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Original Interview: Janis Jones-Thomson
1:26
Janice Jones-Thomson looks back on the lobotomy done to her mother, Beulah Jones.
On the Set of The Living Weapon
6:36
See how the production team shot the desert recreation scenes.
Slaves of the Machines
1:16
Machines in garment factories could be cruel taskmasters, as could employers.
Where Is America?
0:29
An immigrant worker questions the American Dream.
Calling for an Industry-Wide Strike
1:16
How one young woman inspired a citywide strike.
Garrison Gets Attacked
1:59
William Lloyd Garrison is attacked by an anti-abolitionist mob in Boston in 1835.
Memorial Day
2:55
The origin of what we have come to know as Memorial Day. --From "Death and the Civil War"
Culebra Cut
2:59
Goethals made excavation of the Culebra Cut a top priority on the construction site.
Beyond the Doc: Wildfires
2:05
American wildfire fighting policy and resources over the last century.
Last Days in Vietnam, Chapter 1
7:27
In April 1975, the North Vietnamese Army was closing in on Saigon. Premieres 4/28 on PBS.
"Dead Men Walking"
1:27
Col. Stuart Herrington helped evacuate his Vietnamese counterparts. Premieres 4/28 on PBS.
The Mic Went Dead
1:05
The War of the Worlds has become the one most legendary radio broadcasts in history.
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