David McCullough

A story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam ...

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the ...

Author/historian David McCullough welcomes viewers into his public and private world in this film. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary ...

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

In David Grubin’s NAPOLEON watch Napoleon’s rise from obscurity to victories that made him a hero to the French people and convinced ...

He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry ...

In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets and pokey transportation system were a source ...

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine flight: a smooth take-off banking into a ...

American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party’s ...

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental ...

In September of 1938, a great storm rose up on the coast of West Africa and began making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. The National Weather ...

He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a “do-nothing” president and a ...

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party’s ...

Lyndon Johnson exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs, rivaling those of FDR’s ...

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country’s most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, ...

The life of the famed illustrator NC Wyeth as told by his children: Andrew Wyeth, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Caroline Wyeth, Nat Wyeth, and Ann Wyeth McCoy.

For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling ...

Ken Burns’ portrait of Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long.

They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world ...

Today it’s a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems ...