David McCullough Filmes

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises:...

He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry...

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their...

Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and...

In David Grubin's NAPOLEON watch Napoleon's rise from obscurity to victories that made him a hero to the French people and convinced him he was...

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the...

A story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam...

Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long.

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey...

Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and...

Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his...

For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and...

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful...

Author/historian David McCullough welcomes viewers into his public and private world in this film. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman--who...

He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do-nothing" president and a good-natured bumbler,...

American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for...

Documentary on the making of the 2003 film 'Seabiscuit'.

Documentary on the performers in the 2003 film 'Seabiscuit'.

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine flight: a smooth take-off banking into a couple...

Documentary on Seabiscuit's stunning rise to celebrity status through historic newsreel footage of actual races and numerous interviews.