The 1930s

Magic Trip (2011)

Category: Documentary | Rated: R | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Stanley Tucci

Want to see some kool Ken Kesey footage? Amazing recovered film of Kesey, who authored "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and his Merry Pranksters' road trip to the New York World's Fair in 1964 forms ... more

The Speeches Collection, Vol. 2: Republicans vs. Democrats

Category: Documentary | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Who's ready for more "red state" versus "blue state"? For an enlightening overview of the rhetorical divide between the nation's two great parties, sample the words of U.S. presidents throughout history ... more

The Speeches Collection, Vol. 1

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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These are the leaders whose words challenged, exhorted and inspired the world. This documentary series features highlights from each man's career and from their greatest addresses. Special two-disc ... more

The Sensational 70s (1980)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Take a DVD time machine back to the "me decade" with this celebration of the 1970s. The Kent State tragedy, the Energy Crisis, Watergate and the fall of Richard Nixon, streaking, "Saturday Night Live's" ... more

Where's Jimmy Hoffa? (1992)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

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The usual answer is "under the end zone of Giants Stadium," but this revealing documentary takes you deeper into one of the most perplexing mysteries of the 20th century. Learn about the controversial ... more

The Plow That Broke The Plains (1936)/The River (1938)

Category: Documentary | Director: Pare Lorentz | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

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A pair of groundbreaking documentaries from director Pare Lorentz leads off with "The Plow That Broke the Plains," a government-sponsored look at how the uncontrolled plowing of the Midwest led to the ... more

The City (1939)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

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Aaron Copland composed the riveting score for this powerful documentary, created to be presented at the 1939 World's Fair. Predating the kind of audiovisual social commentary offered by the likes of ... more

Life In The Thirties (1960)

Category: Documentary | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

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An exhilarating look at life in the 1930s, an era rich with discovery and excitement despite the turmoil of the Great Depression. Alexander Scourby narrates this "Project Twenty" program that spans from ... more

The Crash Of 1929 (1990)

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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Can too much optimism destroy an economy? This installment of the "American Experience" series suggests it was exactly that kind of unbounded thinking that lulled an entire country into a false sense ... more