Usa History Movies

Speculative hokum about John Wilkes Booth, murderer of Abraham Lincoln, escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assa...

A six-night miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to ad...

The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard NA...

A dedicated social worker organizes a train trip for a group of slum orphans in 1894, taking them from New York City to the Midwest in search of new f...

From actor to governor of California to our 40th president. Ronald "Dutch" Reagan used his wit and charisma to win the hearts and minds of millions of...

They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, depriving them of their culture and erasing their identit...

Mentally ill. Deviant. Diseased. And in need of a cure. These were among the terms psychiatrists used to describe gay women and men in the 1950s, 1960...

Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.

A visual essay about the progressive tradition of the United States as seen through grave markers and monuments.

How US politicians and diplomats, over the past 25 years, have come close to achieving something almost impossible: securing peace between the State o...

In the United States of America, lobbyists, corporations and billionaires invest millions of dollars to ensure that a suitable candidate, one inclined...

Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon narrates this educational installment of the popular "American Experience" series as it examines the 72-year stru...

For twelve years he stood as America's 32nd President, a man who overcame the ravages of polio to pull America through the Great Depression and WWII....

The Reagan Era was marked with names, triumphs and tragedy that made history that became the fabric of American life and memory: Iran-Contra the Cold...

A brief account of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the end of the Spanish Empire in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of the first politicians to congratulate Donald Trump on his election as president of the United States in 20...

This one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wild West performer, Annie Oakley from her birth in mid nineteenth century...

Servant of the People: The Story of the Constitution of the United States is a 1937 short directed by Edward Cahn.

Jeffery Robinson's talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism, with archival footage and interviews.

Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use f...