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Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and...

A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill, and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.

The continuing stories of rookie Constable Morse.

Looks at the Jazz Age, which began in 1917 and flourished until the mid-1920s, predominately in Chicago and New York.

In the mid-1930s, white musicians start to make important advances in jazz, even conducting black orchestras.

During World War II, swing becomes a symbol of democracy and freedom and on the home front, established musicians make way for a new musical style, bebop.

Just before World War II jazz continues its great popularity as demonstrated when Benny Goodman holds the first jazz concert ever at Carnegie Hall.

Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.