beth Sczesila for a tour of Bayou Bend, once home to famed Houston philanthropist and antiques collector Ima Hogg. Highlights: a watch that once belonged to Mickey Mantle; a valuable collection of lithographed orange crate labels; and a 1959 replica of artist Edith Parsons circa 1920 Turtle Baby bronze sculpture, valued at $35,000 to $40,000.

Time Team America | Range Creek, Utah

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:46:27 -0700

Time Team investigates a remote area in eastern Utah that may hold clues to the lives of the Fremont People who lived over 1000 years ago. Most of the sites in the canyon remain virtually untouched, providing a rare opportunity to find out what may have happened to the people who once flourished there.

The Ascent of Money | Part 4: Planet Finance

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:34:00 -0700

Niall Ferguson chronicles the spread of good -- and bad -- financial practices across the globe, and the consequences for all of us.

Tavis Smiley | Berry Gordy (Part 2): Monday, 7/28

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:53:33 -0700

Motown Records founder reflects on working with Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder when they were both children.

Tavis Smiley | Berry Gordy (Part 1): Monday, 7/27

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:25:59 -0700

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy recounts building life around Hitsville U.S.A.

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 6

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:46:25 -0700

Could this be a piece of Amelia Earhartï¿½??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?

Time Team America | New Philadelphia, Illinois

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:12:53 -0700

Beneath farmlands in Western Illinois lie the remains of New Philadelphia, the first American town founded by a free African American prior to the Civil War. Time Team America was invited to help search for the schoolhouse where New Philadelphia's African American children learned to read and write in freedom.

The Ascent of Money | Part 3: Risky Business

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:07:59 -0700

The roots of the insurance industry in Europe; disasters like Hurricane Katrina expose problems in risk management; the history of hedge funds.

History Detectives | Web Extra: Boxcar Home

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:55:10 -0700

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.

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 5

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:30:40 -0700

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?

Bill Moyers | The Journal: Robert Wright on the Idea of God

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:20:16 -0700

In his new book, "The Evolution of God," bestselling author Robert Wright examines how the idea of God has changed through history. Wright sits down with Bill Moyers to discuss why he thinks the notion of God is imperative to a moral society. And, Bill Moyers talks with two environmental activists who are disappointed in Obama's progress on climate change. Plus, a Bill Moyers essay on health care.

The National Parks | Untold Stories: Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:23:15 -0700

Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers highlights the work of Yosemite ranger Shelton Johnson and his rediscovery of the story of the African American soldiers who patrolled the parks of the High Sierra at the turn of the last century. Shelton tells the story in the dramatis personae of a Buffalo Soldier himself, directly engaging visitors in a way that is immediate and often high impact.

Time Team America | Topper, South Carolina

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:08:18 -0700

Deep in South Carolina lies Topper, a remarkable site challenging our understanding of America's first inhabitants. The site is providing material left behind by the Clovis people, but is also challenging theories about when people first came to the American continent. Join Time Team as they hunt for evidence that could shed light on these controversial new theories.

The Ascent of Money | Part 2: Bonds of War

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:53:47 -0700

Niall Ferguson documents the rise of modern finance in Europe and its expansion into the Far East, including the ascendancy of the Rothschilds and bond markets, and the decline of Europe's landed aristocracy.

POV | The Reckoning

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:20:16 -0700

The Reckoning follows International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and his team for three years as he issues arrest warrants in Uganda, puts Congolese warlords on trial, shakes up the Colombian justice system and charges Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur. Will the prosecutor succeed? Will justice prevail?

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 4

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:58:03 -0700

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?

NOW on PBS | Peace and Prosperity in the West Bank?

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:18:55 -0700

Once one of the most dangerous and violent cities in the West Bank, Jenin was the scene of frequent battles between the Israeli military and Palestinian fighters, and was the hometown of more than two dozen suicide bombers. Today, however, there's been a huge turnaround. Jenin is now the center of an international effort to build a safe and economically prosperous Palestinian state.

Tavis Smiley | Mayor-elect James Young: Wednesday, 7/8

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:33:18 -0700

Philadelphia, MS mayor comments on the issues his city faces and reflects on his personal journey into politics.

Wide Angle | Heart of Jenin

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:30:41 -0700

When a Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli soldiers who mistook his toy gun for the real thing, his death could have been just one news story. Instead, Ahmed's parents decision to donate his organs turned tragedy into hope for six Israelis. Heart of Jenin tells the story of Ahmed's tragic death and his father Ismael's journey to visit three of the organ recipients two years later.

