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1. 1The Great San Francisco EarthquakeFrom Enrico Caruso to the ordinary San Franciscan, this film presents vivid memories of those trapped in the terrifying event of 1906. Four hundred eighty squar55m
2. 2Radio BikiniWhile the U.N. debated strategies for control of atomic energy, the U.S. Navy was preparing two highly-publicized nuclear tests. Seven hundred fifty cameras wer55m
3. 3Indians, Outlaws and Angie DeboAs a child in 1899, Angie Debo was taken to Oklahoma in a covered wagon. She would become her state's most controversial historian -- her career threatened when55m
4. 4Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild A DreamA touching memoir beginning with life in a small Minnesota town and taking us through a young man's early days as pacifist. Reporting on the rise of fascism in 55m
5. 5The Life and Times of Rosie the RiveterAn original look through newsreels, war department films, posters and interviews with five, real-life "Rosies" about the reality of working in the defense plant55m
6. 6Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?A year in the life of Wyoming cowboys and the ranching families who have lived in Big Piney for six generations. Although very much the same as it was one hundr55m
7. 7Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up CloseAn intimate portrait of the Kennedy brothers and their confrontation with Alabama Governor George Wallace when he defied the courts by refusing to integrate the55m
8. 8Geronimo and the Apache ResistanceThe story of a tragic collision of two civilizations, each with startlingly different views of one another. In 1886, 5,000 U.S. troops mobilized to capture this55m