Bill Moyers interviews I. I. Rabi, winner of the 1944 Nobel Prize in physics and an early developer of radar for use in World War II.

Bill Moyers explores how America’s Depression-era growth of government made Washington the center for the nation’s recovery and a purveyor of hope to millions.

Bill Moyers reports on how the US in the 1950's was an era of American conformity, in which fitting in led to a hostility and distrust of those who stood out.

Bill Moyers shows how high-speed transport and travel created a new vision of America.

Bill Moyers speaks with news correspondent Richard Strout, who covered Washington and the White House from 1925 until his retirement in 1984.

Two motion picture experts -- Frank Capra and Fritz Hippler -- on the war they waged through film.

Bill Moyers, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee tell the story of how the New Deal, World War II, and postwar social changes set the stage for a long-awaited and hard-fought legal assault on segregation.

Bill Moyers is joined by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee who re-create the world of 20th-century black America. This episode covers 1900 to 1920.

From the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 to the 1982 celebration in Knoxville, a look at the ways these global festivities have reflected America’s changing views about the future.

BIll Moyers looks at how newsreels grew into a unique 20th-century institution that informed and entertained whole generations.