Ken Burns Collection

Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
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Get Action (1858-1901)

PROHIBITION tells the story of the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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A Nation of Drunkards

The U.S. Congress is one of the country's most important and misunderstood institutions.
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The Congress

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Follow Jack Johnson's remarkable journey from his humble beginnings to entering the ring.
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Part 1

The lives of Americans are changed forever on Dec. 7, 1941.
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A Necessary War

Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
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The Central Park Five

Inning One: Our Game looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and up to 1900.
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Our Game

Trace the bridge's transformation from a feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol.
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Brooklyn Bridge

Find out what caused the war, examining slavery and questions of union and states’ rights.
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1861: "The Cause"

So-called “hillbilly music” reaches new listeners and launches its first stars’ careers.
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“The Rub” (Beginnings – 1933)

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Against the backdrop of radio’s Golden Age, Empire of the Air tells the history of radio.
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

This two-part documentary explores the life of one of America's greatest architects.
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Watch Part I of Jackie Robinson, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon.
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JAZZ begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city.
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Gumbo
America's greatest story of adventure, the Corps of Discovery, was led by Lewis and Clark
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Investigate the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and others to protect the land.
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The Last Refuge (1890-1915)

Mark Twain tells the story of the writer’s extraordinary life.
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Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Together Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere. Part 1.
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Revolution

The Shakers is a portrait of this particularly American movement.
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The Shakers

For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge
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The Statue of Liberty

THE ADDRESS, tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School.
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The Address

The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science
Take a timely look at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare.
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After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
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Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president.
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The bittersweet story of an extraordinary American artist.
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Thomas Hart Benton

Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson became the first person to drive across the continent.
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Horatio's Drive

Louisiana's Huey Long rose to Governor and Senator on a platform of social reform.
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Huey Long

Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal
Seeing, Searching, Being - William Segal
Explore the life of William Segal, a philosopher, publisher, writer and painter.
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