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  1. Hero Ships DVD Set Editor's Pick

    Hero Ships DVD Set - 13 programs – 650 minutes on the greatest U.S. war ships! Each episode profiles the complete combat history and evolving technology of a single American ship, often through multiple conflicts.

  2. 10 Ways To Kill Bin Laden on DVD Editor's Pick

    10 Ways To Kill Bin Laden on DVD - This is the inside story of the 10 ways the US government has tried to capture or kill the most wanted man in history--Osama bin Laden. Some of the planners and military personnel involved in the hunt tell their stories, many for the first time. Own this riveting History Special on DVD!

  3. 102 Minutes That Changed America on DVD Editor's Pick

    102 Minutes That Changed America on DVD - Relive through the raw sights and sounds of that infamous morning the confusion, uncertainty and fear as the terror unfolded, and remember the bravery and valor of ordinary citizens and emergency responders. Intensely personal, universally affecting, 102 MINUTES presents an authentic and reverential chronicle of the unforgettable events of 9/11.

  4. Own 1968 on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Own 1968 on DVD! - 1968, what a year! With deep insight and broad scope, Tom Brokaw reflects on this pivotal year in our nation's development. Own it on DVD!

  5. Last Stand of the 300 on DVD Editor's Pick

    Last Stand of the 300 on DVD - This is the true and astounding saga of the Spartans at Thermopylae. It is among the greatest tales of war ever recounted. All the glory and grit of these warriors' last stand is captured in this exceptional documentary.

  6. 7 Signs of the Apocalypse on DVD Editor's Pick

    7 Signs of the Apocalypse on DVD - War, famine, plague& According to the Book of Revelation in the Bible, these are three of the four horsemen of a coming apocalypse. The fourth? The anti-Christ, in human form, walking somewhere among us. Could this 2,000-year-old prophecy actually come true? And could it be about to happen today?

  7. 9/11 State of Emergency on DVD Editor's Pick

    9/11 State of Emergency on DVD - This ground-breaking documentary tells the story of 9/11 in the words of key political and military leaders, and ordinary men and women who suddenly found themselves on the frontlines of a new kind of war.

  8. Afraid of the Dark on DVD Editor's Pick

    Afraid of the Dark on DVD - This chilling special explores all the reasons why the dark was so feared throughout the eras. It takes you around the globe to places where real night still exits, and examines our modern-day fear factor when the lights go out during blackouts. Own it on DVD!

  9. Secret Access: Air Force One on DVD Editor's Pick

    Secret Access: Air Force One on DVD - Go into the cockpit of Air Force One with Colonel Mark Tillman. Security is so strict that many top-level White House staffers are not allowed inside this specially modified Boeing 747. Inside the plane is a plethora of technology and security to keep the most powerful man in the world safe!

  10. The True Story of Alexander the Great on DVD Editor's Pick

    The True Story of Alexander the Great on DVD - Arguably the most brilliant and courageous warrior in recorded history, a man whom many considered not a mere mortal, but a god. The True Story of Alexander the Great. One of conquest, love, hate, revenge and ultimately tragedy.

  11. Ancient Aliens on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Ancient Aliens on DVD! - Is it possible that intelligent life forms visited Earth thousands of years ago, bringing with them technology that drastically affected the course of history and man’s own development? Shop the Ancient Aliens Store!

  12. American Pickers Editor's Pick

    American Pickers - Join Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz as they earn a living by restoring forgotten treasures to their former glory, transforming one person's trash into another's treasure.

  13. History of the U.S. Armed Forces DVD Set Editor's Pick

    History of the U.S. Armed Forces DVD Set - HISTORY looks at the military: the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines from primitive roots to today's valiant modern fighting forces. Seventeen programs on 8 discs – over 15 hours of footage – stories of valor, honor and commitment comprise this comprehensive set on the brave men and women who serve, protect and defend our country.

  14. JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America DVD Editor's Pick

    JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America DVD - This four-hour special from HISTORY uses unique, rarely seen and heard footage to document the Kennedy assassination and the nearly 50 years of speculation and controversy that changed America.

  15. The Aztec Empire on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Aztec Empire on DVD - Trace the astonishing story of the Aztecs who rose from a beleaguered band of barely over 1,000 to dominate nearly all of Mexico in just over 400 years.

  16. Band of Brothers DVD Set Editor's Pick

    Band of Brothers DVD Set - Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries BAND OF BROTHERS tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army.

  17. Banned From the Bible on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Banned From the Bible on DVD! - Travel back to the blistering sands of the Holy Land, into the onion-domed chapels of Eastern Orthodox churches and onto the pages of the Koran. Unearth the trail of chapters that were left out of the ultimate version of the Scriptures.

  18. Battle 360 DVD Set! Editor's Pick

    Battle 360 DVD Set! - Trace the history of WWII through the only ship to be part of every major sea battle in the Pacific, the USS Enterprise. Complete with CGI visualizations, combat footage, and military personnel interviews.

  19. Battle of the Bulge on DVD Editor's Pick

    Battle of the Bulge on DVD - One of the most famous campaigns in military history unfolded in the forests of Belgium. The recon material sat for decades, its unique view of important encounters unseen. Shot from aircraft high above the conflicts, it captures the intense action as Allied forces battled their enemies. Own it on DVD!

  20. The Rise & Fall of the Berlin Wall on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Rise & Fall of the Berlin Wall on DVD - In this feature-length special, HISTORY uses computer imagery to reconstruct how the wall grew from a meager obstacle to a mighty barrier of seven concentric walls with ditches, fences, signal wires, tank-traps and a flood-lit death strip patrolled by half-starved dogs – a nearly impenetrable barricade with a 96-mile circumference, 200-plus bunkers and 302 watchtowers.

  21. The Bible Movie DVD Collection Editor's Pick

    The Bible Movie DVD Collection - They are among the best–known stories in the world. These tales from the Old Testament are fundamental narratives central to the Judeo–Christian tradition and to world culture.

  22. Buy MonsterQuest on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Buy MonsterQuest on DVD! - Investigate everything from Bigfoot to man-eating catfish! Get the complete blockbuster premiere season of the hit show that isn't afraid of things that go "bump" in the night.

  23. Black Blizzard on DVD Editor's Pick

    Black Blizzard on DVD - With stunning immediacy, BLACK BLIZZARD transports you to the bleak period of U.S. history from 1930-1940 when, vulnerable after years of drought and poor farming techniques, America's heartland was ravaged by a weather phenomenon that became known as a "black blizzard."

  24. Black History DVDs and Books Editor's Pick

    Black History DVDs and Books - Shop the Black History store for informative DVDs, books and lesson plans.

  25. The Brain on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Brain on DVD - THE BRAIN is an astonishing voyage of discovery into our last biological frontier. Although today’s computers can make calculations in one-100th of a second and technology can transport us outside the bonds of Earth, only now are we beginning to understand the most complex machine in the universe.

