This film celebrates steel, the metal that built modern America—from small, early ironworks in colonial Massachusetts to massive mills in Pittsburgh. Viewers learn about Andrew Carnegie’s opportunism, timing, and business talent that led him to enter the post-Civil War iron industry. He soon adopted the Bessemer process to supply steel to buildings and railroads across the nation during the Gilded Age—becoming the richest man in America. J.P....

It began as a protest against the Conscription Act of 1863 – but quickly descended into the bloodiest race riot in US history. So why did New York’s White working class kill at least 120 people during the New York Draft Riots?

One of the most celebrated, beloved entertainers of the wartime era takes off from England in heavy fog, heading to France to entertain troops. His plane vanishes. Glenn Miller’s disappearance is perhaps the biggest mystery and cold case of World War II. This History Detectivesinvestigation contains a great deal of new information: Miller’s pilot was a rank novice who had never flown over the English Channel, never mind in appalling weather; documents...

Carl Erik journeys with his family from Sweden to America during the famine of 1868.

On this episode of Dan Rather Reports, the program will explore the myth of border security, a family coming forward to admit their documentation status, and the plight of illegal and foriegn guest workers. Topics include: immigration reform, crossing the U.S.- Mexico Border,U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DACA, and the impact of foreign guest workers on the economy.

The political and economic turmoil of Europe drove millions to leave their countries of origin and emigrate to the U.S. where a lady held a welcoming lamp "beside the Golden Door." This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings tells the dramatic story of the transformation of America into a truly multicultural nation, from the teeming ethnic neighborhoods of New York to the black migration to northern cities during the Great Depression. Also discussed...

This program reveals the epic history behind the creation of America, exploring how and why our ancestors came to this country. From the Dutch living in New Amsterdam seeking the wealth offered by the fur trade, through the English Quakers who fled persecution.

Running through the 2004 presidential campaign, this program examines the new world order shaped by the demise of the Soviet Union and the rise of global terrorism. The video spotlights the Iran hostage crisis of Jimmy Carter's presidency, the Iran-Contra scandal and the Strategic Defense Initiative of the Ronald Reagan administration, George H. W. Bush's Gulf War, the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal, and the 9/11 attacks, during George W. Bush's...

"From the outside, the Chengs seem like poster children for the enduring promise of the American Dream. Once Patty landed a tech job near Dallas, she and Liang grew secure enough to have a second child, and to send for their first from his grandparents back in China. Isn't this what they sacrificed so much for, to be a family? But then little Annabel begins to sleepwalk at night, putting in motion a string of misunderstandings that strips away their...

"In a matter of minutes, Miguel's happiness changes to gripping fear when he overhears his parents fighting about escaping from Cuba on a raft"--Back cover.