David McCullough
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 07, 1933
Deathday: August 07, 2022
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Seabiscuit
2003-07-22
Seabiscuit
Overview: 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 nation.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-22
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The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
1984-11-01
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
Overview: They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement, and in the process, offers us a new and unusually moving way to understand the Shakers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-01
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The Congress
1989-03-19
The Congress
Overview: For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful and often touching portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of Congress and, in turn, our country.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-19
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The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996-01-29
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Overview: Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-29
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The Hurricane of '38
1993-11-17
The Hurricane of '38
Overview: In September of 1938, a great storm rose up on the coast of West Africa and began making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. The National Weather Bureau learned about it from merchant ships at sea and predicted it would blow itself out at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as such storms usually did. Within 24 hours, the storm ripped into the New England shore with enough fury to set off seismographs in Sitka, Alaska. Traveling at a shocking 60 miles per hour -- three times faster than most tropical storms -- it was astonishingly swift and powerful, with peak wind gusts up to 186 mph. Over 600 people were killed, most by drowning. Another hundred were never found. Property damage was estimated at $400 million -- over 8,000 homes were destroyed, 6,000 boats wrecked or damaged.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-17
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The Donner Party
1992-10-28
The Donner Party
Overview: 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 penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny." Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-28
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Featuring Natalie Cole
2010-09-07
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Featuring Natalie Cole
Overview: Each year, the Christmas concert presented by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square is seen by more than 85,000 people live and by millions more via television broadcast. This year the Choir was joined by none other than multiple Grammy-award winner Natalie Cole and Pulitzer prize-winning author David McCullough.
Genres: Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-07
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David McCullough: Painting with Words
2008-05-28
David McCullough: Painting with Words
Overview: Author/historian David McCullough welcomes viewers into his public and private world in this film. Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman--who adapted McCullough's 'John Adams' for the 7-part HBO miniseries--this documentary paints an affectionate, first-person portrait of the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner as he gives a speech and even visits his old Brooklyn neighborhood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-28
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Burden of Genius
2017-01-01
Burden of Genius
Overview: In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-01
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New York Underground
1997-02-07
New York Underground
Overview: In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets and pokey transportation system were a source of constant complaint. On March 24, 1900, ground was broken for the Big Apple's subway; the Interborough Rapid Transit Line opened four years later, running more than 26 miles of underground track at the speed of 35 miles per hour. Soon thousands in the city were "doing the subway."
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-07
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Brooklyn Bridge
1981-11-08
Brooklyn Bridge
Overview: 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 ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it traces the bridge's transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American culture.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-08
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The Statue of Liberty
1985-10-26
The Statue of Liberty
Overview: 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 provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America’s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and newspapers of the day, the fascinating story of this universally admired monument is told. In interviews with Americans from all walks of life, including former New York governor Mario Cuomo, the late congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the late writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski, The Statue of Liberty examines the nature of liberty and the significance of the statue to American life. Nominated for both the Academy Award ® and the Emmy Award ®, The Statue of Liberty received the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle, the Christopher Award and the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-26
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Napoleon
2000-11-16
Napoleon
Overview: 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 destined for greatness. Learn of his love for Josephine Beauharnais, and his rise to Emperor. Witness his extraordinary achievements and ultimately his fall, his final battles, his exile to Elba, and his defeat at Waterloo. For nearly two decades he strode the world stage like a colossus -- loved and despised, venerated and feared. From his birth on the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on the godforsaken island of St. Helena, NAPOLEON brings this extraordinary figure to life.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-16
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California Typewriter
2017-08-18
California Typewriter
Overview: A story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard, David McCullough and others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-18
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Huey Long
1985-09-28
Huey Long
Overview: Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-28
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The Wyeths: A Father and His Family
1986-11-24
The Wyeths: A Father and His Family
Overview: The life of the famed illustrator NC Wyeth as told by his children: Andrew Wyeth, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Caroline Wyeth, Nat Wyeth, and Ann Wyeth McCoy.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-24
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George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
1992-11-18
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
Overview: The personal development of George Washington is the focus as Producer David Sutherland brings to life a uniquely human Washington who transformed himself from social climber into a patriot willing to give up everything for a higher cause.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-18
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The Wright Stuff
1996-02-12
The Wright Stuff
Overview: 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 of tight circles, ending in a perfect landing. The flight took less than two minutes, but it left spectators awestruck. While the combined talents of Wilbur and Orville Wright had produced the first plane capable of controlled flight , their distrust of others had almost cost them the credit for their invention. Now, having proved to the public that they had mastered the sky, the reserved brothers from the small town of Dayton, Ohio, became world celebrities.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-12
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LBJ
1991-09-30
LBJ
Overview: Lyndon Johnson exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs, rivaling those of FDR's New Deal, through Congress with astounding success. However, visions of a Great Society were swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam: the unpopular and costly war eroded his political base and left him an exile within his own White House.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-30
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FDR
1994-10-12
FDR
Overview: 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: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the second of four parts.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-12
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Ike
1993-09-20
Ike
Overview: 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, Dwight D. Eisenhower -- the last American president to be born in the 19th century -- was actually a skillful politician, a tough Cold War warrior, and one of America's most misunderstood and unappreciated presidents. Two-part documentary from American Experience.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-20
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The Words That Built America
2017-07-04
The Words That Built America
Overview: In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foundation for the United States of America.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-04
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The World That Moses Built
1989-01-10
The World That Moses Built
Overview: From the late 1920's through the '60's, Robert Moses built the bridges and highways, parks and parkways, tunnels and expressways of New York, as well as Lincoln Center and the United Nations. However, his public works exacted a human toll; tenements were razed and entire neighborhoods disappeared. This film tells the story of America's "master builder" and his fall from grace in the struggle between public order and individual liberty.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-10
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Truman
1997-10-05
Truman
Overview: 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 Truman was the least prepared, but would prove to be a surprise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-05
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