  26. Clash of the Cavemen on DVD Editor's Pick

    Clash of the Cavemen on DVD - It's brains vs. brawn, Neanderthals vs. Cro-Magnon, for the rights to the world - the ultimate inter-species smack down on DVD!

  27. Own The True Story of Charlie Wilson on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Own The True Story of Charlie Wilson on DVD! - Sex, drugs, socialites and arms deals! It's better than Hollywood, it's the real life story of a maverick congressman taking history in his own hands. Own it on DVD!

  28. Visit the Chasing Mummies Store Editor's Pick

    Visit the Chasing Mummies Store - Own your favorite episodes of CHASING MUMMIES on DVD!

  29. Cities of the Underworld on DVD Editor's Pick

    Cities of the Underworld on DVD - Shop your favorite Cities of the Underworld episodes or seasons on DVD along with t-shirts, merchandise and more!

  30. Clash of the Gods DVD Set Editor's Pick

    Clash of the Gods DVD Set - Reacquaint yourself with myths so powerful that they remain woven into the fabric of the present world, resonating with real-life relevance. Own the CLASH OF THE GODS DVD set!

  31. Columbus: The Lost Voyage Editor's Pick

    Columbus: The Lost Voyage - Now, HISTORY brings to life the perilous catastrophes and dizzying triumphs of Columbus' last voyage. Own it on DVD.

  32. Crash: The Next Great Depression? Editor's Pick

    Crash: The Next Great Depression? - HISTORY examines the current economic meltdown in the US and compares and contrasts it with the lead up to the Great Depression, the 1929 Crash, its immediate aftermath and what brought us out of the Depression.

  33. Own Crude on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Own Crude on DVD! - Oil seems to be at the center of every major issue confronting us today, but what do we really know about this amazing substance? Get all the answers about Black Gold in this fascinating DVD!

  34. The Dark Ages on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Dark Ages on DVD - Find out what made the Middle Ages so dark. This extraordinary feature-length documentary sheds new light on the least-understood and most formative period of European history.

  35. Day After Disaster on DVD Editor's Pick

    Day After Disaster on DVD - For the first time on television, Department of Homeland Security reveals the most detailed and comprehensive plan to save America should terrorists go nuclear. Own it on DVD!

  36. Watch D-Day on DVD Editor's Pick

    Watch D-Day on DVD - Codenamed Operation Overlord, D-Day saw 156,000 Allied troops storm the beaches of Normandy on the morning of June 6, 1944. Retreat was not an option. Victory was the only recourse!

  37. The Decades 21st Century Collection Editor's Pick

    The Decades 21st Century Collection - The first decade of the 21st Century has been marked by cataclysmic natural, political and economic events that seismically rocked and changed the world. Own the DVD set!

  38. Get Decoding the Past on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Get Decoding the Past on DVD! - Re-enactments and transcriptions of Nostradamus' eerie predictions illuminate the life of a 20th-century soothsayer - buy it on DVD!

  39. Own Dogfights on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Own Dogfights on DVD! - Shop the DOGFIGHTS store for Seasons 1 and 2 DVD sets or your favorite individual episodes.

  40. Duck & Cover: The Cold War DVD Editor's Pick

    Duck & Cover: The Cold War DVD - From the beginning of the cold war and Sputnik to the hair-raising reality of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the potential of nuclear proliferation became a way of life. Relive the unforgettable events that defined the Baby Boomer generation and changed the world.

  41. DVDs and Books on Egypt Editor's Pick

    DVDs and Books on Egypt - From pharaohs to pyramids, shop the History Store for DVDs, books and more on Ancient Egypt!

  42. Albert Einstein on DVD Editor's Pick

    Albert Einstein on DVD - This is the extraordinary story of Albert Einstein and his decades-long battle to prove his Theory of General Relativity amid the violence of war and his tumultuous personal life. Own it on DVD!

  43. Ellis Island on DVD Editor's Pick

    Ellis Island on DVD - For some it was the Isle of Hope. For others, it was the Isle of Tears. For half a century, Ellis Island was America's “Golden Door”. Entrance meant a new life, freedom and opportunity. Rejection meant a heartbreaking return to hopelessness.

  44. Own Engineering an Empire on DVD Editor's Pick

    Own Engineering an Empire on DVD - Shop History's Engineering an Empire Store for DVD sets on Egypt, China, Rome and much more!

  45. The complete season of Evolve on DVD! Editor's Pick

    The complete season of Evolve on DVD! - Since the Earth has begun hosting life, nearly 99% of all species have died off. This 13–part series by HISTORY® examines the similarities of the living and their differences from the dead.

  46. Extreme Marksmen on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Extreme Marksmen on DVD! - Demonstrating uncanny skill and rock-steady hands, these “shootists” reproduce the most legendary shots from history and fiction on this Special Presentation DVD.

  47. Mysteries of the Freemasons on DVD Editor's Pick

    Mysteries of the Freemasons on DVD - Witness in MYSTERIES OF THE FREEMASONS the untold story of the world’s oldest secret society as clandestine codes, patterns in the sky, and murder reveal a radically new picture of the nation’s founding fathers.

  48. Own The French Revolution on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Own The French Revolution on DVD! - it shook the very foundations of monarchy, destroyed the last vestiges of feudalism, and planted the seeds of modern politics, diplomacy, and nationalism.

  49. Gates of Hell on DVD Editor's Pick

    Gates of Hell on DVD - Legendary volcanoes, geysers and faultlines found in Iceland, Mexico, Greece, Italy and Japan appear to descend into another reality -- an underworld deep within the earth. In some cases, they have been seen as 'hellmouths'. We will investigate each of these places and reveal the geological reasons they evoked such fear and awe. Own it on DVD!

  50. The Battle of Gettysburg on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Battle of Gettysburg on DVD - It was the turning point of The Civil War, and the biggest, bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil. As the Union and Confederate armies collided at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, our nation and our world was changed forever.

  51. A Global Warming? on DVD Editor's Pick

    A Global Warming? on DVD - Is it hot in here? Understand the most pressing global issue of our age with this definitive two-hour HISTORY special. Own it on DVD.

  52. God vs. Satan on DVD Editor's Pick

    God vs. Satan on DVD - God vs. Satan: The Final Battle will take viewers on a tour of the final days, and moments, as envisioned by believers of the three Abrahamic religions. Own it on DVD!

  53. DVDs and Books on Greece Editor's Pick

    DVDs and Books on Greece - Shop the History Store for DVDs, books and more on Ancient Greece!

  54. Halloween Store Editor's Pick

    Halloween Store - Shop the Halloween store for DVDs on ghosts, monsters, haunted houses and more!

  55. Hillbilly: The Real Story Editor's Pick

    Hillbilly: The Real Story - Billy Ray Cyrus hosts this fascinating account of the history and culture of this important slice of the American pie. Learn how hillbillies, long misunderstood and maligned as isolated and backward, actually have a 300-year history of achievement and success that has contributed significantly to our national identity.

