Panama-Pacific International Exposition: Opening day celebrations / crowds at the entrances / pan of Exposition proper / parades on Market Street and Van Ness Avenue / Tower of Jewels / Fountain of Energy / other buildings / day for night shots / submarines / Fun Zone at night / nighttime illumination of buildings showing use of fog machines and special lights / Uncle Sam's submarines. No audio. (13 minutes)

A young engineer named Henry Ford devises the plan for a gas-powered car. McKinley is assassinated and his VP Theodore Roosevelt takes office and quickly passes a series of regulations increasing oversight of American business.

Documentary, public information film, morale booster; propaganda film – all descriptions that apply to Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister's extraordinary war-time film. Using his customary combination of poetry and propaganda, Jennings constructs a collage of the various people and classes of Britain, at home and at work, at war and at peace. The result, while not overtly proselytising, sounded a clear clarion call to internal and international...

In the first half of the 19th century, Americans pushed westward across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River, and the Rocky Mountains, en route to the Pacific Ocean. The frontier experience shaped the American character. At the same time, land hunger, gold fever, and the pursuit of “Manifest Destiny” resulted in the removal of many American Indian nations, acquisition of vast swaths of Mexico through the Mexican-American War, and a painful...

By December 1944, Americans had grown weary of the war: the stream of newspaper headlines telling of new losses and telegrams bearing bad news seemed endless. In episode 6, The Ghost Front, Ken Burns explores the unpredictable and unnerving months toward the near-end to the war. In the Pacific, American progress had been slow and costly, while in Europe, no one was prepared for the massive counterattack Hitler launches in the Ardennes forest of Belgium...

After the costly, bitter stalemates in Korea and Vietnam, the U.S. Army makes a dizzying transition to a new kind of fighting force. The changes pay off, bringing the Cold War to an end and crushing Iraqi aggression in the Gulf War. The video concludes with a profile of the new Army, a high-tech fighting machine that includes quick-strike and special forces units that distinguish themselves in the Balkans and Afghanistan.

Shawnee warrior Tecumseh unites the Native American tribes to resist expansion; after Thomas Jefferson orchestrates the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark make their legendary expedition to the Pacific; and a new war for America begins.

Delve deeper into the dastardly deeds of history’s greatest blockbuster rulers as this new series dishes up the much-loved revolting recipe of sketches and songs peppered with gruesome gags and hideous hilarity, but adds a bold new twist and an exciting new cast. Each episode will take a sideways look at the life and times of one prominent historical figure. The approach is even bigger and bolder, capturing the rottenest, most remarkable names across...

An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone, expert and non-expert alike, navigate our fast-changing world

This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series, hosted by NBC news commentator Bob Wilson, shows eight case histories depicting the strife and struggles around the world since World War II. Viewers of this video from the National Archives and Records Administration will gain a greater understanding of cold war events through the U.S. Army camera's eyes. Cases include Malaya, Vietnam, Greece, Korea, Guatemala, Lebanon, Taiwan,...