Introduction: Engine of Democracy (0:38)

Hallowed Halls of Congress (1:26)

First Branch of Government (1:10)

Congress as National Temple (2:00)

Congress as Great Commanding Theater (1:12)

Congress: Creation of Founding Fathers (1:27)

First Congress (1:26)

Congress Invents Itself (2:24)

New Capitol City (0:58)

First Years (0:59)

Henry Clay: Speaker of the House (1:44)

Slavery (2:16)

The Missouri Compromise (0:47)

Daniel Webster (2:54)

John C. Calhoun (1:16)

California:Slave or Free? (1:55)

Compromise of 1850 (1:20)

Capitol Hill Gets a New Dome (1:39)

A Divided House (2:00)

Capitol Becomes Makeshift Barracks (0:52)

Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1:12)

Post Civil War Congress: The Millionaires Club (3:21)

Election of 1876 (1:24)

Thomas Brackett Reed (3:26)

Joseph Gurney Cannon (2:49)

George W. Norris and the Progressive Movement (3:03)

World War I (1:46)

Fiorello La Guardia: Progressive Voice (1:04)

George W. Norris and the Tennessee Valley Authority Act (0:49)

Congressman Robert Wagner and New Deal Legislation (1:29)

Percy Gassaway: Cowboy Congressman (0:50)

Jeannette Rankin: Lady of the House (1:32)

Political Cathedral (1:41)

One Town Under One Roof (1:27)

America's House (1:54)

Upstairs Downstairs: A Brief Tour of the Capitol (1:34)

Place for Politics (2:36)

Hero on the Hill: Sam Rayburn (1:35)

Famous Hearings (1:21)

Everett Dirksen: Conservative Clown (1:14)

Capitol Gets a Bath (0:30)

Congress Takes a Beating (2:19)

Congress Debates Civil Rights (2:50)

Death of President John F. Kennedy (1:30)

Master of the Senate Moves to the White House (0:40)

Dangers for Congress (1:50)

Power of Congress (3:38)

Promise of Congress (2:15)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1:59).