Biography

This video reviews the life of Thomas Jefferson, American statesman, farmer, scientist, architect and President, and emphasizes his political career.

Shows the travels of the 13th century Italian explorer Marco Polo with excerpts from his writings.

A biography of the civil rights leader who was assasinted in 1968.

Uses film excerpts, dramatic readings, and location footage to look at what is known about the life and career of sixteenth-century playwright William Shakespeare, from his youth in Stratford-on-Avon, to his death at age fifty-two.

Chronicles the life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, leader of the Buddhist faith, from his childhood in "Shangri-La," to his years in exile.

Explores the life of Anne Frank, a German Jewish girl who kept a diary while hiding from Hitler's army and was killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust.

The most beautiful music the world has ever known was written by a bawdy, arrogant, extravagant, yet warm-hearted man who died a pauper. Operas, symphonies, serenades, concertos--Mozart became master of all these like no other composer before or since. He left behind a musical gift that will endure forever.

Revisit the jampacked life of this literary giant from his carefree boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to the devastating tragedies of his later life. Explore the life and legacy of the man whose work gave American literature its voice.

Explores the life of Anne Frank, the German Jewish girl who kept diary while hiding from Hitler's army and was killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust.

Explores the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union.