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- DirectorJohn WayneStarsJohn WayneRichard WidmarkLaurence HarveyIn 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsJames ArnessBrian KeithAlec BaldwinAgainst orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsDennis QuaidBilly Bob ThorntonEmilio EchevarríaBased on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsFred MacMurrayCharlton HestonDonna ReedAfter purchasing Louisiana from France, the USA sends surveyors Lewis and Clark, assisted by a Shoshone guide, to chart the new territory.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDjimon HounsouMatthew McConaugheyAnthony HopkinsIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
- DirectorNate ParkerStarsNate ParkerArmie HammerPenelope Ann MillerNat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprioWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsFess ParkerBuddy EbsenBasil RuysdaelAmerican frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.
- DirectorWilliam D. RussellStarsWalter CronkiteJohn BaerHal BaylorStephen Decatur's daring nighttime raid on the Barbary pirates causes on a turning point on the young nation's asserting it's power over adversaries.
- DirectorLance HoolStarsTom BerengerJoaquim de AlmeidaDaniela RomoJohn Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsCynthia ErivoJanelle MonáeLeslie Odom Jr.The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
- DirectorJim LindsayHarlan GlennStarsEdward HerrmannPeter KiklowiczRyan ProffittThrough interviews, visits to historical locations and vivid reenactments, this History Channel production details the life of Andrew Jackson. It illuminates his early years as well as his accomplishments as President of the United States. Instead of avoiding the controversy that surrounds him, the show pointedly investigates why this man is a hero to some and a great villain to others.
- DirectorAbigail SchumannBeginning with the American Revolution, this program explores the U.S. law of 1807 that abolished the transatlantic slave trade. Meet the people who were involved in or influenced by this pivotal legislation: the slaves, plantation owners, slave ship captains, common seamen, government officials, Navy officers, and antislavery activists.
- StarsEdward HerrmannRichard BrookhiserGeorge BushAbout US Presidents 6) John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), 7) Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), 8) Martin Van Buren (1837-1841), 9) William Henry Harrison (1841), 10) John Tyler (1841-1845) and 11) James K. Polk (1845-1849).
- DirectorBrian Robert RoseStarsPaul BergeronLuis GranadosMark HanleyDepending on whom you ask, James K. Polk was A) A great President, B) A scoundrel or C) Who's that? This documentary is a humorous look at one filmmaker's cross country attempt to sort it all out.
- DirectorTom DalyStarsWalter StaibWalter demystifies the "Dark Horse, " James K. Polk, known as "the most important President that you know the least about." In Polk's kitchen, Chef Staib showcases the farm-to-table Southern fare that was dear to Polk's heart.
- StarsEdward HerrmannCarol BerkinRichard BrookhiserAbout US Presidents 1) George Washington (1789-1797), 2) John Adams (1797-1801), 3) Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809), 4) James Madison (1809-1817) and 5) James Monroe (1817-1825).
- StarsEdward HerrmannJean BakerGeorge W. BushAbout US Presidents 12) Zachary Taylor (1849-1850), 13) Millard Fillmore (1850-1853), 14) Franklin Pierce (1853-1857), 15) James Buchanan (1857-1861) and 16) Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865).
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsBarbara StanwyckRay MillandBarry FitzgeraldEpic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsGrant MitchellCharles WaldronJames StephensonThe story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.
- StarsCampbell ScottMykel HawkeAndrew RoberttA look at the lives of iconic pioneers such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Tecumseh, Davy Crocket and Andrew Jackson as they traveled across America.
- DirectorGene Fowler Jr.StarsFred MacMurrayWilliam BishopNina ShipmanIn 1846, a newspaperman joins an Oregon Trail wagon train to verify rumors about the U.S. government sending troops disguised as settlers there in order to claim Oregon.
- CreatorVirginia KasselStarsPamela Payton-WrightGeorge HearnMichael TolanThis ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a colonial Boston attorney to the rise in prominence of Brookes Adams in the fields of political and social philosophy. This mini looks into their triumphs and tragedies, exploring their genius and profound social conscience.
- 1987– 45mTV-146.8 (87)TV EpisodeExtensive accounts from their journals bring the epic quest to explore a vast continent to life.
- DirectorKen BurnsStarsHal HolbrookAdam ArkinJohn Logan AllenThe story of the most important American exploration expedition in American history and the participants in it.
- DirectorTom McGowanStarsMaurice GrandmaisonPaul WhartonJohn MasonA story of the settling in the West and the hardship and determination it took to do it.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsGinger RogersDavid NivenBurgess MeredithDolly Payne Madison is the daughter of boardinghouse owners in Washington, DC who falls in love with Aaron Burr and James Madison.
- DirectorEduardo Montes-BradleyStarsRita DoveChristian CotzMatthew B. ReevesAuthor Bettye Kearse, narrates the extraordinary saga of her family, multiple generations descendants of slaves, and James Madison, president of the United States of America.
- DirectorScott CooperStarsChristian BaleHarry MellingSimon McBurneyA world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
- 1989–199848m7.9 (12)TV EpisodeDirectorAntonín MoskalykStarsHellmut LangeLadislav MrkvickaMatej HádekUSA 1850: one man tries to prevent race fraud by employing the new invention of photography in order to create identity papers for race-horses. The escalating rivalry between two horse-breeders will soon give him the opportunity to put his method to the test.