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Sculpting a National Monument
The Borglum family archives include some historic home movies, early color films of the mountain's sculpting in progress. See Gutzon and the workers in action as they struggle with winches, jackhammers -- and Mother Nature.
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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
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After attempting to commit the perfect crime, would two boys get the death penalty?
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In the 1950's a Polio outbreak swept the U.S., devastating communities nationwide.
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The final months of WWII from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.