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Command and Control, Accident Report
Bob Purifoy joined Sandia National Laboratories as an engineer in 1952, and later became its leading advocate for nuclear weapon safety. Bill Stevens was an engineer who served as the first head of Sandia’s nuclear safety department. Both men were shocked when they realized how vulnerable the nation’s nuclear weapons were to accidents.
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Part Two examines the mounting dispute over strategies and reveals the pervasive racism.
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The fiery campaign that led to passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the vote.
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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
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The Gilded Age: Full Film
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The woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.
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The story of nine young men from Washington who captured gold at the 1936 Olympic Games.
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After attempting to commit the perfect crime, would two boys get the death penalty?
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The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement.
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The 1968 My Lai massacre and its subsequent cover-up.
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In the 1950's a Polio outbreak swept the U.S., devastating communities nationwide.
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The man behind the atomic bomb is put on trial for suspected communist ties in 1954.
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The final months of WWII from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.