Combines eyewitness accounts, forensic data scanning, and three-dimensional computer modeling to examine the invasion of Normandy, focusing on how the odds of victory were determined by a five hour period on a five mile stretch of Omaha Beach.
Explores the functions of art in society from early civilization through the start of the twenty-first century, looking at global trends, politics, life and death, and imagery.
Examines the dark undercurrent that lay beneath American contentedness in the 1950s, discussing McCarthyism, the escalation of the Cold War, and violent civil rights demonstrations.
Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on the 1920s when the issue of women's rights became so controversial.
Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on daily life during the 1900s, and looking ahead to the changes to come.
Presents two episodes of the 1950s historical reenactment program "You Are There," in which CBS news correspondents broadcast "live" from the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party.
Contains two episodes of the CBS News series "You Are. There" which looks at significant historical events as if they were being reported by modern media, covering George Washington's decision to launch a surprise attack on the British by crossing the Delaware in 1776, and Washington's farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War.
Contains two episodes of the CBS News series "You Are There" which reconstructed significant historical events and presented them as on-the-scene news stories, looking in on Alexander the Great in 324 B.C. as he considers his response to the revolt of Macedonian troops; and listening to Socrates explain why he has decided to take his own life in 399 B.C.
Chronicles the evolution of the United States over the course of the twentieth-century, focusing on events that occurred during the shift to a peacetime existence, from 1946 to 1952.
