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Presidents From Politics to Power volume 5
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English
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This episode concentrates on the power and responsibilities taken on by the Presidents who served as War-Time Commander.
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Warbirds Over the Trenches volume 1
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English
Description
An exploration of the air battles that marked World War I as the first aerial war.
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Ultimate Civil War volume 1
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English
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The Road to Civil War, battles over Slavery turn violent in Kansas and Harper's Ferry. The election of Lincoln, Secession, Fort Sumter and the First Battle of Manassas.
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Presidents From Politics to Power volume 1
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English
Description
Take a detailed look at the lives, service and influence of our founding leaders, from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln.
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Presidents From Politics to Power volume 2
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English
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From Abraham Lincoln to F.D.R, discover the legacy and aspirations of the men who served as Commander-in-Chief during our nation's most challenging times.
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Ronald Reagan The Life and Legacy volume 4
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English
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During Reagan's first term he appointment Sandra Day O'Conner to the Supreme Court, the first woman to hold the position. He also instated his supply-side economic theories sometimes called "The Trickle Down Theory".
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Up From Slavery volume 4
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English
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This part of the series presents the reaction by individuals and parties to the continued use of slave labor
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Emancipation Road volume 4
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English
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Beginning with the founding of the NAACP, this episode examines the societal changes that helped accelerate African American advancement in the early 20th Century.
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Up From Slavery volume 6
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English
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This portion of the series talks about the causes of and start of the Civil War; the evolution of the drive to win on each side of the conflict and of President Lincoln's bold step towards freedom for all slaves in the United States.
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English
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Has anyone ever escaped from Alcatraz? What happened to Judge Crater? Who was the New Orleans axman? The riddle of Native American rock art. Where was Aimee Semple Macpherson? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid survive Bolivia? Where is James 'Whitey' Bulger?
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Guns The Evolution of Firearms volume 4
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English
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From the Post-Civil War military to the wild frontier, the demand for firearms was growing. The need for inexpensive and quickly produced firearms sparked invention and continued the evolution of the gun.
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Ghost Towns America's Lost World volume 1
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English
Description
This program digs deep into the history of the numerous ghost towns, forts and battles sites throughout the American West. Explore the amazing history of the gold fueled mining towns that left behind a treasure chest of ghostly stories and perhaps even the ghosts themselves.
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Lawmen of the Old West volume 2
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English
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The upheavals of the Civil War had an aftershock that lasted decades. The James boys and the Youngers are a few of the men who longed and learned from the lawlessness of war. Discover how the daily dangers of war development some of history's deadliest outlaws.
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Gangster Empire Rise of the Mob volume 2
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English
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Meet the legendary figures of Atlantic City and the Boardwalk and discover how rum running and bootlegging built an empire.
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Emancipation Road volume 2
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English
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Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and its effect on the end of the Civil War, the Reconstruction era in the South, and the eventual Constitutional amendments passed to protect it.
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Vietnam 50 Years Remembered volume 6
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English
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The Nixon Doctrine called for the bolstering of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in order for them to take over the defense of South Vietnam. However, their efforts eventually prove to be in vain, leading to the evacuation of the US and South Vietnamese forces in the Fall of Saigon.
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Lawmen of the Old West volume 4
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English
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They came from all over the West. These were the outlaws seeking haven down by the border. They rustled stock, they mingled with women, and they robbed, killed and pillaged with the boldness of medieval raiders. Discover what changed after the Earp brothers came upon the scene.
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