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Documents the building of Hoover Dam during the Great Depression, using archival footage and interviews with witnesses to examine the challenges workers faced in completing one of history's greatest engineering feats.

Tells the story of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge at the time of its construction, and looks at the trials and tribulations of inexperienced engineer Joseph B. Strauss who designed the bridge and oversaw its completion.

One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892 at the age of 72.

Explores the controversy over whether literary masterpieces attributed to Shakespeare were written by his contemporary, Christopher Marlowe, reportedly killed in a brawl in 1593.

Explores how the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, left a psychic wound on America that is still felt today, and explains why many believe Lee Harvey Oswald was not responsible for the murder.

Stormchasers Joel Taylor and Reed Timmer gather information about the formation of tornadoes and other severe storms.

A dramatization of Marie Antoinette's journey to the top of the French monarchy, following her childhood in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final days in a French prison.

Discusses the psychological impact and mind-affecting properties of color.

Explores the life of playwright and poet William Shakespeare, discussing the social and political world in which he lived, his childhood, his loves, his "lost years," his career, and his plays.

Presented from the point of view of a video blogger, program 3 explores facets of responsibility, one of the six pillars of character, through the thoughts and personal experiences of young people throughout the U.S.