  56. Buy Hippies on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Buy Hippies on DVD! - Dig it, man, this documentary will blow your mind as it reveals the roots, the reality and the repercussions of the 60s counterculture movement!

  57. The History Club Membership Editor's Pick

    The History Club Membership - Become a History Club member and enjoy such benefits as 10% off orders through the HISTORY online store, a 2-year subscription to The History Channel Magazine, preview great books and videos and much, much more!

  58. Holy Grail in America Editor's Pick

    Holy Grail in America - Could the Knights Templar have discovered America 100 years before Columbus, perhaps bringing with them history's greatest treasure...The Holy Grail? Own it on DVD!

  59. How Bruce Lee Changed The World DVD Editor's Pick

    How Bruce Lee Changed The World DVD - HISTORY tells you the whole story, from his birth in San Francisco to his mysterious death – some say the result of a curse – at age 32, just three weeks before the opening of his only U.S. film, Enter the Dragon. Along the way, Lee introduced ancient martial arts to the modern world, securing a permanent place in our popular culture.

  60. How The States Got Their Shapes DVD Editor's Pick

    How The States Got Their Shapes DVD - Every line on the U.S. map tells a great story: California's border was bent to claw onto lucrative gold deposits... Oklahoma's panhandle reflects a shifting national barometer for legal slavery… Buy it on DVD!

  61. Human Weapon on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Human Weapon on DVD! - We've pulled no punches - although Jason and Duff probably wish we had! - in this uncut, no-holds-barred, 4-disc compendium of Season One episodes.

  62. I Know What I Saw on DVD Editor's Pick

    I Know What I Saw on DVD - Director, James Fox assembled the most credible UFO witnesses from around the world to testify at The National Press Club in Washington D.C.: Air Force Generals, astronauts, military and commercial pilots, government and FAA officials from seven countries tell stories that, as Governor Fife Symington from Arizona stated, "will challenge your reality".

  63. The Link on DVD! Editor's Pick

    The Link on DVD! - An incredible 95 percent complete fossil of a 47-million-year-old human ancestor dubbed Ida has been discovered and, after two years of secret study, an international team of scientists has revealed it to the world. The fossil’s remarkable state of preservation allows an unprecedented glimpse into early human evolution.

  64. Independence Day related DVDs and Books Editor's Pick

    Independence Day related DVDs and Books - Shop the 4th of July store for DVDs on the history of Independence Day, the founding of our country and much more!

  65. Andrew Jackson on DVD Editor's Pick

    Andrew Jackson on DVD - He was the first "commoner" to ascend to the American Presidency, a successful duelist and unschooled war hero. He remains a controversial figure to this day, but at the time he took office Andrew Jackson was exactly who the nation needed in order to fulfill its painful destiny of expansion and autonomy.

  66. Jaws: The Inside Story on DVD Editor's Pick

    Jaws: The Inside Story on DVD - In this two-hour special, we'll celebrate this classic, looking back at the movie's origins; the adaptation of an enormous bestseller to the first real "summer blockbuster" and how Spielberg broke new ground in location filming, despite months of setbacks. Own it on DVD!

  67. Jefferson on DVD Editor's Pick

    Jefferson on DVD - In this two-hour film, we will embrace and celebrate Thomas Jefferson's complicated life and legacy. He is the most researched, most written about, most referenced, and most quoted of our Founding Fathers. And yet, somehow, he remains the most stubbornly inscrutable. Own it on DVD!

  68. Jesse James American Outlaw on DVD Editor's Pick

    Jesse James American Outlaw on DVD - He was a complicated figure, a legendary outlaw whose reputation captured the national imagination, a criminal and rebel motivated by politics, by profit and, some thought, by charity. He was a killer who met his fate while dusting a picture frame, shot in the back of the head.

  69. American Presidents: John Tyler Editor's Pick

    American Presidents: John Tyler - Check out the history behind this American President.

  70. The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth on DVD - From the fateful balcony in Ford's Theatre to Dr. Samuel Mudd's remote home to the fiery showdown in a Virginia farmhouse, experience firsthand the suspenseful, breakneck search for America's first presidential assassin.

  71. Julius Caesar on DVD Editor's Pick

    Julius Caesar on DVD - HISTORY takes a fresh look at one of the world's most fascinating, iconic and truly ruthless leaders. See how Caesar's strategic brilliance proved decisive in his struggle for absolute control over Rome!

  72. Jurassic Fight Club on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Jurassic Fight Club on DVD! - Stunning computer animations bring to life the deadliest showdowns in planetary history: dinosaurs facing off against dinosaurs in grim duels to the death!

  73. The Kennedys: An American Family DVD Set Editor's Pick

    The Kennedys: An American Family DVD Set - A comprehensive look inside America's most famous family. See the political careers of Robert and John and go inside the controversies of Chappaquiddick and the Martha Moxley murder.

  74. Quest For King Arthur on DVD Editor's Pick

    Quest For King Arthur on DVD - In this feature-length exploration of the Arthurian medieval myths, History examines the historical facts, and illuminates the contemporary quest by researchers to establish if the 6th-century warlord truly existed. Own it on DVD!

  75. Buy KING on DVD. Editor's Pick

    Buy KING on DVD. - KING goes beyond the legend to portray the man, the questions, the myths and, most importantly, the relevance of Dr. King's message in today's world.

  76. The Korean War: Fire & Ice on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Korean War: Fire & Ice on DVD - The Korean War was a war of firsts: The first jet war; the first war where it was not possible to unleash full power, politically or militarily, and the first battlefield of the Cold War. Lasting three years, it took more than 2,000,000 military and civilian lives in its bloody wake.

  77. Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History DVD Editor's Pick

    Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History DVD - Filled with rare and often disturbing footage as well as extensive interviews with, Klan experts, past and present members and reporters, here is a comprehensive history of the Ku Klux Klan.

  78. Library of Congress on DVD Editor's Pick

    Library of Congress on DVD - It's a library unlike any other in the world, the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Modern Marvels takes viewers beyond the magnificent Jefferson Building Great Hall into the secret vaults where more than 600 miles of shelves hold 130 million items, many of them priceless treasures.

  79. Lock N' Load on DVD Editor's Pick

    Lock N' Load on DVD - Shop the LOCK N LOAD store for your favorite episodes on DVD, apparel and more.

  80. Nostradamus, Armageddon and Year 2012 DVDs! Editor's Pick

    Nostradamus, Armageddon and Year 2012 DVDs! - Shop the History Armageddon Store for informative DVD titles on Nostradamus, the Apocalypse, the Mayan Doomsday, the year 2012 and much, much more!

  81. The Lost Pyramid on DVD! Editor's Pick

    The Lost Pyramid on DVD! - Was it once the largest Pyramid ever built? Djedefre, son of the great Khufu, would stamp his supremacy by erecting a pyramid towering some 60 feet above Khufu’s Great Pyramid of Giza.

