Twenty-five hundred years before the reign of Julius Caesar, the ancient Egyptians were deftly harnessing the power of engineering on an unprecedented scale.
Native American civilizations decline as farmers settle the continent. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union's mastery of technology; railroads, supply lines and the telegram become new weapons in a modern war. Each segment discusses the highlights and often lowlights of the men who have served. The government spends too: on the technology that drives the last phase of the Cold War and puts the Shuttle into space. An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in television journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love. Powerful new technologies transform the nation. An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school. With Sherman's March, the South is definitively crushed.The Transcontinental Railroad unites the nation and transforms the Heartland. Produced by Nutopia, the program portrays more than 400 years of American history.
The history and influence of cars in America. (2 hours, limited commercials. Washington's army is near defeat, but new weapons and battle tactics turn the tide. Violence flares across the territories and the election of Lincoln is a harbinger of war. America The Story of Us is an epic 12-hour television event that explores the country's remarkable journey.
The World Wars tells the story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and ...
It is hosted and narrated by actor Morgan Freeman.Produced by Revelations Entertainment, the series examines some of the fundamental forces that drive humanity including love, freedom, peace, factionalism, power and rebellion. Just as newspapers shape America's identity in the Revolution and its sense of self in the Civil War, now television shapes a distant war in Vietnam and the response of all Americans to their changing society.
It spans time from the successful English settlement of Jamestown beginning in 1607, through to the present day. A writer must turn out a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks.
It's a "pop history" of the United States, from the Jamestown colony all the way through to the new millennium, bolstered by CGI effects that allow viewers to stare straight down the barrel of a revolutionary war musket, witness firsthand the building of the Hoover Dam, or glimpse a time when thirty-million bison roamed the great plains. Forged through revolution, a new ...Americans conquer a new frontier - the modern city - with Carnegie's empire of steel as its backbone.
A piece of plastic, the credit card, shapes the decade, creating new affluent classes, like the ‘yuppie' while the nation spends.
A historical compendium of the 42 men who have served as the chief executive of the United States taking us from George Washington to George W. Bush. The following are commentators who appear on the miniseriesThe documentary received a 60% approval rating from Metacritic.com. A color-blind psychiatrist Bill Capa is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group, all of whom have a connection to a mysterious young woman that Capa begins having intense sexual encounters with. In the South, cotton is king but slavery fuels a growing divide. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The first man walks on the moon - and plants the American flag. The "Story of Us" should include more of the truth of us, good and bad, not just this watered down drivel commentated by celebrities with no clue of what they're talking about. That it dealt with a subject that has so recently become so important to me. The editing is.
That alone makes the movie have an impact on me, good or not. Comes very close to being great, but it just doesn't quite make it, I'm afraid. The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman 2017 TV-MA 1 Season Social & Cultural Docs Explore the forces of love, belief, power, war, peace, rebellion and freedom in this series about the ties that bind -- and destroy -- …
This pioneering spirit knows no bounds as first the jet age and then the space age takes America into the supersonic era. Like the pioneers before them they push back the boundaries, plowing up over a million acres of virgin territory a year to create the suburbs.
Technology feeds the boom and a new age of consumerism is born. But as America reaches once more for the stars, technology meets tragedy in the Challenger disaster.