The Sixties

TV Series · 7.5 / 10 · 29 May 2014 · English

The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

TV Series · 7.7 / 10 · 3 Sept 2011 · English

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

Mysteries at the Museum

TV Series · 8.9 / 10 · 2 Nov 2010 · English

Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.

The Eighties

TV Series · 7.6 / 10 · 31 Mar 2016 · English

The third installment from executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, following in the footsteps of critically-acclaimed series THE SIXTIES and THE SEVENTIES, tackles 10 years shaped by exceptionalism and excess. Like its predecessors, THE EIGHTIES intersperses rare archival newsreel footage, interviews, and comments by historians, journalists, politicians, celebrities and others, painting a perspective-rich picture of a vibrant decade. Episodes examine the age of Reagan, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the evolving TV and music scene, and everything in between.

American Masters

TV Series · 7.0 / 10 · 23 Jun 1986 · English

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

Biography

TV Series · 6.7 / 10 · 6 Apr 1987 · English

Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.

American Experience

TV Series · 6.5 / 10 · 4 Oct 1988 · English

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Top Gear

TV Series · 7.9 / 10 · 13 Jul 1978 · English

Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

Jazz

TV Series · 7.5 / 10 · 9 Jan 2001 · English

Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.

Baseball

TV Series · 7.5 / 10 · 18 Sept 1994 · English

The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in each era. Writers, historians, players, baseball personnel, and fans review key events and the significance of the game in America's history.

The Movies

TV Series · 6.5 / 10 · 7 Jul 2019 · English

Explore American cinema through the decades and the cultural, societal and political shifts that framed its evolution.

Prop Culture

TV Series · 7.8 / 10 · 1 May 2020 · English

Film historian and prop collector Dan Lanigan reunites iconic Disney movie props with the filmmakers, actors, and crew who created and used them in some of Disney’s most beloved films. Throughout this journey, Dan will recover lost artifacts, visit private collections, and help restore pieces from the Walt Disney Archives to their original glory.