  82. Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America DVD Editor's Pick

    Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America DVD - See the personal chaos brought onto individual investors by Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, a popular and trusted investor from middle-class Queens, New York – as experts dissect his $65 billion scam, from its humble beginnings to its stunning downfall.

  83. Mail Call on DVD Editor's Pick

    Mail Call on DVD - Whether you've never missed a minute of an episode or were AWOL for all of the seasons, you can shop our Mail Call DVDs and catch R. Lee Ermey in all his glory!

  84. Manson on DVD Editor's Pick

    Manson on DVD - This feature-length docudrama from HISTORY takes viewers deep inside Charles Manson’s twisted world of hate, fear, and mind control to tell the story of how one man transformed a harmless group of hippies into a gang of brutal murderers.

  85. Memorial Day DVDs Editor's Pick

    Memorial Day DVDs - Visit the Memorial Day store for DVDs on US wars, veterans and heroes.

  86. Moonshot on DVD Editor's Pick

    Moonshot on DVD - Interlaced with original NASA footage transferred to high definition, MOONSHOT covers the crew’s earliest days at NASA to the moment when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step on the Moon.

  87. Most Extreme Airports on DVD Editor's Pick

    Most Extreme Airports on DVD - On the northern end of the Strait of Gibraltar sits what is perhaps the world's most dangerous airport. This strip of land has been the focus of a centuries-old dispute between England and Spain. The feud is so highly charged that the Spanish government refuses to allow any plane destined for Gibraltar to fly over its airspace. Own it on DVD!

  88. The First Olympics DVD Editor's Pick

    The First Olympics DVD - Three full-length programs capture the raw competition and Bacchanalian excess of the original Olympic Games!

  89. Pacific: The Lost Evidence on DVD Editor's Pick

    Pacific: The Lost Evidence on DVD - From Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Okinawa to Iwo Jima, using rare archival footage, cutting-edge CGI and interviews with soldiers, the stories of WWII’s most ferocious attacks, climactic battles, and ultimate victories vividly come to life.

  90. Patton 360 DVD Editor's Pick

    Patton 360 DVD - HISTORY puts you in the action with Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. as he leads his heroic soldiers in North Africa, in the invasion of Sicily, and in the charge across Europe to defeat Hitler’s Third Reich.

  91. Pawn Stars Editor's Pick

    Pawn Stars - Long before banks, ATMS and check-cashing services, there were pawn shops. Pawning was the leading form of consumer credit in the United States until the 1950s, and pawn shops are still helping everyday people make ends meet. PAWN STARS takes you inside the colorful world of the pawn business.

  92. The Pentagon DVD Editor's Pick

    The Pentagon DVD - Come along for the ultimate insider's tour of the nerve center of American defense – the Pentagon.

  93. The People Speak DVD Editor's Pick

    The People Speak DVD - THE PEOPLE SPEAK is a documentary film inspired by the books, "A People's History of the United States" and "Voices of a People's History" which chronicles the lives and experiences of ordinary Americans who, through their words and actions, changed the course of our history.

  94. Peyote to LSD Editor's Pick

    Peyote to LSD - Learn the secrets of shamans and medicine men. Retrace the thrilling explorations that revealed their ancient knowledge to the developed world in this two hour documentary DVD.

  95. Punishment DVD Editor's Pick

    Punishment DVD - PUNISHMENT is an often disturbing look at the methods mankind has developed to exact retribution on those who violate the strictures of society. It is a story peppered with cruelty, anger and madness, a veritable tour of the dark side of the human psyche.

  96. DVDs and Books on Rome Editor's Pick

    DVDs and Books on Rome - For many, it will always be the quintessential empire - Shop the History Rome Store for DVDs, books and more!

  97. The Salem Witch Trials on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Salem Witch Trials on DVD - In 1693, the village of Salem, Massachusetts was overcome with superstitious hysteria. At the peak of the madness some 150 people, male and female, were accused of being witches. 20 of them were killed. Own it on DVD.

  98. Samurai Warrior DVD Editor's Pick

    Samurai Warrior DVD - For eight centuries, the Samurai were an honored part of Japanese society. Pledging their lives to the protection and service of the ruling Shoguns, the Samurais were among the most skilled and disciplined warriors of all time.

  99. Sherman's March on DVD Editor's Pick

    Sherman's March on DVD - This extravagant feature-length film presents a lush and captivating account of the war-ending campaign that made General William Tecumseh Sherman the "father of modern total war."

  100. Shockwave on DVD Editor's Pick

    Shockwave on DVD - Shop the SHOCKWAVE store for your favorite episodes on DVD.

  101. Buy Shootout on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Buy Shootout on DVD! - With 3D CGI animation sequences and testimony from scholars and experts, the battles come alive as they looked to the soldiers and shooters themselves. Don't miss a single episode of this riveting series with SHOOTOUT: THE COMPLETE DVD COLLECTION.

  102. The Underground Railroad DVD! Editor's Pick

    The Underground Railroad DVD! - This important set explores the world of America's first civil rights movement through three powerful programs. Own it on DVD!

  103. Slave Catchers and Slave Resisters DVD Editor's Pick

    Slave Catchers and Slave Resisters DVD - This feature-length special features stories about slave catchers and slave resistance, from the colonial era through the Civil War and its aftermath. Own it on DVD.

  104. Sliced on DVD Editor's Pick

    Sliced on DVD - Shop the SLICED store for your favorite episodes on DVD!

  105. Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs DVD Editor's Pick

    Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs DVD - The deadliest weapon on the battlefield is neither bullet nor gun; it's the lone sniper. Journey inside the science and psychology behind the greatest shots in military history, through the scope of the world's most extreme marksmen.

  106. The Speeches Collection on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Speeches Collection on DVD - They were some of the most important political figures of the latter 20th Century. Their collective words energized, motivated, and healed America. Hear their most important speeches in this one special collection.

  107. The Statue of Liberty DVD Editor's Pick

    The Statue of Liberty DVD - Authoritative and richly detailed, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY explores the remarkable steps leading to its creation, from the initial struggles to find adequate funding to its celebratory centennial restoration.

  108. Superhumans on DVD Editor's Pick

    Superhumans on DVD - Visit our Superhumans Store for your favorite episodes on DVD!

  109. Swamp People on DVD! Editor's Pick

    Swamp People on DVD! - Visit our Swamp People Store for your favorite episodes on DVD!

  110. Tales of the Gun on DVD Editor's Pick

    Tales of the Gun on DVD - Shop your favorite Tales of the Gun episodes or purchase the entire DVD set!

  111. The History of Thanksgiving on DVD! Editor's Pick

    The History of Thanksgiving on DVD! - From the first Pilgrim celebration to the Macy's parade, here are the familiar stories and little-known facts behind one of our most beloved holidays. Own it on DVD!

  112. That's Impossible on DVD Editor's Pick

    That's Impossible on DVD - Shop the THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE store for your favorite episodes on DVD.

