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The Presidents: Reagan (Part 1)

The Presidents: Reagan (Part 1)

Season 10 Episode 6
1:50:17
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Surviving the Dust Bowl

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The Presidents: Reagan (Part 2)

Season 10 Episode 11
1:53:50
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Fatal Flood

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The Presidents: Jimmy Carter

The Presidents: Jimmy Carter

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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Season 21 Episode 1
1:49:38
The Polio Crusade

The Polio Crusade

Season 21 Episode 2
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Stonewall Uprising

Season 23 Episode 9
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The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime

Season 28 Episode 5
52:03
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The Boys of '36

Season 28 Episode 7
52:55
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Rachel Carson

Season 29 Episode 3
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The Gilded Age

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The Donner Party

Season 5 Episode 3

Three years before the Gold Rush, 87 pioneers took a shortcut westward to California, only to get caught in the snows of the Sierra Nevada. The emigrants' fateful journey culminated in death and cannibalism.