Perkins, Jack

Presents the life of Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychoanalysis. Includes film footage and photographs.

Looks at the life of Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart chain of discount stores.

Examines the life and career of Andrew Carnegie, Scots immigrant who made very good as an industrialist, and who turned philanthropist.

The complete story of Paul Revere, following the famed patriot from his career as a Continental Army colonel to his prosperous life as an early American industrialist.

A biography of Mao Tse Tung, communist China's powerful and contradictory leader, discussing his early life, and examining episodes in his communist revolution.

Documents the life and career of American inventor Thomas A. Edison, examining the effects of his all-consuming work on his family, discussing his supposed lack of schooling, and including clips of films made by Edison, and interviews with Edison scholars.

Looks at the life and works of Austrian composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

The story of the poor Argentine girl who came to the city, became an actress and then a politician's mistress, and then the president's wife. (50 MIN.).

Examines the life and reign of the woman who ruled Egypt from 51 to 30 B.C. and discusses her relationship with two powerful Roman leaders, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

Documentary on the creation of the F. W. Woolworth 5 & 10 cent store empire by Frank Winfield Woolworth, and how his granddaughter Barbara Hutton spent the fortune her grandfather had accumulated.