Нью-Йорк, 1863 год. В диких трущобах города «американской мечты» действует только один закон — закон силы. Здесь идет в ход любое оружие, никто не считает потерь и не оплакивает погибших. В одной из жестоких стычек от рук вожака «коренных американцев» — Мясника Билла погибает предводитель банды «ирландцев» Вэллон.
Полковник Шоу был офицером армии Федералов во времена Гражданской войны в США. Он добровольно вызвался стать командиром первого в истории США подразделения чернокожих солдат. Полковник должен обучить их и повести в бой. Но времени на подготовку слишком мало, а впереди решающее сражение с регулярными войсками южан. Полковнику Шоу придется иметь дело с расовыми предрассудками и своих врагов (которым отдан приказ расстреливать командиров чернокожих батальонов), и своих друзей-офицеров, которые начинают презирать его за сделанный выбор.
1955 год, США, штат Алабама. Чернокожая и белая женщины пытаются определиться с тем, как им реагировать на легендарный бойкот общественного транспорта, объявленный самым известным борцом за права чернокожего населения США — Мартином Лютером Кингом.
В центре сюжета газетчик и адвокат Янси Крават и его жена Сабра, которые во время земельного бума в Оклахоме отправились на поиски счастья на Запад.
Харви Милк лидер гей-движения в Калифорнии 70-х годов стал первым в истории США политиком, открыто заявившим, что он гей, и победившим после этого на выборах. В 1977 году Милк был избран членом наблюдательного совета Сан-Франциско. Однако 27 ноября 1978 года его жизнь оборвалась: бывший член наблюдательного совета Дэн Уайт расстрелял Милка вместе с мэром Сан-Франциско Джорджем Москоне прямо в здании муниципалитета...
Этот дешевый и мощный наркотик появился во времена рецессии и вызвал массовую истерию на почве расизма. Сложная история крэка в 80-х годах.
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
In this modern world, air travel represents the height of luxury and Pan Am is the biggest name in the business. The planes are glamorous, the pilots are rock stars and the stewardesses are the most desirable women in the world. They're trained to handle everything from in-air emergencies to unwanted advances—all without rumpling their pristine uniforms or mussing their hair.
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.
The triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history.
A radical group of young men band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.
From the Executive Producer Robert Redford, THE AMERICAN WEST tells the story of the aftermath of the CIVIL WAR and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Ed Harris and more.
Documentary series exploring the people, technology and battles behind the war between the states.
Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, this documentary series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American south.
Over the course of 50 episodes, we're going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will to teach you about the experience of Black people in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved Black people who arrived at Jamestown all the way to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Beset by economic unrest, threatened from within by Indian nations and from without by overseas powers, the young country reeled in turmoil. But the gallant general who had commanded the Continental army in battle also agreed to guide the fledgling country - and his sure hand steadied the course.
Relentless sheriffs, trigger-happy gunslingers, steadfast saloon owners and cocky cowboys are all found in the "Lucky Luke" albums, which have influenced entire generations of comic readers. For the three-part series "In the footsteps of Lucky Luke", the French comic author Jul traveled to the USA to trace the role models of the familiar comic characters.
An unprecedented look at the decade-long odyssey to land a man on the moon. This documentary pulls back the curtain on the familiar narrative of the moonshot, revealing a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
A detailed, and unbiased, look at the 43 men who have been the presidents of the United States of America.
Aladdin's Genie tells the stories of great historical figures who were prone to defy common thinking to make a difference in their times.
