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Flood Film Clips
Footage from the 1927 flood. Clips include shots of workers along the Mississippi River enforcing the levees with sandbags, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover surveying the damage, and aerial views of the flooding.
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The final months of WWII from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.

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Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century.

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A biography from American Experience's collection of presidential portraits.

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Follow LBJ from rural Texas to his ascendancy to the presidency after the assassination of JFK.

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Part of the award-winning The Presidents collection.

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Part of the award-winning The Presidents collection.