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S4 E • Episode 0

S4 E • Episode 0

S4 E • Episode 0

S4 E1 • LBJ (1)

LBJ's career started in 1938 when he was elected a congressman, one of the youngest ever. He was elected to the Senate in 1948 under a cloud of suspicion. LBJ won by only 87 votes. In 1954, when the Democrats took over the Senate, LBJ became the youngest majority leader ever at age 46. In 1957, LBJ engineered passage of the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction, but the bill had too many compromises and no teeth. By 1960, LBJ felt he was ready for the presidency, but John Kennedy got there first and then picked LBJ as his vice president.

Première diffusion : 30 septembre 1991

S4 E2 • LBJ (2)

Lyndon Johnson's ascension to the Presidency and the controversial events of his tenure such as the Great Society and the Vietnam War are chronicled here.

Première diffusion : 30 septembre 1991

S4 E3 • The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

A story of the formation and service of the first all-Black military unit in the United States during the Civil War.

Première diffusion : 7 octobre 1991

S4 E4 • Barnum's Big Top

P.T. Barnum launches a scheme to bring entertainment and marvels to the country - something that one day becomes "The Greatest Show on Earth."

Première diffusion : 14 octobre 1991

S4 E5 • Scandalous Mayor

The story of the corrupt political dominance of Mayor James Curley and its effect on the city of Boston in the early 20th century.

Première diffusion : 28 octobre 1991

S4 E6 • Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance

Recounting the historic attack of 1941, including the planning and military outlook of both the United States and Japan at the time.

Première diffusion : 11 novembre 1991

S4 E7 • G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover

The rise of the FBI from a minor government bureaucracy to the premiere law enforcement agency in the world under the controversial leadership of J. Edgar Hoover.

Première diffusion : 18 novembre 1991

S4 E8 • Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo

Biography of the famed jazz composer and pianist, including rare footage of his performances.

Première diffusion : 9 décembre 1991

S4 E9 • The Quiz Show Scandal

Behind-the-scenes examination of the quiz show craze of the 1950s and how the outcomes of these television shows came to be fixed.

Première diffusion : 6 janvier 1992

S4 E10 • Love In The Cold War

Eugene and Peggy Dennis were Communist activists during the years following World War II. Their story is told here.

Première diffusion : 13 janvier 1992

S4 E11 • Wild by Law

The modern movement to preserve natural wilderness in the United States.

Première diffusion : 10 février 1992

S4 E12 • In the White Man's Image

Documentary on the late 19th/early 20th century educational effort to teach Native Americans to adopt western cultural ways and abandon their own traditions.

Première diffusion : 17 février 1992