Video: Topics: History: United States
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Ken Burns | Enduring Symbol | PBS
Carolyn Forche talks about how the Statue of Liberty is an enduring symbol. 00:32
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Ken Burns | What is Liberty? | PBS
James Baldwin, Barbara Jordan and Milos Forman discuss liberty. 02:30
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Ken Burns | Sister Mildred Barker | PBS
Ritual movements that evolved after Ann Lee's death. 01:22
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Bush vs. Reagan | PBS
A comparison of George Bush and Ronald Reagan. "In many ways, George Bush was what Reagan pretended to be," says the film's narrator, David Ogden Stiers. It seemed that Bush embodied all the... 01:14
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Combat Pilot | PBS
George HW Bush was changed forever by his time as a combat pilot in World War II. 01:41
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Mr. USA | PBS
Truman stepped on the world stage with two of the century's greatest figures: Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. 01:43
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Captain Harry | PBS
Captain Harry Truman's leadership during his first clash with the Germans made his men look at him in an entirely new light. 03:04
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Billy the Kid Preview | PBS
On April 28, 1881, twenty-one-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, just days from being hanged for murder, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the latest in a long line of... 00:31
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American Experience | Billy the Kid Chapter 1 | PBS (#2401)
Full Program: The first chapter of Billy the Kid, premiering January 10. 09:20
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Jesse James Preview | PBS
The story of Jesse James remains one of America's most cherished myths... and one of its most wrong-headed. A product of the American Civil War, James was less heroic than brutal; America's own... 00:31
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Nixon and Age: The Kennedy Style | PBS
The Nixon-Kennedy debates would forever change the way Americans chose their Presidents. 02:51
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Wyatt Earp Preview | PBS
A central figure in the narrative of how the west was won, Wyatt Earp and his story became an American legend. 00:31
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American Experience | Billy the Kid Ballad | PBS (#2401)
Mark Lee Gardner performs a ballad about Billy the Kid during his interview for the film. 01:59
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American Experience | Annie Oakley Preview | PBS (#1812)
Annie Oakley won fame and fortune as the little lady from Ohio who never missed a shot. 00:31
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American Experience | Geronimo Preview | PBS (#2108)
A preview of Geronimo, the controversial Native American leader. 00:31