  113. The Crumbling of America on DVD Editor's Pick

    The Crumbling of America on DVD - Throughout world history, great civilizations have survived and extended their rule through dependence on great infrastructures. Everything from dilapidated levees to pipelines to railroads are past their expiration date in America.

  114. The Great Depression on DVD! Editor's Pick

    The Great Depression on DVD! - Mario Cuomo hosts this acclaimed, comprehensive look at a decade that defined a generation, from the Wall Street Crash to the coming of World War II.

  115. World War I: The Great War DVD Set Editor's Pick

    World War I: The Great War DVD Set - Experience the world changing events from the birth of what became known as The Great War to the tragic, final day where over 13,000 men died.

  116. Titanic DVD Set! Editor's Pick

    Titanic DVD Set! - With nearly five hours of Titanic programming, this set is the definitive look at the most momentous shipwreck in history.

  117. Top Shot on DVD Editor's Pick

    Top Shot on DVD - Visit the Top Shot Store for your favorite episodes on DVD!

  118. Tougher in Alaska Season 1 DVD Set Editor's Pick

    Tougher in Alaska Season 1 DVD Set - Each episode charts an expedition through the far-flung corners of the huge Alaskan state - from the tops of mountains to the depths of the Bering Sea!

  119. UFO Files on DVD! Editor's Pick

    UFO Files on DVD! - Turn your eyes to the skies... and your mind to the possibility that we're not alone. Get eight complete episodes of this revelatory series in a single DVD collection!

  120. UFO Hunters Editor's Pick

    UFO Hunters - UFO Hunters are a group of scientists given access to UFO evidence. Using their expertise, they quickly identify bogus claims of UFOs. Join UFO Hunters Bill Birnes, Pat Uskert, and Dr. Ted Acworth as they separate fact from fallacy.

  121. Vampire Secrets on DVD Editor's Pick

    Vampire Secrets on DVD - From wooden stakes to garlic apotropes to ancient burial rituals, VAMPIRE SECRETS explores how this long-standing myth has been interpreted by different cultures around the world. Own it on DVD!

  122. The True Story of Veterans Day DVD Editor's Pick

    The True Story of Veterans Day DVD - Enjoy this stirring consideration of our annual opportunity to pay tribute and respect to the men and women who served their country.

  123. The Vietnam War DVD Set Editor's Pick

    The Vietnam War DVD Set - This is the War as it was. America's first televised war comes starkly and comprehensively alive in this sweeping documentary collection. Own it on DVD.

  124. The War of 1812 DVD Set Editor's Pick

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  187. | Speeches and Audio

    In 1959, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway to great critical acclaim. Taking its title from the Langston Hughes poem A Dream Deferred, the play is a penetrating study of the personalities and conflicts within a working-class black family that is attempting to move into a white neighborhood in Chicago.

  188. Aaron Copeland on Musical Ideas | Speeches and Audio

    Aaron Copland has been hailed as the finest composer the United States has produced.

  189. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. on racial discrimination | Speeches and Audio

    Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a fiery politician who struggled against great odds to win equal rights and opportunities for African Americans. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1908, he succeeded his father as pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, in 1937. A gifted orator, he attracted thousands to his church and campaigned vigorously for better housing and jobs for the poor of New York City, a disproportionate number of whom were African American. In 1941, he became the first African American to be elected to the New York City Council, and in 1945 he won election to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat of Harlem. In Congress, he led the fight against racial segregation and was repeatedly reelected. Despite his political affiliation, he campaigned for President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 because he appreciated the Republican president's integration efforts. As chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor after 1960, he proved a flamboyant and effective politician, aiding the passage of much social legislation. In 1967, he was excluded from the House of Representatives, owing to his refusal to pay a libel suit that he had lost, but he was nonetheless reelected by his constituency in 1968. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that he had the right to sit in Congress, but by then his health was failing. In 1970, he lost his first reelection bid, and the following year he retired to the island of Bimini in the Bahamas. He died in 1972.

  190. Adlai Stevenson Rejects Communist China's U.N. Admission | Speeches and Audio

  191. Adlai Stevenson Runs for President | Speeches and Audio

  192. Adm. Byrd Calls for an End to all Wars | Speeches and Audio

    In April 1937, the twentieth anniversary of the American entrance into World War I, Admiral Richard E. Byrd called for an expanded effort to prevent the outbreak of another great war.

  193. Adolf Eichmann on Trial | Speeches and Audio

    On April 11, 1961, Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who organized Adolf Hitler's ''final solution of the Jewish question,'' went on trial in Israel for his crimes during World War II. In 1942, Eichmann was appointed to coordinate the identification, assembly, and transportation of millions of Jews from occupied Europe to the Nazi death camps. He carried out this duty with horrifying efficiency, and between three to four million Jews perished in the extermination camps before the end of World War II. Close to two million were executed elsewhere. Following the war, Eichmann was captured by U.S. troops, but he escaped a prison camp in 1946 before having to face the Nuremberg International War Crimes Tribunal. In 1950, he arrived in Argentina, which maintained lax immigration policies and was a safe haven for many Nazi war criminals. In 1957, a German prosecutor secretly informed Israel that Eichmann was living in Argentina. Agents from Israel's intelligence service, the Mossad, were deployed to Argentina, and in May 1960 they abducted Eichmann and smuggled him to Israel. Argentina demanded Eichmann's return, but Israel argued that his status as an international war criminal gave them the right to proceed with a trial. On April 11, 1961, Eichmann's trial began in Jerusalem. It was the first televised trial in history. Eichmann faced 15 charges, including crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and war crimes. He claimed he was just following orders, but the judges disagreed, finding him guilty on all counts on December 15 and sentencing him to die. On May 31, 1962, he was hanged near Tel Aviv. His body was cremated and his ashes thrown into the sea.

  194. Adolf Hitler on the Sudetenland Crisis | Speeches and Audio

  195. Agnew Denounces Student Movement | Speeches and Audio

    Spiro Agnew was one of the nation's most outspoken critics of the antiwar and counterculture movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

  196. AIM Takeover Wounded Knee | Speeches and Audio

    On February 27, 1973, some 200 Sioux Native Americans, led by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), occupied the South Dakota reservation town of Wounded Knee, site of the infamous massacre of 300 Sioux by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry in 1890. The AIM members, some of them armed, took 11 allies of the anti-AIM tribal president hostage as local authorities and federal agents descended on the reservation. The next day, the Sioux traded gunfire with the federal marshals surrounding Wounded Knee and AIM leader Russell Means began negotiations for the release of the hostages, demanding that the U.S. Senate launch an investigation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pine Ridge, and all Sioux reservations in South Dakota; and that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hold hearings on the scores of Indian treaties broken by the U.S. government. The Wounded Knee occupation lasted for a total of 70 days, during which time two Sioux men were shot to death by federal agents. One federal agent was paralyzed after being shot. On May 8, the AIM leaders and their supporters surrendered after White House officials promised to investigate their complaints. The AIM leaders were arrested, but on September 16, 1973, the charges against them were dismissed by a federal judge because of the U.S. government's unlawful handling of witnesses and evidence. Violence continued on the Pine Ridge Reservation throughout the rest of the 1970s, with several more AIM members and supporters losing their lives in confrontations with the U.S. government. The U.S. government took no steps to honor broken Indian treaties, but in the courts some tribes won major settlements from federal and state governments in cases involving tribal land claims.

