Ken Burns Collection

The Roosevelts

Get Action (1858-1901)

Ep1 | 1h 54m 57s

Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.

Prohibition

A Nation of Drunkards

Ep1 | 1h 36m

PROHIBITION tells the story of the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.

The Congress

The Congress

Ep1 | 1h 29m 18s

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

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Part 1

Ep1 | 1h 51m

Follow Jack Johnson's remarkable journey from his humble beginnings to entering the ring.

The War

A Necessary War

Ep1 | 2h 24m 51s

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

Central Park Five

The Central Park Five

S1 Ep1 | 1h 59m 19s

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

Baseball

Our Game

Ep1 | 1h 54m 53s

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

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Ep1 | 58m 58s

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

The Civil War

1861: "The Cause"

Ep1 | 1h 40m 58s

Find out what caused the war, examining slavery and questions of union and states’ rights.

Country Music

“The Rub” (Beginnings – 1933)

Ep1 | 1h 51m 30s

So-called “hillbilly music” reaches new listeners and launches its first stars’ careers.

Empire of the Air

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Ep1 | 1h 51m 56s

Against the backdrop of radio’s Golden Age, Empire of the Air tells the history of radio.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Part 1

Ep1 | 1h 22m 57s

This two-part documentary explores the life of one of America's greatest architects.

Jackie Robinson

Part I

Ep1 | 1h 53m 19s

Watch Part I of Jackie Robinson, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon.

Jazz

Gumbo

Ep1 | 1h 21m 48s

JAZZ begins in New Orleans, nineteenth century America's most cosmopolitan city.

Lewis & Clark

Episode 1

Ep1 | 1h 45m 46s

America's greatest story of adventure, the Corps of Discovery, was led by Lewis and Clark

The National Parks

The Last Refuge (1890-1915)

S1 Ep2 | 2h 13m 24s

Investigate the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and others to protect the land.

Mark Twain

Episode One

Ep1 | 1h 50m 45s

Mark Twain tells the story of the writer’s extraordinary life.

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

Revolution

03/21/2019 | 1h 34m

Together Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony fought for women everywhere. Part 1.

The Shakers

The Shakers

Ep1 | 59m 48s

The Shakers is a portrait of this particularly American movement.

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

Ep1 | 55m

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

The Address

The Address

Ep1 | 1h 26m 50s

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

The Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science

09/25/2018 | 1h 56m 41s

Take a timely look at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare.

The Vietnam War

Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

Ep1 | 1h 25m 46s

After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.

Thomas Jefferson

Part 1

Ep1 | 1h 26m 50s

Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president.

Thomas Hart Benton

Thomas Hart Benton

Ep1 | 1h 26m 53s

The bittersweet story of an extraordinary American artist.

Horatio's Drive

Horatio's Drive

Ep1 | 1h 46m 46s

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

Huey Long

Huey Long

Ep1 | 1h 28m 35s

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

Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

Seeing, Searching, Being - William Segal

08/03/2010 | 1h 14m 19s

Explore the life of William Segal, a philosopher, publisher, writer and painter.