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The U.S. and the Holocaust
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Spanish Audio & Captions
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Exploring America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises in history.
Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness
Spanish Audio & Captions
Lesson Plans
A documentary about the mental health crisis among youth in America.
Benjamin Franklin
Interactive Media
Spanish Audio & Captions
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most consequential figures.
Muhammad Ali
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Spanish Audio & Captions
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
Muhammad Ali brings to life the boxing champion who became an inspiration across the globe
Hemingway
Interactive Media
Spanish Audio & Captions
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore the writer and his enduring influence.
The Gene
Interactive Media
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
A historical biography of the human genome.
East Lake Meadows
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The story of a public housing community raises critical questions about race and poverty.
College Behind Bars
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Men and women earn college degrees - and a chance at new beginnings - while incarcerated.
Country Music
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Spanish Audio & Captions
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
Hear the remarkable stories of the people and places behind a true American art form.
The Mayo Clinic
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Take a timely look at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare.
The Vietnam War
Interactive Media
Spanish Audio & Captions
Descriptive Audio
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
The epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never-before been told on film.
Defying The Nazis: The Sharps' War
Interactive Media
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
Ken Burns reveals an American couple's secret 1939 mission to help refugees escape Nazis.
Jackie Robinson
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Examines the life and times of Jack Roosevelt Robinson.
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
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A story of human ingenuity and perseverance but also of hubris and misperception.
The Roosevelts
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Descriptive Audio
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
A chronicle of three members of the most influential family in American politics.
The Address
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
A school in Vermont where students are encouraged to memorize the Gettysburg Address.
The Dust Bowl
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The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history.
Central Park Five
Interactive Media
Spanish Audio & Captions
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
The story of five teenagers who were wrongly convicted in the Central Park Jogger case.
Prohibition
Interactive Media
Lesson Plans
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The story of the rise, rule, and fall of prohibition and the entire era it encompassed.
The Tenth Inning
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Behind-the-scenes Content
The Tenth Inning interweaves the story of the national pastime with the story of America.
Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal
Explore the life of William Segal, a philosopher, publisher, writer and painter.
The National Parks
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Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
The story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical.
The War
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Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
The story of the Second World War, told via personal accounts from four American towns.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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Lesson Plans
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Jack Johnson was the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Horatio's Drive
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Behind-the-scenes Content
The remarkable story of the first person to cross the United States by car.
Mark Twain
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An illuminating portrait of a man who is one of the greatest writers in American history.
Jazz
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Ken Burns follows the growth and development of jazz music.
Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Recount the trials, tribulations and triumphs of two pioneers of the women’s movement.
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Behind-the-scenes Content
This two-part documentary explores the life of one of America's greatest architects.
Lewis & Clark
Enter the world of Lewis, Clark and the rest of the Corps of Discovery.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president.
The West
Interactive Media
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A chronicle of the turbulent history of one of the most extraordinary landscapes on earth.
Baseball
Interactive Media
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
An American epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs.
Empire of the Air
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
Follow the pioneers of radio whose genius and rivalry wove unexpected and tragic stories.
The Civil War
Interactive Media
Lesson Plans
Behind-the-scenes Content
A monumental series that explores the most important conflict in our nation's history.
Thomas Hart Benton
Interactive Media
Behind-the-scenes Content
The bittersweet story of an extraordinary American artist.
The Congress
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Follow the events that shaped the first 200 years of congress and, in turn, our country.
Huey Long
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Behind-the-scenes Content
A complex and comprehensive portrait of the man, his politics and the power he sought.
The Statue of Liberty
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Explore the creation of the Statue of Liberty and what it represents to all Americans.
The Shakers
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Behind-the-scenes Content
Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement.
Brooklyn Bridge
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Trace the bridge's transformation from a feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol.