Vito Genovese og Frank Costello er to italiensk-amerikanske mafiabosser i midten af 1900-tallet. I 1957 forsøger Genovese at myrde Costello, men det lykkes ikke. Costello, der blev såret under angrebet, forsøger at trække sig tilbage fra mafiaen.
I 1841 er den sorte amerikaner Solomon Northup en fri mand med kone og børn, da han bedøves, bortføres og sælges som slave. Det bliver begyndelsen på 12 års helvede, hvor Solomon må kæmpe både for at holde sig i live og for at bevare sin værdighed. '12 Years a Slave' modtog tre Oscars, blandt andet for bedste film.
Arkæologen Benjamin Franklin Gates finder ud af, at der bag den amerikanske uafhængighedserklæring gemmer sig et skattekort over tempelriddernes sagnomspudne skat. Desværre er han kommet til at røbe dette til skattejægeren Ian Howe, og nu er både skat og Uafhængighedserklæringen i fare.
Den handlekraftige skattejæger og arkæolog Ben Franklin Gates har en dårlig dag, da han opdager, at hans familie muligvis har været indblandet i snigmordet på Abraham Lincoln. For at rense sin families navn må Gates findes nogle forsvundne sider af en ældgammel dagbog, og hvis han så samtidig også lige kunne afsløre en verdensomspændende sammensværgelse, ville det være rigtig godt.
Drabet på præsident Kennedy står stadig som en af det 20. århundredes mest chokerende begivenheder, og den fulde sammenhæng står endnu ikke klart. Kevin Costner spiller juristen Jim Garrison, som begynder at udforske drabet og udvikler en teori om en sammensværgelse, der peger på højrekræfter i det amerikanske samfund som bagmænd for ugerningen.
Ray er en helt utrolig og inspirerende beretning om at tage kampen op mod livets genvordigheder. Filmen vandt 2 Oscar® - herunder Bedste skuespiller for Jamie Foxx' fantastiske præstation - og blev nomineret til 4 andre - herunder Bedste film. Ray Charles overvandt uoverkommelige forhindringer på sin vej fra den spæde start til international stjernestatus og satte sit tydelige præg på musikken gennem årtier. Ray er en underholdende og uforglemmelig film, som kombinerer den fortryllende historie med skuespillerpræstationer i verdensklasse og fantastisk musik.
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Kennedy danner mode med sin elegante stil, da hun i 1961 indtager Det Hvide Hus som præsident John F. Kennedys førstedame. Men eventyret slutter brat, da en attentatmand myrder JFK under en kortegekørsel gennem Dallas i 1963. Knuget af sorg og chok må Jackie finde styrken i sig selv til at kontrollere de nyfigne medier, trøste sine børn og sikre sin mands eftermæle.
'Vi vandt Vesten' ('How the West Was Won') er en storslået western fra 1962, der følger en familie i flere generationer på deres rejse fra staten New York til Stillehavet. Filmen blev nomimeret til otte Oscars ved Oscar-uddelingen 1964, bl.a. for bedste film, og vandt tre: For bedste manuskript, bedste klipning og bedste lyd.
John Wayne producerede, instruerede og spillede selv hovedrollen i et af de mest legendariske slag fra dengang, hvor vesten stadig var vild. Det var en livslang drøm for ham at levendegøre en af Amerikas mest heltemodige episoder, nemlig kampen om den gamle missionstation Alamo. I denne forfaldne bygning forskansede 185 frihedselskende mænd sig, bl.a. de levende legender Jim Bowie og Davy Crockett. Deres fælles beslutning var at standse Mexicos forsøg på at overtage Texas i 1836, men det betød, at de få, men modige mænd, stod over for en reel hær på flere end 7000 mand. Kampene stod på i dagevis, men i sidste ende var udfaldet givet, hvilket var lysende klart for samtlige forsvarere. Men de stod fast til sidste mand, og er derfor blevet symbolet på den ukuelige amerikanske viljestyrke, når det virkelig gælder.
Meget af materialet til filmen stammer fra en nyopdaget guldgrube: En masse filmoptagelser og over 11.000 timers ukatalogiserede lydindspilninger. Vi kommer på første række til NASA's mest berømte mission, som satte de første mennesker ned på månen og for altid gjorde Neil Armstrong og Buzz Aldrin til kendte navne. Set fra astronauternes perspektiv, teamet i Mission Control og de millioner af tilskuere på jorden oplever vi de dage og timer i 1969, da menneskeden tog et af de største skridt i vores historie.
I denne tankevækkende dokumentar analyserer akademikere, aktivister og politikere kriminaliseringen af afroamerikanere og USA's fængselsboom.
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America’s great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.
Liberty's Kids is an animated educational historical fiction television series produced by DIC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002 to April 4, 2003, although PBS continued to air reruns until August 2004. The show has since been syndicated by DiC to affiliates of smaller television networks such as The CW and MyNetworkTV and some independent stations so that those stations can fulfill FCC educational and informational requirements. Since September 16, 2006, the series aired on CBS's new block called KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS, then it was aired on KEWLopolis, which taking September 12, 2009. In 2008 it ran on The History Channel. The series is currently on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and CBS's Cookie Jar TV. In 2012, Qubo announced the channel will air Liberty's Kids in fall 2012. The series was based on an idea by Kevin O'Donnell and developed for television by Kevin O'Donnell, Robby London, Mike Maliani, and Andy Heyward.
Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 for its first two seasons before settling into its best-remembered time slot of Friday evenings at 9:00, following The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, and preceding The Odd Couple and Love, American Style. In 1970, Room 222 earned Emmy Awards in three categories: Outstanding New Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
"Once upon a time ... the Americas" tells us the story of this vast continent, from the very first inhabitants to the present day, including the Aztecs and the Incas, the conquistadors, the war of independence or the gold Rush. Through our usual sympathetic heroes (Maestro, Pierrot, Petit Gros, le Teigneux, le Nabot, etc.), we travel from time to time, always with the aim of teaching us something.
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
John Green teaches you the history of the United States of America in 47 episodes!
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage.
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. Using digital colorization technology, we present these formative decades as few have seen them, revisiting 50 vibrant years of good times and great despair, technological triumphs and natural disasters, and global villains and national heroes.
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
Sex: The Revolution was a four-part 2008 American documentary miniseries that aired on VH1 and The Sundance Channel. It chronicled the rise of American interest in sexuality from the 1950s through the 1990s. The version shown on VH1 was pixelated to censor nudity including in discussions of censorship of nudity. VH1 Latin America aired the uncensored version.
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
A half century look back at a year marked by the assassinations of MLK and RFK, a contentious presidential election, escalating anti-Vietnam War sentiment and more.
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.
Archie, Jughead, and the gang learn about their ancestors' roles in historical events.
Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of titan rises…Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J.P. Morgan Jr., Henry Ford, and William Boeing. Their fight to reach the top will transform America as they compete to dominate new industries—from the highways to the skyways. After years of fighting each other, and FDR, these rivals must unite during World War II to defeat a greater enemy and save the world.
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
