Movies:

William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and each other's lives, giving voice to Saroyan's philosophies a...

Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer remains one of the most quoted writings in American literature. Yet Niebuhr's impact was far greater, as presidents and civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. often turned to Niebuhr's writings for guidanc...

Behind the scenes look at 'Magnum Force'....

This is the story of one town's journey to survive the changes of a new economic era. It begins in Midwestern America ... but it's more than that. It's the story of every industrial town struggling to find its way in a new age. This PBS documentary ...

It was a plot device worthy of any film noir thriller. A shadowy figure, keeper of the secrets to a national crime, reveals snippets of information to the man struggling to crack the case. Meetings in shadowy parking garages... cryptic signals using ...

"Interpreting Twain" looks at how Mark Twain has been interpreted (and misinterpreted) through the years and asks why it's so important for a new generation to follow the man in the white suit....

Recreating the one-man show he starred in on Broadway, Hal Holbrook portrays Mark Twain as a 70-year old humorist who skewers politicians, newspapermen and so-called patriots in this 90 minute monologue. Holbrook adapted Twain's own words for a comme...

Hal Holbrook narrates this breathtaking documentary. Produced for national release on PBS Television, Trail of Hope captures the 22-year history of the Mormon Trail, a singular saga in American history. This conduit to the West was used by more than ...

Professor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II German-occupied Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Germans....

Hal Holbrook narrates this documentary chronicling the history of the battleship. Famous historical ships featured include the Bismark, Yamato, Prince of Wales, Repulse and Missouri....

A dramatized account of a female US Naval officer's ordeal of being sexually harassed at a Naval convention and her legal retaliation....

A documentary on the life of John F. Kennedy, including home movies of the Kennedy family and recollections of friends and colleagues....