The Ascent of Money | Part 1: From Bullion to Bubbles

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:15:40 -0700

Economist and historian Niall Ferguson examines the current global financial crisis in the context of the financial history of the West, Topics in this episode include: the beginnings of moneylending, stocks, bonds and credit.

Tavis Smiley | Berry Gordy: Tuesday, 7/7

Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:06:39 -0700

Tavis revisits his conversation with Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and shows highlights from the Michael Jackson memorial service at Staples Center.

History Detectives | Web Extra: Sideshow Babies

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:57:18 -0700

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.

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 3

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:24:28 -0700

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?

Tavis Smiley | Dr. Michael Eric Dyson & Dr. Cornel West: 6/30

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:53:47 -0700

Professors Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson assess Michael Jackson's cultural and social legacy.

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 2

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:34:00 -0700

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?

Antiques Roadshow | Tampa, Hour 3

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:59:53 -0700

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW steps right up to the toys and posters at Sarasota's Ringling Circus Museum. Highlights include: a circa 1750 Philadelphia dressing table; a circa 1900 Tabriz carpet in the style of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; and a painting by acclaimed nineteenth-century marine artist James E. Buttersworth that could draw $80,000 to $120,000 at auction.

American Experience | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:27:08 -0700

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth.

Antiques Roadshow | Tampa, Hour 2

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:32:21 -0700

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW addresses golf collectibles at the Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay. Highlights include: two pieces of early 20th-century Marblehead pottery; a collection of pre-WWII German and Japanese character canes; and a set of Sioux artifacts, including breastplate decorations and an original copy of the first book printed in Wyoming, with an auction value of $100,000 to $150,000.

History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 1

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:49:53 -0700

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?

American Experience | Roberto Clemente

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:26:03 -0700

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents Roberto Clemente. Born in Puerto Rico, Clemente was an exceptional baseball player and humanitarian whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change. He would die in a tragic plane crash in 1972. Interviewees include authors David Maraniss and George F. Will, Clemente's wife Vera, and Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda.

Bill Moyers | The Journal: Robert Reich and Kaye and Brookhiser

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:16:27 -0700

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich sits down with Bill Moyers to talk about the influence of lobbyists on policy, the economy, and the ongoing debate over public health care. On the 200th anniversary of Thomas Paine's death, Bill Moyers discuss the influential early American with scholar Harvey J. Kaye and National Review senior editor Richard Brookhiser.

FRONTLINE | Struggle to Control Information

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:03:56 -0700

University students don't recognize the photo of the tank man. The government's efforts to keep certain ideas and history from the people continues.

FRONTLINE | Two Chinas

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:03:45 -0700

Factory and migrant workers face harsh conditions. Experts see two Chinas emerging--one urban and wealthy, the other poor, rural and disenfranchised.

FRONTLINE | China's Rise

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:03:40 -0700

After Tiananmen, Deng Xiaoping decides on a new social compact with the Chinese people: continue economic reforms, but no more political reform.

FRONTLINE | The Theater of Massacre

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:03:34 -0700

The real massacre was not in the square but elsewhere in the city. Eyewitnesses recount amazing things, climaxing in the tank man stopping the tanks.

FRONTLINE | Tens of Millions of Protestors

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:03:23 -0700

Tiananmen ignites other groups protesting hardship, corruption, repression. The move from student protest to worker uprising frightens the government.

FRONTLINE | Prologue

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:03:38 -0700

June 1989 - 300,000 troops turn Tiananmen Square into a war zone to crush pro-democracy demonstrators. One lone, unarmed man makes an incredible stand.

Antiques Roadshow | Hartford, Hour 3

Tue, 26 May 2009 06:49:24 -0700

In Hartford, Connecticut, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW finds a sign of the times -- actually a whole collection of antique inn and tavern signs -- at the Connecticut Historical Society. Appraisal highlights include a signed watercolor by Katharine Hepburn, who gifted the owner with the piece when the actress was performing at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, valued at $15,000 to $20,000.

Antiques Roadshow | Hartford, Hour 2

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:18:22 -0700

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's visit to Hartford includes a stop at the American Clock and Watch Museum in Bristol, Connecticut, to look at timepieces that reflect Connecticut's rich history of clock manufacturing. Appraisal highlights include a custom-made table purchased 40 years ago from George Nakashima and a highly-prized bronze statue of a medieval Russian warrior valued at $120,000 to $130,000.

American Experience | The Kennedys

Mon, 18 May 2009 09:44:30 -0700

A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy. From Joseph Kennedy's rise on Wall Street, through John, Robert and Edward's successes and scandals, the family has left a storied political legacy.

