يتنافس اثنان من أشهر زعماء الجريمة المنظمة في نيويورك، وهما فرانك كوستيلو و فيتو جينوفيز، للسيطرة على شوارع المدينة. بعد أن كانا صديقين مقربين، تتحول الغيرة الصغيرة وسلسلة من الخيانات إلى صراع دموي سيغير وجه المافيا (وأمريكا) إلى الأبد.
تدور أحداث الفيلم في فترة ما قبل الحرب الأهلية الأمريكية حول رجلٍ أمريكي حر ذي بشرةٍ سمراء من أصلٍ أفريقي، يٌدعى سولومن، يعيش مع زوجته وأطفاله في نيويورك، ويكسب قوت يومه من النجارة وعزف الكمان. في أحد الأيام يتم اختطافه وبيعه في سوق الرقيق ليصبح من ذات اليوم عبدًا لمالك العبيد القاسي إدوين إب. يظل سولومن يناضل من أجل البقاء واستعادة حريته حتى يلتقي بمناهضٍ كندي للعبودية يُدعى باس، ومن هنا يبدأ سولومن في تغيير مسار حياته إلى الأبد.
يبحث صائدو الكنوز المعاصرون ، بقيادة عالم الآثار بن جيتس ، عن صندوق من الثروات يُشاع أن جورج واشنطن وتوماس جيفرسون وبنجامين فرانكلين قد خبأوه أثناء الحرب الثورية. قد يكمن مكان وجود الصندوق في أدلة سرية مضمنة في الدستور وإعلان الاستقلال ، وغيتس في سباق للعثور على الذهب قبل أعدائه.
أعظم تاريخ مغامرة تم الكشف عنه على الإطلاق يعيد بنجامين فرانكلين جيتس والدكتورة أبيجيل تشيس التعاون مع رايلي بول ، والآن مسلحين بكومة من الصفحات المفقودة منذ فترة طويلة من مذكرات جون ويلكس بوث ، يجب على بن اتباع دليل ترك هناك لإثبات براءة سلفه في اغتيال أبراهام لنكولن.
وُلد راي تشارلز في مزرعة للزراعة في شمال فلوريدا ، وأصاب بالعمى في السابعة. مستوحى من أم مستقلة بشدة أصرّت على أن يتخذ طريقه الخاص ، وجد دعوته وهديته وراء لوحة مفاتيح البيانو. خلال جولة في الدائرة الموسيقية الجنوبية ، اكتسب المغني الشغوف سمعة طيبة ثم انفجر بشهرة عالمية عندما كان رائداً في الجمع بين الإنجيل والبلد معًا.
سرد لأيام السيدة الأولى ، جاكلين كينيدي ، في أعقاب اغتيال جون ف.كينيدي مباشرة في عام 1963.
يلقي الفيلم نظرة في قالب وثائقي على المهمة أبوللو 11 التي استهدفت الهبوط على سطح القمر بقيادة رائد الفضاء نيل أرمسترونج ورفقة باز ألدرين ومايكل كولينز.
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America’s great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.
Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 for its first two seasons before settling into its best-remembered time slot of Friday evenings at 9:00, following The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, and preceding The Odd Couple and Love, American Style. In 1970, Room 222 earned Emmy Awards in three categories: Outstanding New Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Liberty's Kids is an animated educational historical fiction television series produced by DIC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002 to April 4, 2003, although PBS continued to air reruns until August 2004. The show has since been syndicated by DiC to affiliates of smaller television networks such as The CW and MyNetworkTV and some independent stations so that those stations can fulfill FCC educational and informational requirements. Since September 16, 2006, the series aired on CBS's new block called KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS, then it was aired on KEWLopolis, which taking September 12, 2009. In 2008 it ran on The History Channel. The series is currently on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and CBS's Cookie Jar TV. In 2012, Qubo announced the channel will air Liberty's Kids in fall 2012. The series was based on an idea by Kevin O'Donnell and developed for television by Kevin O'Donnell, Robby London, Mike Maliani, and Andy Heyward.
Everyone knows the story of Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride to warn colonial forces of the British approach. But history books don't tell of the man who sent Revere on his mission: Joseph Warren, America's least remembered founding father. Uncover the forgotten history of Warren and stories of other unsung heroes in our fight for independence.
"Once upon a time ... the Americas" tells us the story of this vast continent, from the very first inhabitants to the present day, including the Aztecs and the Incas, the conquistadors, the war of independence or the gold Rush. Through our usual sympathetic heroes (Maestro, Pierrot, Petit Gros, le Teigneux, le Nabot, etc.), we travel from time to time, always with the aim of teaching us something.
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
John Green teaches you the history of the United States of America in 47 episodes!
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage.
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
Join Dave Stotts on an adventure through early American history as he tells the stories of the people, places, and events that shaped the founding of the United States of America. Dave travels to five countries in Europe and most of the original 13 colonies, tell stories of faith and freedom, inspiring families with a renewed appreciation for the heritage of our country.
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.
From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. Using digital colorization technology, we present these formative decades as few have seen them, revisiting 50 vibrant years of good times and great despair, technological triumphs and natural disasters, and global villains and national heroes.
Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.
Sex: The Revolution was a four-part 2008 American documentary miniseries that aired on VH1 and The Sundance Channel. It chronicled the rise of American interest in sexuality from the 1950s through the 1990s. The version shown on VH1 was pixelated to censor nudity including in discussions of censorship of nudity. VH1 Latin America aired the uncensored version.
In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
