A look at social change throughout history, as seen through the music, poetry, speeches, and manifestos of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past - and present - including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, along with unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never featured in high school textbooks. Celebrates the extraordinary possibilities for creating social...

" ... encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization ... vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands ..." Container.

Recounts the birth and life of a killer storm, Hurricane Grace, in October 1991, which hit the New England coast of the United States with unexpected force and caused the loss of the Andrea Gail.

Chronicles the activities of the Astor family from John Jacob Astor to his present descendants.

Discusses the methods probably used in building the Great Pyramids, and through film, interviews with experts, and reenactments, witness the step-by-step process of Egyptian embalming.

Includes three stories. The Vikings: Voyage to America features a Viking ship sailing from Scandinavia to Newfoundland, proving that their expert maritime skills enabled them to reach America 500 years before Columbus; Leif Ericson: Voyages of a Viking, furthers the trail of the Vikings in America revealing Ericson's ancient settlement site in Newfoundland; Viking Underground goes deep below Dublin, Ireland to discover pagan burial tombs, tunnels,...

It's a year that many have prophesied will bring a catastrophic end to life as we know it. Whatever is in store, many believe that 2012 will mark a major shift in the history of our planet. A detailed, historical investigation of this chilling prophecy that casts the doomsday warning in a frighteningly modern context. December 21, 2012 is bearing down on us with alarming speed. Whether or not we are able to collectively heed the warnings and affect...

Explores the history of the United States and the decisions involved as each state joined the union.

A look at the assassination of JFK and the days that followed while examining the aftermath, and controversies that emerged. This documentary uses unique, rarely seen and heard contemporary footage, including home movies, Dallas police dispatch radio recordings, and raw news footage.

"This television documentary in four episodes features interviews, archival footage, and scenery to trace the history of railroads from Victorian England to high-tech Japan." --