The American President, documentary series, profiles 41 of America's chief executives.

Ambassador - Inside the Embassy
National Geographic, 2002

From Revolutionary War diplomacy to the current response to global terrorism, its a revealing look at the human face of American diplomacy - a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the glamorous, sometimes dangerous lives of U.S. diplomats.

Inside the White House
National Geographic, 2003

Step inside the imposing gates of the White House for a revealing visit to the most famous, yet mysterious building in America. Discover the human side of this legendary house in candid interviews with Presidents and First Ladies, and peek inside the families' rarely-seen private living quarters. Follow along as a small army of employees whirls behind the scenes in a frenzy of activity surrounding a major state dinner.

A Film by Ken Burns.

Disc One: The Cause (1861)
Disc Two: A Very Bloody Affair and Forever Free (1862)
Disc Three: Simply Murder and The Universe of Battle (1863)
Disc Four: Valley of the Shadow of Death and Most Hallowed Ground (1864)
Disc Five: War is all Hell and The Better Angels of our Nature (1865)
 

Founding Fathers
A & E Entertainment, 2001, 2 Discs. 200 minutes.

The four programs from the History Channel tell the story of America's Founding Fathers. How they fomented rebellion in the colonies, formed the Continental Congress, fought the Revolutionary War, and wrote the Constitution.

Lewis and Clark: the Journey of the Corps of Discovery
PBS Home Video, 2001, 240 minutes

Film directed by Ken Burns. Sent by President Thomas Jefferson to find the fabled Northwest Passage, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the expedition of discovery from St. Louis to the headwaters of the Missouri River, over the Continental Divide to the Pacific. This DVD tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery not just the two famous captains.

Vietnam War: with Walter Cronkite
Edi Video, 2003.

Three DVD set showing news clips that appeared on CBS during the Vietnam war.

American Cinema: One Hundred Years of Filmmaking (1995)
Image Entertainment, 2000 box set, 544 minutes.

Includes interviews with Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Gene Siskel, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, and Quentin Tarantino.

The Directors
Fox Lorber, 2001, 999 minutes.

22 profiles of Hollywood's most highly acclaimed directors. Titles include Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, Ron Howard, Spike Lee, Barry Levinson, Sydney Pollack, Rob Reiner, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg among others.

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies
Miramax, 2003, 230 minutes.

"I can only talk about what has moved me or intrigued me," says filmmaker Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull) at the beginning of this four-hour documentary about his passion for U.S. cinema. "I can't really be objective here."

Treasures from American Film Archives
Image Entertainment, 2000, Box Set, 642 minutes.

The 50 films in this four disc set have been preserved by eighteen of the nation's premiere archives, including the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, the Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House, UCLA, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Featuring numerous supplements and produced by the nonprofit National Film Preservation Foundation, Treasures from American Film Archives shows the amazing variety of films made from coast to coast over the last 100 years. With narration by Laurence Fishburne.

Mark Twain Tonight began as a Broadway show in the 1960s and was filmed as a CBS special in 1967. Hal Holbrook portrays Mark Twain.

Jazz on a Summer's Day chronicles the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival as seen through the lens of still photographer Bert Stern.

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billy Holiday
Kultur, 2000, 60 minutes

This documentary on Billie Holiday (1915-1959) features rare TV and movie clips, along with commentary by a stellar group of jazz instrumentalists and singers who knew her well. Among those recalling Lady Day are the vocalists Carmen McRae and Annie Ross (who were inspired by her), fellow Count Basie alumni Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison, and Billie's last accompanist, pianist Max Waldron. Award-winning actress Ruby Dee reads from Holiday's autobiography Lady Sings the Blues.

Chicago: City of the Century tells how Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. The film opens with the discovery of Chicago's site by a missionary and an explorer in 1673, and follows the city's unparalleled growth -- no other city had ever grown so fast -- from the construction of the railroads that turned Chicago into the hub of a nationwide railway network to the dramatic post-fire reconstruction that gave the city the most distinctive skyline in the world. Produced in association with the Chicago Historical Society.

Ellis Island
A&E Home Video, 2003, 150 minutes.

To newcomers in the early 1900s, the United States was a land of hopes and dreams, and Ellis Island was the gateway, offering new soil for their first step. This film--produced for and first broadcast on the History Channel--documents in full detail the life of the way station. What started out as a modest outpost became a monumental processing center, during its 62-year history, for nearly 12 million people.

New York
PBS Home Video, 2004, 8 Discs.

This definitive series chronicles the history of New York from its founding in 1624 as a Dutch trading post to its continuing pre-eminence as the cultural and economic capital of the world. Directed by Ric Burns.A special presentation of American Experience. 8 discs.

Martin Luther King: "I Have a Dream"
MPI Media Group, 2005. 60 minutes.

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King spoke these words as he addressed a crowd of more than 200,000 civil rights protesters gathered at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Bonus features: The Big March (Newsreel, 1963); March on Washington (1963); The March Twenty Years Later (1983).

This engaging two-hour documentary from NOVA detailing America's space program was produced for the 30th anniversary of the first moon shots. While no 120-minute film can tell all the stories of the space program, To the Moon details the method that Americans used to reach the moon: lunar orbit rendezvous (one ship circles the moon while another lands). This concept wasn't even on the drawing board at NASA, and the video chronicles the struggle of engineers and astronauts to work out a solution. The space footage focuses on Gemini missions that rehearsed rendezvous in space and the most extravagant Apollo missions (numbers 8, 11, 13, 15, and 17).