  197. AL Gore Concedes Presidential Election | Speeches and Audio

  198. Al Gore on Global Warming: The Challenge | Speeches and Audio

    Will our children have an Earth to live on? This is often a question that arises from debates over global warming and climate changes. At a White House climate change conference, initiated by President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore speaks to the issues surrounding climate change. He explains, as seen in the video, that Americans, and humans as a collective group, must face new realities that arise from this global warming issue. With advancement in technology, coupled with drastic annual increases in the population, human activities have a more substantial effect on global warming. We must reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted, as well as protect the most vulnerable piece in this equation: the atmosphere. As Al Gore discusses, no longer can Presidents force Americans to choose between an effective economy and a protected environment. Watch Vice President Al Gore, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, briefly speaks at Georgetown University about the new realities we face with climate changes in this video.

  199. Alan Freed Ends Final Broadcast | Speeches and Audio

    Alan Freed, the disc-jockey known as Moondog, bids farewell to his fans. He was known for promoting African-American Rhythm & Blues. He was forced to resign because of a bribery scandal. Chuck Berry credited Alan with moving the blues movement forward.

  200. Albert Einstein calls for an end to atomic proliferation | Speeches and Audio

    Albert Einstein deplored the use of the deadly weapon against the population centers of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and after the war urged international control of atomic weapons.

  201. Alfred E. Smith On New York | Speeches and Audio

  202. Allen Ginsburg on the Beat Generation | Speeches and Audio

    In this interview Allen Ginsberg talks about the Beat Generation and about the counterculture movement. He also talks about other movements that were associated with this, such as the hippie movement and the spread of jazz. The people that fell into this movement took on a whole new lifestyle, wearing different clothing and thinking in a whole new way.

  203. Ambassador Demands Loyalty from German-Americans | Speeches and Audio

    James Watson Gerard, the American Ambassador to Germany during World War I, in this speech calls for German Americans to be loyal to America or risk being shipped back to the Fatherland. Watson served under Woodrow Wilson.

  204. Amelia Earhart on Women in Flight | Speeches and Audio

  205. American Hostages Released from Iran | Speeches and Audio

    On the day of Ronald Reagan's inauguration, the U.S. freed almost $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets. Algerian intermediaries helped negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to free the fifty-two captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran. Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher briefed the press on the situation, saying that the hostages were preparing to come home to their family and friends.

  206. Andrew Young Speaks During Confirmation | Speeches and Audio

    Audio excerpts from Andrew Young's confirmation hearing. Listen as Andrew Young answered questions for Capitol Hill regarding the nomination of permanent ambassador to the United Nations.

  207. Anita Bryant Hit in the Face with Pie | Speeches and Audio

    Anita Bryant first became known to America in the late 1950s as a regular on the beauty pageant circuit, winning Miss Oklahoma and tying for Miss Congeniality at the Miss America Pageant. Her Miss America singing performance won her a recording contract and she soon had several gold records under her belt. She became a regular on Bob Hope's U.S.O. tours and was famous for her rousing version of Battle Hymn of the Republic. In 1973 she performed the Civil War-era song at former president Lyndon Johnson's funeral and in 1976 as part of the Super Bowl half-time show. Always a conservative Christian, she became politically active in 1977 when she led a successful drive to overturn a gay rights ordinance in Dade County, Florida. She traveled the country speaking out against homosexuality and opened

  208. Anita Hill Accuses Clarence Thomas | Speeches and Audio

    In October 1991, Senate confirmation hearings were held for President George Bush's nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite criticism by some senators of Thomas's conservative beliefs, the forty-three-year-old Court of Appeals judge seemed headed for an easy confirmation until Anita Hill, a law professor at the University of Oklahoma, stepped forward to accuse him of sexual harassment. Hill, who had served as an aide to Thomas at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during the 1980s, alleged that the Supreme Court nominee had repeatedly made sexually offensive comments to her in an apparent campaign of seduction. Hill initially requested that the Senate Judiciary Committee not make public the details of her charges, but the controversy was such that beginning on October 11, 1991, four days of televised hearings were held on the allegations. Here, Hill is heard detailing the charges to the Senate. Americans were shocked by both the frankness of Hill's lurid testimony and the unsympathetic response of the all-male committee, some of whom were openly antagonistic toward Hill. Thomas, meanwhile, denied the charges, and some witnesses called on his behalf cast doubt on Hill's character and mental stability. On October 15, the Senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm Thomas to the Supreme Court. Although the hearings left the Senate and the nation deeply divided, the episode served to foster a greater public awareness of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace.

  209. Anniversary of Hans Christian Anderson's Birth | Speeches and Audio

  210. Anthony Eden in the Battle of Britain | Speeches and Audio

    Speech: Anthony Eden talks on the Battle of Britain. He says that even though the enemy has crossed all limits of liberty, he shall be repulsed and beaten. To learn how check out the video.

  211. Anti-segregation demonstrations in Texas | Speeches and Audio

    On February 1, 1960, the African American civil rights movement intensified when four black college students sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to voluntarily leave until they were served. Within days lunch counter sit-ins spread throughout North Carolina, and within weeks to cities and towns throughout the South. Here, a news correspondent reports on one such demonstration in Marshall, Texas, which saw some 200 black college students arrested and then assaulted with a firehouse when they refused to leave the courthouse square following their release. The lunch counter sit-in movement of 1960 led to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which organized sit-ins at a variety of segregated public places, including movie theatres, department stores, supermarkets, and libraries. The non-violent civil rights movement, launched by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1955, was gaining momentum.

  212. Anwar El-Sadat Addresses Congress | Speeches and Audio

    Speech: Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat, 1972 - cut his country's close ties with the U.S.S.R., feeling that the Soviets had failed to provide adequate support for Egypt in its continuing conflict with Israel. In this speech he tells his people, that it is possible that their views and opinions on this decision may differ. But what is important is the acceptance of each other as one. To learn more check out the video.

  213. Anwar El-Sadat Speaks to Israeli Parliament | Speeches and Audio

    Egyptian President and Arab leader Anwar el-Sadat traveled to Jerusalem to talk about a peace settlement with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in November of 1977. He speaks before Israel's parliament, which was met with outrage by Arab world. His hope to stop the bloodshed on both sides was met when the two leaders met with U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Camp David in Maryland. The peace treaty that they agreed to ended three decades of war, and awarded them a joint Nobel Peace Prize.

