La storia del giovane colonnello Robert Gould Shaw e del 54° reggimento di fanteria, costituito esclusivamente, ufficiali a parte, da soldati di colore, in gran parte ex schiavi fuggiti dal Sud, che nel 1863 fu mandato a un inutile assalto al Fort Wagner sull'isola Morris (South Carolina). Vi persero la vita più di mille giubbe blu nere.
New York, 1846. Nel quartiere di Five Points una cruenta battaglia tra gang sancisce il trionfo di William Cutting - detto Billy the Butcher, capo dei nativi americani - e la morte di Padre Vallon, protettore degli emigranti. Sedici anni dopo il figlio di questi, Amsterdam, esce dal riformatorio fermamente deciso a ingraziarsi l’assassino di suo padre per poi ottenere vendetta. Conosciuto Billy, Amsterdam ne viene in pratica adottato e arriva a salvargli la vita. Una volta scoperto e sfigurato, si risolverà a combattere apertamente contro di lui, ma sono gli anni della Guerra Civile: l’ultimo scontro tra le gang sarà decisamente superato in violenza e ferocia dall’intervento delle truppe inviate a far rispettare la coscrizione obbligatoria.
Siamo nella metà degli anni Cinquanta nello Stato dell'Alabama. Odessa è una donna di colore, orgogliosa della sua razza e decisa a far valere i propri diritti. Così, visto che sui mezzi di trasporto pubblici non è consentito a una persona di colore scegliersi un posto, torna a casa a piedi. Miriam, la sua padrona, è molto comprensiva e non ha problemi a dibattere il problema col marito razzista.
Il film segue la storia della famiglia Cravat negli Stati Uniti tra il 1890 e il 1915, dalla conquista di un appezzamento durante la grande Corsa alla terra dell'Oklahoma alla decisione di aprire un giornale che negli anni, grazie all'abilità di Sabra Cravat, diventerà una delle più importanti testate giornalistiche dello stato, mentre il marito Yancey, avventuriero inquieto, andrà in giro per il Paese tornando di tanto in tanto dalla famiglia.
Durante una recessione dilaga una droga economica e potente, innescando il panico morale alimentato dal razzismo. Scopri la complessa storia del crack negli anni '80.
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
A radical group of young men band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.
In this modern world, air travel represents the height of luxury and Pan Am is the biggest name in the business. The planes are glamorous, the pilots are rock stars and the stewardesses are the most desirable women in the world. They're trained to handle everything from in-air emergencies to unwanted advances—all without rumpling their pristine uniforms or mussing their hair.
From the Executive Producer Robert Redford, THE AMERICAN WEST tells the story of the aftermath of the CIVIL WAR and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Ed Harris and more.
The triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history.
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.
Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, this documentary series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American south.
Beset by economic unrest, threatened from within by Indian nations and from without by overseas powers, the young country reeled in turmoil. But the gallant general who had commanded the Continental army in battle also agreed to guide the fledgling country - and his sure hand steadied the course.
Documentary series exploring the people, technology and battles behind the war between the states.
Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of titan rises…Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J.P. Morgan Jr., Henry Ford, and William Boeing. Their fight to reach the top will transform America as they compete to dominate new industries—from the highways to the skyways. After years of fighting each other, and FDR, these rivals must unite during World War II to defeat a greater enemy and save the world.
Aladdin's Genie tells the stories of great historical figures who were prone to defy common thinking to make a difference in their times.
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.
An unprecedented look at the decade-long odyssey to land a man on the moon. This documentary pulls back the curtain on the familiar narrative of the moonshot, revealing a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
A detailed, and unbiased, look at the 43 men who have been the presidents of the United States of America.
