Schreiber, Liev

Examines the life and political regime of Italy's Benito Mussolini, discussing his creation of the black shirt brigades, the effects of his alliance with Hitler on Italy, and his execution by Italian partisans.

Despite all expectations, the amateur U.S. hockey team beat the veteran Soviet team at the 1980 Winter Olympics. This documentary revisits the historic game, explaining how the upset victory and economic problems of the 1970s. Includes interviews with American and Soviet players and footage of the historic game.

"Traces 350 years of Jewish American History, from the arrival of the first Jews in 1654 up to the present day" -- container.

Explores the people, ideas, and events that shaped four hundred years of American history, focusing on the exploration and migration towards the west coast.

Traces the history of the United States, looking at its path to becoming a major player in global politics.

Explores the people, ideas, and events that shaped four hundred years of American history, focusing on the stories behind and leading up to the Revolutionary War.

Explores the technological changes that have transformed America in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and discusses how further changes will impact Americans in the future.

Explores the people, ideas, and events that shaped four hundred years of American history, focusing on the Civil War and events surrounding this time period.

Looks at how the discovery of oil in the United States in the early twentieth century affected the history of the country, sparking the growth of the automotive industry, engineering feats, the migration of African-Americans to northern cities, and other events.

Explores the dramatic and little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While politicians sought a solution to the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov, an officer aboard the submarine, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, thus averting disaster.