History Channel (Television network)

Twenty video discs cover the century by decades using History Channel programs to help document the defining moments of each period.

Each episode features a journey to find new clues about one of humankind's most enduring mysteries. On-location shooting, high-tech gadgetry, as well as visual and audio analysis unite with modern-day forensics in an attempt to bring us one step closer to the truth behind history's biggest questions.

Documentary about the naval operations of World War II, considered to be a classic.

"It was the gravest crisis in American history. For four bitter years, Union and Confederate troops battled to determine the fate of a divided nation, with the outcome unclear until the very end. THE LAST DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR explores this critical period through five original programs. April 1865: The Month That Saved America, based on Jay Winik's bestselling book, chronicles the remarkable succession of events leading from the fall of Richmond...

From wildcatters to visionaries, geopoliticians to geologists and capitalists to union organizers, few real-life dramas feature such colorful characters, fluctuating fortunes, and worldwide high stakes as the story of oil. Petroleum was used by the ancients to waterproof Noah's Ark and fuel the lamps of the Temple of Jupiter. But it was in Pennsylvania in 1853 that the first oil well was dug, and an industry born. With the mass production of the car...

"He was an uninspired student who won the Nobel Prize for literature. He failed military school examinations twice--and then became Lord of the Admiralty. A disastrous decision during World War I threatened to ruin his political career, but he was named Prime Minister of Britain in 1940. The three programs in this encyclopedic collection explore Winston Churchill's extraordinary life and monumental legacy. Written and hosted by his official biographer,...

Reveals the secret places beneath our citiy streets, and their histories. Host Don Wildman explores with the aid of a flashlight, instructive computer animations, and maps.

Five programs from the History Channel and A & E's Biography showing the true stories of the Mafia. Provides in-depth portraits of crimes bosses like Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, the Genovese Family, and Bugsy Siegel.

This film recaptures the events that led Francis Scott Key to write the song which would become our national anthem. This song was written at the Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

A chronological record of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, assembled from video & audio footage recorded by more than 100 eyewitnesses.