Secrets of the Dead | Michelangelo Revealed

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:44:10 -0700

More than five centuries ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the darling of the Catholic Church. The Papacy commissioned him to create many of its most important pieces. Historians have long wondered about the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, but now, art historian Antonio Forcellino believes he has pieced together evidence of a deep rift between the Church and the esteemed artist.

American Experience | We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee, Pt. 5 of 5

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:08:37 -0700

On the night of February 27, 1973, fifty-four cars rolled into the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Within hours, some 200 Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement activists had seized the few major buildings in town. The occupation of Wounded Knee had begun. Demanding redress for grievances--some going back more than 100 years--the protesters captured the world's attention for 71 gripping days.

Antiques Roadshow | Hartford, Hour 1

Tue, 12 May 2009 05:54:47 -0700

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW arrives in Hartford, Connecticut, then ventures to Mystic Seaport for a glimpse of America's maritime heritage expressed in the Seaport's collection of rare paintings. Appraisal highlights include a 1963 poster for a Joan Baez/Bob Dylan concert at New Haven Arena and a collection of 200-year-old Wedgwood pottery buttons valued at $1,500 to $2,000 for the set.

Secrets of the Dead | Killer Flu

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:31:12 -0700

In 1918, a flu pandemic ripped through the global population with such speed and virulence that by the end of the following year an estimated 40 million people would be dead. Where did this particular flu strain come from, and what made it so deadly? 85 years later, virologists and epidemiologists the world over are still hunting down the answers to those two critical questions.

Antiques Roadshow | Grand Rapids, Hour 3

Fri, 29 May 2009 09:10:31 -0700

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's stop in Grand Rapids includes a detour to the Holland Museum in Holland, MIchigan -- and a nod to Western Michigan's Dutch roots -- for a look at Delft tiles through the centuries. Appraisal highlights include a pair of prop spears used in the 1939 classic film "The Wizard of Oz," estimated to be worth $30,000.

American Experience | We Shall Remain: Geronimo, Pt. 4 of 5

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:00:37 -0700

Born around 1820, Geronimo grew into a leading warrior and healer. But after his tribe was relocated to an Arizona reservation in 1872, he became a focus of the fury of terrified white settlers, and of the growing tensions that divided Apaches struggling to survive under almost unendurable pressures.

American Experience | We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears Pt. 3 of 5

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:00:28 -0700

On May 26, 1838, federal troops forced thousands of Cherokee from their homes in the Southeastern United States, driving them toward Indian Territory in Eastern Oklahoma. More than 4,000 died of disease and starvation along the way.

Antiques Roadshow | Grand Rapids, Hour 2

Fri, 29 May 2009 09:09:01 -0700

Appraisal highlights: a unique quilt made of fabric scraps signed by 200 celebrities and dignitaries, including Gerald Ford, Neil Armstrong and Lucille Ball; a turn-of-the-century cold-air return cover made by the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company; and a collection of wooden fish decoys by renowned Michigan master carver Oscar Peterson, valued at $14,000.

Secrets of the Dead | Blackbeard's Lost Ship

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:44:14 -0700

Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard, was the most notorious pirate of his day. Now, 300 years later, a marine archaeology team believe they have found his sunken flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, off the North Carolina coast. Did Blackbeard accidentally run his ship aground, or was it a deliberate plot to betray his crew and cheat them out of their share of the plunder?

Antiques Roadshow | Colleene Fesko

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:13 -0700

Olaf C. Seltzer Watercolors

Antiques Roadshow | David Lackey

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:19:38 -0700

Nippon Vase

Antiques Roadshow | J. Michael Flanigan

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:20 -0700

Rosewood Boston Pier Table, ca1820

Antiques Roadshow | Intro

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:26 -0700

Intro

Antiques Roadshow | John Delaney

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:54 -0700

Ball Clock, ca. 1900

Antiques Roadshow | Noel Barrett

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:31 -0700

Henry & Henrietta Travelers, ca. 1935

Antiques Roadshow | Francis J. Wahlgren

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:41 -0700

1967 Gerald Ford Letter & Envelope

Antiques Roadshow | Mark Schaffer

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:48 -0700

Converted Russian Cufflinks, ca. 1905

Antiques Roadshow | Eric Silver

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:19:11 -0700

Car Mascots

Antiques Roadshow | Suzanne Perrault

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:36 -0700

Della Robbia Vase, ca. 1900

Antiques Roadshow | Kathleen Bailey

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:19:17 -0700

Galle Pitcher, ca. 1884

Antiques Roadshow | Kevin Zavian

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:19:28 -0700

19th C. Gold Watch Fob Chain

Antiques Roadshow | Rafael Eledge

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:58 -0700

1861 Confederate Ammunition Crate