Nøkkelord Early America

Løytnant John Dunbar er overført til en avsidesliggende utpost i den amerikanske Vesten i 1860-årene. Han frykter sioux-indianerne i nærheten og venter å måtte sloss mot dem. I stedet blir han deres venn, og havner i klemme i den tragiske konflikten mellom urinnvånerne og den amerikanske nasjonens ubønnhørlige ekspansjon. Kevin Costner spiller Dunbar og gjør en av Hollywoods beste regissørdebuter noensinne med denne vinneren av sju Oscar-priser, inkludert prisene for beste film og beste regissør. Slag raser, skjebner kolliderer og bisonflokker tordner over prærien i dette mektige, heroiske og storslåtte dramaet.

I COLD MOUNTAIN følger vi de sammenflettede historiene til tre personer som alle har mistet sine røtter som følge av krigen. Tre personer hvis fysiske og sjelelige overlevelse viser seg helt avhengig av hverandre. Først møter vi sørstatssoldaten Inman (Jude Law), som krigsskadet kjemper seg over landjorden til en nasjon i krig med seg selv og hjem til kvinnen han elsker. Drevet av minner på sin ferd mot sin elskede Ada (Nicole Kidman), støter Inman på slaver og opprørere, han styrer unna soldater og dusørjegere og finner uventede venner og farlige fiender hvor han enn snur og vender seg. Samtidig må Ada, preget av tro og nyfunnet mot, gå en vei som slett ikke er noe enklere.

Robert Gould Shaw leder den amerikanske borgerkrigens første helfargede frivillige kompani, og kjemper mot fordommene fra både sin egen unionshær og konføderasjonene.

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.

A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.

A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.

The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.

The early 17th Century story of three courageous, dynamic women who leave their dark pasts behind in England, and make the journey of a lifetime across the ocean for a new life in America.

Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.

Idealistic Revolutionary War rebels harass the Redcoats in British-held Chester, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia in this adventure series which drew parallels with 1960s political activism.

Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.

This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.

The story of Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, an American patriot who fought the British Tories using unusual methods, becoming known as “The Swamp Fox.”

The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”

This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.

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.

Travel back through the 20th century to explore the roots of American music and discover the pioneers of the musical forms that combined on American soil to become the most pervasive music throughout the world.

The epic history behind the creation of America, exploring how and why our ancestors came to this country. Examine the massive immigration patterns of ethnic groups to the United States through the telling of historical events including the Dutch Fur Trade, the Great Potato Famine, the California Gold Rush and more.