  214. Apollo 13 Emergency Radio Transmission | Speeches and Audio

    On April 13, 1970, James Lovell, Jr., John Swigert, Jr., and Fred Haise, Jr., were en route to the Moon aboard Apollo 13 when disaster struck 200,000 miles from earth.

  215. Apollo 9 Completes First Space Walk | Speeches and Audio

    Actual radio communication between mission control the flight crew of Apollo 9

  216. Argentine Propaganda Targets British | Speeches and Audio

    The Falkland Islands, located about 300 miles off the southern tip of Argentina, were a British possession for 150 years when they were invaded by Argentine forces on April 2, 1982. The previous year, the 1,800 Falkland Islanders, mostly English-speaking sheep farmers, had voted in a referendum to remain British. Argentine amphibious forces rapidly overcame the small garrison of British marines at the town of Stanley on East Falkland and the next day seized the dependent territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich group. Under orders from their commanders, the Argentine troops inflicted no British casualties, despite suffering losses to their own units. Nevertheless, Britain was outraged, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher assembled a naval task force of 30 warships to retake the islands. As Britain is 8,000 miles from the Falklands, it took a few weeks for the British warships to arrive. Argentina took the opportunity to broadcast demoralizing propaganda to the approaching British sailors and troops. On April 25, South Georgia Island was retaken, and after several intensive naval battles fought around the Falklands, British troops landed on East Falkland on May 21. After several weeks of fighting, the large Argentine garrison at Stanley surrendered on June 14, effectively ending the conflict. Britain lost five ships and 256 lives in the fight to regain the Falklands, and Argentina lost its only cruiser and 750 lives. Humiliated in the Falklands War, the Argentine military was swept from power in 1983 and civilian rule was restored.

  217. Arrest of the Unabomber | Speeches and Audio

    On April 3, 1996 Theodore Kaczynski was arrested at his Montana cabin. He was arrested because the FBI believed that he was the Unabomber. The Unabomber was a terrorist that was to blame for sixteen mail bombs that killed three. He moved to Montana where he became isolated and sent his first mail bomb in 1979.

  218. Arthur Sylvester discloses the Gulf of Tonkin Incident | Speeches and Audio

    By the summer of 1964, there were nearly 20,000 U.S. military advisers in Vietnam, and the Vietcong and North Vietnam were escalating their attacks against South Vietnamese government forces. On July 30, 1964, South Vietnam began clandestine naval raids against Communist positions in the Gulf of Tonkin. On August 2, the U.S. destroyer Maddox, allegedly on routine patrol duty, reported that it was under attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. The Maddox called for assistance, but by the time air support arrived the torpedo boats had apparently retreated or been destroyed. The next day, South Vietnamese vessels continued their raids, and on the night of August 4, the Maddox and another U.S. destroyer, the C. Turner Joy, reported that they were under attack from North Vietnamese torpedo boats. Neither vessel suffered any damage, and both fired their weapons at the alleged torpedo boats, which were only momentarily spotted on the radar. Later that night, the captain of the Maddox concluded that the radar blips were

  219. Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. | Speeches and Audio

    On August 21, 1983, Philippine political leader Benigno Aquino Jr. returned to the Philippines after a three-year exile in the United States and was shot dead seconds after leaving his plane at Manila International Airport. Aquino, a longtime political opponent of the Philippines' authoritative president, Ferdinand Marcos, was returning to campaign against Marcos in promised future elections. A military investigation concluded that a communist killed Aquino, but the Filipino public blamed Marcos for the political killing and held demonstrations against his regime. In 1984, an independent commission concluded that the Philippines armed forces chief of staff, General Fabian Ver, had organized the assassination. Ver and the other men named in the report were acquitted by a panel of Marcos appointed judges the following year. Public outrage over the Aquino affair forced Marcos to call a new presidential election. Aquino widow, Corazon Aquino, ran against Marcos, and on February 7, 1986, the election was held. Marcos was declared victorious, but independent observers charged the regime with blatant electoral fraud. Aquino followers proclaimed her president, and much of the military defected to her side as massive anti-Marcos demonstrations were held. On February 25, Marcos, his wife, and their entourage were airlifted from the presidential palace in Manila by U.S. helicopters and fled to Hawaii. Marcos died in exile in 1989.

  220. Assassination of Egyptian President Sadat | Speeches and Audio

    On October 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat was assassinated by Muslim extremists during a military parade commemorating the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel. The assassins, posing as soldiers in the military procession, attacked Sadat's reviewing stand with machine guns and grenades. The president was struck by bullets and shrapnel, suffering massive injuries. He was pronounced dead upon his arrival by helicopter at a nearby hospital. Seven other people on the reviewing stand were also killed. A leader of humble origins, Anwar el-Sadat was known for his daring actions while president of Egypt. After succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970, he distanced Egypt from the Soviet Union and courted the West. On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a joint surprise attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Although the Arab armies were eventually repulsed, they made impressive gains against the formidable Israeli army. The episode greatly enhanced Sadat's prestige in the Middle East and provided him with an opportunity to seek peace with Israel after decades of war. In 1974, Egypt and Israel signed the first of two disengagement agreements and in 1977 Sadat made a dramatic journey to Jerusalem to meet with the Israeli government after the peace process stalled. In 1978, Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords--a framework for peace--followed by a final peace agreement--the first between Israel and one of its Arab neighbors--in 1979. The treaty ended the state of war between the two countries and provided for the establishment of full diplomatic and commercial relations. Sadat and Begin were jointly awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts. However, Sadat's peace efforts were not so highly acclaimed in the Arab world, and in 1981 he was assassinated in Cairo.

  221. Attlee Addresses U.N. on Atomic Energy | Speeches and Audio

    On June 19, 1946, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee appeared before the United Nations General Assembly to urge support for the Baruch Plan, which would place atomic energy under international control. The U.N. had first met on January 10 of that year, and its first resolution, adopted on January 24, called for the peaceful use of atomic energy and the elimination of weapons of mass destruction. The U.N. Atomic Energy Commission was established, and Bernard M. Baruch, the American representative to the commission, proposed a plan. Under the terms of his proposal, the United States, the sole nation in possession of atomic weaponry, would destroy its store of atomic bombs on the condition that the U.N. imposed controls on atomic development, prohibiting anything but the peaceful use of atomic energy. The plan passed the commission but was vetoed by the Soviet Union in the U.N.'s Security Council. As the Cold War progressed, the Atomic Energy Commission steadily lost influence, and on August 29, 1949, the U.S.S.R. successfully detonated an atomic warhead, setting off the nuclear arms race.

  222. Austria Capitulates to Hitler | Speeches and Audio

    A news reporter reads the resignation address of Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg, who was pressured by Adolf Hitler. The address pleaded that the Austrian citizens would no resist the German advance into the country, which they didn't. The Austrians met the German troops with enthusiasm, as Hitler proclaimed Austria as a federal state of Germany.

