Traces the history of the national park idea from its origins at Yellowstone National Park to the conservation ethic of today's park system.

This archival color footage of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is joined with the voice of President John F. Kennedy expressing his concern over the buildup of the Russian space program during the cold war.

An account of the Plains Indians and their buffalo culture, beginning with the pre-horse period up until the Ghost Dance movement and the tragic episode of Wounded Knee.

Our Texas Heritage begins in 1519 and continues into the 20th century, covering major topics and of course, the Alamo. [17:00]

From the 1930s, highlights training facilities for lighter-than-air aircraft in the U.S. Air Service. [21:00]

News footage of the event where Howard Hughes crashed his experimental plane into a house, almost totally demolishing the house.

Newsreel marking the end of the war in Europe as Germany succumbs to the allied invasion. [2:00]

American colonial life existed just shy of 180 years before the United States of America emerged as a nation independent of British rule. These formative years are reflected in the FREE videos below.

Henry Ford's Model-T was produced for over 19 years. It birthed the modern industrial assembly-line process, and in 1927, the 15 millionth and final Model -T rolled off the assembly-line. [6:54]

A five-dollar bill is followed as it goes from pocket to purchase, to the bank, and more. Learn how money is used.

Farmers and shopkeepers were transformed into soldiers as the shot heard 'round the world thrust them into the revolutionary war. [1:00]

Efficient farming, bubble cars riding on massive interstate highways, and more are a few of the visions of 1960s America as displayed in the Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. [23:00]

Similar to Early Settlers of New England, this film highlights daily life in a very early New England colonial village. It includes scenes of hunting, fishing, cooking, farming, and more. [10:00]

Although very short, this film gives a good clue as to what everyday life was like in Massachusetts in an early colonial settlement. It includes scenes of hunting, fishing, cooking, farming, brick-making and more.

Presents a phase of flatboatmen agricultural economy in the early nineteenth century. Portrays Ohio Valley farmers as they fell trees, prepare the lumber, and build a flatboat to carry their produce down the river to market.

A tour of the GM Pavillion at the 1964 World's Fair, complete with scenes of underwater farms, sets the tone to show off new Fridgidaire appliances. [13:00]

During the height of the plantation system in the south, slavery was a large part of the culture and machine which drove the economic force of that region. Here, old Louisiana during the period of 1830 - 1850 is explored and includes...

Follows the evolution of the flag of the United States from the colonial flags to the stars and stripes of today. Shows by animation the development of the western territories into the present states and how this development effected...

Integration Report 1 is a civil rights documentary covering the year between 1959 and 1960 in Montgomery, Alabama, in Brooklyn, New York, and in Washington, D.C..

A short demonstration and explanation of the firing of a poplular, French-built musket used doing the American Revolution.

A short, animated presentation of the ship landing and the building of Jamestown - the first permanent English settlement in North America.