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Leaving behind his Boston childhood, Benjamin Franklin reinvents himself in Philadelphia where he builds a printing empire and a new life with his wife Deborah. Turning to science, Franklin gains worldwide fame from his lightning rod and experiments in electricity. After entering politics, he spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his own family starts to come apart.
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Once called "Dylan's God Awful Gospel" by his fans, Bob Dylan's Jesus-following years are today regarded as the best of his career. Experience an insider's view of Bob Dylan's born-again transformation, and its effect on his life and music. In late 1978, Bob Dylan joined the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church. Here, Dylan's Bible class teacher, Pastor Bill Dwyer, details Dylan's embrace of Jesus Christ and Christianity. Dylan then made three Gospel...
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Bob Dylan has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. This documentary covers Dylan' s life and music from his schooldays to his conversion in the late 1970s to fundamental Christianity. This film features interviews with Dylan's only songwriting partner, Jacques Levy, journalist Al Aronowitz, former band leader Rob Stoner and many more, along with rare footage and previously unseen photographs. This program...
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Producer Jerry Wexler and songwriter Al Kasha provide an account of Dylan's days at Columbia Records in 1962. Drummer Mickey Jones chronicles the 1966 Bob Dylan and the Band electric world tour. Hear how Dylan used the cover of a motorcycle accident to enter drug rehab. Dylan's 1974 comeback tour is illustrated by tour photographer Barry Feinstein through images and personal accounts. In 1975, Bob Dylan hit the road with a rag-tag band of folk troubadours,...
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Charles Bolden has logged more than 6,000 hours of flying time in his lengthy aviation career. Bolden enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduation from the Naval Academy and went on to fly more than 100 combat missions in North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Bolden graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and flew numerous test projects as an ordnance test pilot. In 1980, Bolden was picked as an astronaut candidate. His space career...
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After The Crash mixes historic footage with review and criticism from experts, friends, fellow musicians who played with Dylan, and even the odd enemy. This program covers Dylan's middle period, from his still controversial motorcycle accident through to his conversion to born again Christianity. Learn about the day Dylan crashed his 1964 Triumph T100 near his home in Woodstock, NY, a traumatic event which catalyzed his retreat from crowds, touring,...
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Venturing back into his childhood and formative years to discover the roots of the man who changed music forever, the film continues through Dylan's early Greenwich Village period, onto his worldwide recognition, and culminating with the 1966 world tour and his escape from the limelight. Featuring exclusive interviews with school friends and teachers, the guitarist in his first band, Village associates and musicians plus British folk icon Martin Carthy,...
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This film reviews the Bob Dylan years from late 1978 to the release of 1989's Oh Mercy, an album that was seen by many as a huge return to form. This period of Dylan's life and career is one of the most controversial and fascinating. With the aid of rare Dylan footage, live and studio versions of the most pivotal songs, exclusive interviews with his closest allies, contributions from experts, biographers, and other commentators, and many other features,...
12) Jimmy Doolittle
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General James Harold Doolittle - World War II national - Jimmy Doolittle- hero as depicted in the movie, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, Doolittle was the recipient of the Medal of Honor for the first bombing strike against mainland Japan, a holder of many early aircraft speed records, recipient of the first doctorate ever in aeronautical engineering, a corporate and military leader in aircraft development, and was instrumental in creating the U.S. Air Force...
13) Norman Rockwell
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This Biography video spotlights Norman Rockwell, the complicated painter who produced the glorious and uncomplicated illustrations that thrilled readers for 60 years and helped to shape the nation.
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From a segregated childhood in Alabama to becoming the most powerful woman in the world, Condoleezza Rice cuts an extraordinary and enigmatic figure. This incisive documentary tells a mesmerizing Faustian tale of a woman whose pursuit of power destroyed her core values and rocketed America into a fateful new direction. Leading her own defense through a series of candid interviews, this is political biography like no other.
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Nikola Tesla electrified the world, but his bizarre vision of the future branded him as a mad scientist. A century ago, Tesla created energy-efficient light bulbs, foresaw today's oil consumption issues, and the need for alternative energies like geothermal and solar power. Can the keys to a brighter future be found in the long neglected writings of this discredited genius?
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Explores the life of R.H. Macy who had the vision to build a one room shop into one of the world's largest retail stores. Highlights the influence of the legacy of Macy's on American culture and his personal life, from the early days as a Nantucket whaler to his adventures as a world class merchant, R.H. Macy remains one of America's great success stories.
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Harry Combs started his love affair with aviation at the age of 13 with a $2.50 ride in the cockpit of a mail plane. By his mid-teens, Combs was building his own flight-worthy aircraft. His education led him to try investment banking, a path that he would later modify to successfully run Combs Aircraft. It seems Harry Combs has done it all, from working with President Kennedy on the increasing demand for air travel to rebuilding the struggling Gates...
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This film provides a moving, in-depth biography of an organizer and journalist who, for a remarkable 60 years, participated in the most significant movements for racial and economic justice in the South. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. praised her steadfast activism in support of civil rights and civil liberties, but she was threatened, attacked, indicted, and labeled a "communist agitator" and "race traitor" by white supremacists. Her conservative...
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