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In the 1870s, harvesting crops is grueling, back-breaking work. Farmers must walk miles behind horse drawn plows to get food on American tables. But...

In 1910, airplanes are a novelty, fragile wooden concoctions that float in the air--and crash. But that doesn't stop two young dreamers with a...

A ruthless mogul takes on a little-known inventor in a high stakes battle that will change the world forever, asking the question of whether a...

At the end of the 19th century, private travel means taking a walk or riding a horse. But scrappy upstarts William Harley and Arthur Davidson have a...

In the 1870s communicating with distant family requires sending a letter, and waiting days or weeks for a reply. The telegraph is faster, but too...

Two rival inventors have the same idea for improving things: wireless communication.

With America plugging in to electric power, a flood of innovation is not only changing industry, it's revolutionizing the home; the new technology...

The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.

The birth and development of the Industrial Revolution is explored by visiting factories, mines, and other industrial relics where the modern world...

Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.

Chronicle of the attack perpetrated by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September in the Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Summer Games.

Art and culture define us - but in an age of change, who are we now? In divided times, Simon Schama asks whether art, music and words can be the...