"Geronimo
And The Apache Resistance,"
American Experience, PBS, 1988:DAN'S ALL-STARS: US HISTORY VIDEO LINKS
"Geronimo
And The Apache Resistance,"
American Experience, PBS, 1988:
"Unspoken:
America's Native American Boarding Schools,"
PBS, 2016. (57 mins)
"In
The White Man's Image,"
American Experience, PBS, 1992 (55 mins): The story of the Indian Carlisle School.
"Crucible
Of Empire: The Spanish American War,"
PBS:
"Triangle
Fire," American
Experience, PBS:
How WW I Changed America,
National WW I Museum And Memorial, 2021:
"America
Goes To War"
(6 mins)
"Selling
The War" (6
mins)
"Citizenship
And WW I" (6
mins)
"African
Americans In WW I"
(7 mins)
"Immigrants
and WW I" (6
mins)
"Native
Americans In WW I"
(5 mins)
"Women
In WW I" (6
mins)
"The
Influenza Pandemic"
(6 mins)
"Coming
Home" (5 mins)
"Demon
Rum," American
Experience, PBS:
"The
1920s," America In
Color, Smithsonian Channel, 2018. (48 mins)
"Goin'
Back To T-Town,"
American Experience, PBS, 1993. (53 mins)
"The
Civilian Conservation Corps,"
American Experience, PBS, 2009. (52 mins)
"America In Color: The 1930s," Smithsonian Channel, 2020. (48 mins)
Great Depression: A
remarkable seven-part series from PBS.
Episode 2 -- The Road To Rock Bottom:
Episode 3 -- New Deal, New York:
Episode 5 -- Mean Things Happening:
Episode 7 -- Arsenal Of Democracy:
"D-Day
360," PBS, 2023.
(55 mins)
"Fly
Girls," American
Experience, PBS, 1999. (46 mins)
"Why
The U.S. Photographed Its Own WW II Concentration Camps,"
Vox, January 10, 2022. (15 mins)
"The
Zoot Suit Riots,"
American Experience, PBS, 2002:
"Homefront," Color Of War, 2001: Early colour imagery from World War II.
"Atomic
Cafe," 1982.
(87 mins)
"The
Berlin Airlift,"
American Experience, PBS:
"Cuban
Missile Crisis: Three Men Go To War,"
PBS, 2012:
"Cold War," CNN, 1998:
An impressive and thorough end-of-the-millennium survey.
Episode 1. Comrades (1917-1945):
Episode 2, Iron Curtain (1945-1947):
Episode 3, Marshall Plan (1947-1952):
Episode 4, Berlin (1948-1949):
Episode 7, After Stalin (1953-1956):
Episode 8, Sputnik (1949-1961):
Episode 9, The Wall (1958-1963):
Episode 11, Vietnam (1954-1968):
Episode 12, Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD):
Episode 13, Make Love Not War (1960s):
Episode 14, Red Spring (1960s):
Episode 15, China (1949-1972):
Episode 16, Detente (1969-1975):
Episode 17, Good Guys, Bad Guys (1967-1978):
Episode 18, Backyard (1954-1990):
Episode 19, Freeze (1977-1981):
Episode 20, Soldiers Of God (1975-1988):
Episode 21, Spies (1944-1994):
Episode 22, Star Wars (1981-1988):
Episode 23, The Wall Comes Down (1989):
Episode 24, Conclusions (1989-1991):
"Freedom
Riders," American
Experience, PBS:
"Freedom
Summer," American
Experience, PBS, 2014 (24 mins): A substantial sample from a
feature-length documentary.
"The
Sixties: The Years That Shaped A Generation,"
PBS, 2005:
"Berkeley In The Sixties,"
1990: Mark Kitchell's two-hour analysis of the social movements of the
1960s, using the Bay Area as his focus.
"Summer
Of Love," American
Experience, PBS, 2017. (53 mins)
"The
Weather Underground,"
2002. 90 mins)
"Dear
America -- Letters Home From Vietnam,"
1987. (86 mins)
"Vietnam War,"
PBS, 2017:
Episode 1, Deja Vu (41 mins)
Episode 2, Deja Vu (41 mins)
Episode 3, Riding The Tiger (43 mins)
Episode 4, Riding The Tiger (41 mins)
Episode 5, The River Styx (58 mins)
Episode 6, The River Styx (56 mins)
Episode 7, The Weight Of Memory (57 mins)
Episode 8, Resolve (58 mins)
Episode 9, This Is What We Do (42 mins)
Episode 10, This Is What We Do (44 mins)
Episode 11, Things Fall Apart (45 mins)
Episode 12, Things Fall Apart (39 mins)
Episode 13, The Veneer Of Civilization (54 mins)
Episode 14, The Veneer Of Civilization (53 mins)
Episode 15, History Of The World (56 mins)
Episode 16, History Of The World (53 mins)
Episode 17, A Disrespectful Loyalty (56 mins)
Episode 18, A Disrespectful Loyalty (53 mins)
Episode 19, The Weight Of Memory (55 mins)
Episode 20, The Weight Of Memory (55 mins)
"Once
Upon A Time In Iraq,"
Frontline, PBS, July 14, 2020. (113 mins)
"Money,
Power And Wall Street,"
Frontline, PBS, April 24 & May 1, 2012: A brilliant four-hour
investigation of the roots and impact of the 2008 financial crisis.
"How
The Citizens United Decision Changed U.S. Political Campaigns,"
Frontline, PBS, (53 mins)
"America's
Great Divide: From Obama To Trump, Part 2,"
Frontline, PBS, January 14, 2020. (114 mins)
"Documenting
Hate: Charlottesville,"
Frontline, PBS, August 7, 2018. (54 mins)
"The
Choice: Trump Vs. Biden,"
Frontline, PBS, September 22, 2020. (113 mins)
"Asian
Americans," PBS,
2020: A comprehensive 5-hour overview of Asian American history.
"The Chinese Exclusion Act,"
American Experience, PBS, 2018:
Part 1;
Part 2;
Part 3
. (114 mins)
"Plague At The Golden Gate,"
American Experience, PBS, 2022:
Episode 1 (57 mins)
Episode 2 (56 mins)
"A
Class Apart,"
American Experience, PBS. (50 mins)
"Episode
3: Into The Fire (1861-1896),"
The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross, 2013. (53 mins)
"Episode
4: Making A Way Out Of No Way (1897-1940),"
The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross, 2013. (53 mins)
"Episode
5: Rise! (1940-1968),"
The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross, 2013. (53 mins)
"Episode
6: A More Perfect Union (1968-2013),"
The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross, 2013. (53 mins)
"Silicon
Valley," American Experience, PBS --
Part 1
(40 mins);
Part 2
(44 mins):
"Ruthless:
Monopoly's Secret History,"
American Experience, PBS, 2023. (52 mins)
Art Of America, BBC:
Andrew Graham Dixon's impressive introduction to the history of American art.
Episode 1, Looking For Paradise
The Circus, American
Experience, PBS, 2018: A 4-hour history of the American circus.
Chapter 1, The Circus -- A 10-minute sample from the beginning of the series.
"Reconstruction
And 1876: Crash Course U.S. History #22,"
July 18, 2013. (13 mins)
"The
Industrial Economy: Crash Course U.S. History #23,"
July 23, 2013. (13 mins)
"Westward
Expansion: Crash Course U.S. History #24,"
August 8, 2013. (13 mins)
"Growth,
Cities, And Immigration: Crash Course U.S. History #25,"
August 15, 2013. (13 mins)
"Gilded
Age Politics: Crash Course U.S. History #26,"
August 23, 2013. (14 mins)
"The
Progressive Era: Crash Course U.S. History #27,"
August 29, 2013. (15 mins)
"American
Imperialism: Crash Course U.S. History #28,"
September 5, 2013. (14 mins)
"Progressive
Presidents: Crash Course U.S. History #29,"
September 12, 2013. (15 mins)
"America
In World War I: Crash Course U.S. History #30,"
September 19, 2013. (14 mins)
"Women's
Suffrage: Crash Course U.S. History #31,"
September 26, 2013. (14 mins)
"The
Roaring '20s: Crash Course U.S. History #32,"
October 4, 2013. (13 mins)
"The
Great Depression: Crash Course U.S. History #33,"
October 10, 2013. (14 mins)
"The
New Deal: Crash Course U.S. History #34,"
October 18, 2013. (15 mins)
"World War II Part 1 Crash Course U.S. History #35," October 25, 2013. (13 mins)
"World
War II Part 2 -- The Homefront,"
Crash Course U.S. History #36," November 1, 2013. (14 mins)
"The
Cold War: Crash Course U.S. History #37,"
November 8, 2023. (14 mins)
"The
Cold War In Asia: Crash Course U.S. History #38,"
November 15, 2013. (14 mins)
"Civil
Rights And The 1950s: Crash Course U.S. History #39,"
November 21, 2013. (12 mins)
"The
1960s In America: Crash Course U.S. History #40,"
December 6, 2013. (15 mins)
"The
Rise Of Conservatism: Crash Course U.S. History #41,"
December 13, 2013. (15 mins)
"Ford,
Carter, And The Economic Malaise: Crash Course U.S. History #42,"
December 21, 2013. (13 mins)
"The
Reagan Revolution: Crash Course U.S. History #43,"
January 1, 2014. (14 mins)
"George
H. W. Bush And The End Of The Cold War: Crash Course U.S. History #44,"
January 16, 2014. (14 mins)
"The
Clinton Years, Or The 1990s: Crash Course U.S. History #45,"
January 23, 2014. (16 mins)
"Terrorism,
War, And Bush 43: Crash Course U.S. History #46,"
January 30, 2014. (15 mins)
"Obamanation:
Crash Course U.S. History #47,"
February 6, 2014. (16 mins)