  223. B-25 Crashes Into Empire State Building | Speeches and Audio

    At 9:49 a.m. on Saturday, July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber lost in fog over Manhattan slammed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 people and injuring two dozen. The Army Air Corps bomber, which had three men aboard, was on a routine flight from Bedford, Massachusetts, to Newark, New Jersey, when the pilot--Lieutenant Colonel William Smith, Jr. suddenly found himself flying too low over Manhattan. He dodged two skyscrapers but could not avoid the Empire State Building, the world's tallest building at the time. The aircraft exploded into the offices of the National Catholic Welfare Council, incinerating nine volunteers and propelling the organization's publicist out a window. His charred body was found on a 72nd-floor setback. Another woman was fatally injured when the elevator she was riding in plunged dozens of floors to the lobby. Another woman in the same elevator survived. All three aboard the aircraft perished. The fire caused by the bomber's high-octane fuel was extinguished within an hour by New York City fireman. Debris was showered over several blocks of midtown. The 102-skyscraper suffered no critical damage but cost $1 million to repair.

  224. B-29 Raid Against Japan | Speeches and Audio

    In the opening months of 1945, the Japanese home islands were subjected to an increasingly intensive aerial bombardment from U.S. long-range B-29 bombers based on the Mariana Islands. At first, the B-29s attacked in daylight from high altitudes, but in February the U.S. air command began experimenting with low-level attacks at night, employing napalm and magnesium incendiaries. Here, the first direct broadcast of one such B-29 raid is heard. The firebombing of Japanese cities proved a horrifying success, and on the night of March 9-10, some 300 B-29s dropped almost 2,000 tons of incendiaries on Tokyo, destroying large portions of the Japanese capital, killing 100,000 people, and leaving one million survivors homeless. During the next nine days, U.S. bombers flew similar missions against Nagoya, Osaka, and Kobe. As the bombardment of Japan continued, an even deadlier option became available to the United States after the world's first atomic bomb was detonated in the New Mexico desert on July 16. Hoping to force Japan's surrender and thereby avoid a costly amphibious invasion, President Harry Truman approved the use of the new weapon against Japan. On August 6, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing an estimated 80,000 people and fatally wounding thousands more. Three days later, a second U.S. atomic bomb was dropped on the coastal city of Nagasaki. On August 14, Japan agreed to surrender.

  225. Barbara Jordan Delivers Keynote Address | Speeches and Audio

  226. Barney Clark on Unique Experience | Speeches and Audio

    Dentist Barney B. Clark speaks after becoming the first artificial heart recipient.

  227. Barry Goldwater Announces His Candidiacy | Speeches and Audio

    Senator Barry M Goldwater announced his candidacy for the U.S. presidency on January 3, 1964. The leader of the conservative wing of the Republican Party succeeded in winning the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in July. The very outspoken critic of opponent President Lyndon B. Johnson and his civil rights legislation was defeated.

  228. Barry Goldwater Campaigns for Presidency | Speeches and Audio

    Speech: In this audio Barry Goldwater is heard campaigning for presidency. He tells the people that if he were to be elected as the president, he would not strip the nation of its freedom. He will make it strong enough to deter war and encourage freedom. Discover more by listening to this audio segment.

  229. Baruch Calls for Control of Atomic Weapons | Speeches and Audio

    On June 14, 1946 Bernard Baruch made a speech to the United Nations and to the Atomic Energy Commission saying that there needed to be international control over atomic weapons. At the time of his speech the US was the only one with nuclear capabilities, but many had fears about the USSR.

  230. Battle for Iwo Jima | Speeches and Audio

    In early 1945, U.S. military command sought to gain control of the island of Iwo Jima in advance of an intensified bombing campaign against the Japanese home islands in World War II. Iwo Jima, a tiny volcanic island located in the Pacific about 700 miles southeast of Japan, was to be a base for fighter aircraft and an emergency-landing site for bombers. On February 19, 1945, after three days of heavy naval and aerial bombardment, the first wave of U.S. Marines stormed onto Iwo Jima's inhospitable shores. The Japanese garrison on the island numbered 22,000 heavily entrenched men. Their commander, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, had been expecting an Allied invasion for months and used the time wisely to construct an intricate and deadly system of underground tunnels, fortifications, and artillery that withstood the initial Allied bombardment.

  231. Battle of An Loc | Speeches and Audio

    In the spring of 1972, North Vietnam launched the Easter Offensive against South Vietnamese forces, striking at the north of South Vietnam, the central highlands, and the south near Saigon. The attack came during the process of ''Vietnamization,'' in which the United States was turning the war over to the South Vietnamese army. Fewer than 70,000 Americans remained in the country--from a high of nearly 550,000 in 1969--and few of the Americans remaining fought on the ground. North Vietnam's leaders intended to destroy South Vietnam's armed forces in one massive offensive, and their communist troops overran numerous bases and cities throughout South Vietnam. An Loc, the capital of Binh Long province and 60 miles north of Saigon, was besieged for over a month by North Vietnamese forces, which wanted to make it the capital of South Vietnam's Vietcong rebels. As many as 1,000 shells fell on the city each day, and it was only through intensive U.S. air support that it was kept out of communist hands. In January 1973, representatives of the United States, North and South Vietnam, and the Vietcong signed a peace agreement in Paris, ending the direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. The tentative cease-fire between North and South Vietnam ended within weeks, and by early 1974 full-scale war had resumed. Without U.S. aid, South Vietnamese forces could not fight back the communist onslaught. In 1975, South Vietnam surrendered, and the country was reunified under a communist government.

  232. Bella Abzug on Sexual Equality | Speeches and Audio

  233. Benito Mussolini declares war | Speeches and Audio

  234. Benjamin Britten on Composing | Speeches and Audio

    Benjamin Britten, born in 1913, was Britain's leading composer of the 20th century, and his operas are considered the finest produced in Britain since those of Henry Purcell in the 17th century. His first great work was the opera Peter Grimes (1945), and his other noted operatic works include The Rape of Lucretia (1946), Gloriana (1953; written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960), and Death in Venice (1973). He also excelled in choral works, and his masterpiece in this genre was War Requiem (1962), based on the First World War poems of Wilfred Owen and sung at the rededication of the reconstructed Coventry Cathedral, destroyed during World War II. He also formed and led the English Opera Group and started the Aldeburgh Festival, which was one of Britain's most important music festivals and centered on Britten's work. In 1976, he was made a life peer, the first composer or musician to be elevated to that rank. He died later that year.

  235. Bernadette Devlin is Convicted for Role in Riot | Speeches and Audio

    Bernadette Devlin was one of the most electrifying figures in the movement for Irish unification in the late 20th century. Elected to the British Parliament from Northern Ireland in 1969, she was at age 21 the youngest-ever British MP. She was a stirring speaker, winning respect in Westminster despite her age and controversial politics. In August 1969, she was arrested during the

  236. Bernstein's New York Philmarhomic Debut | Speeches and Audio

    Leonard Bernstein was called the

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