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1932 was marked by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's election and Amelia Earhart's historic flight across the Atlantic. Year by Year also looks at Al Capone's sentence to jail.

Their names were linked to the two most powerful men during the Civil War. Their lives were both controversial and often times misunderstood, yet never before in American history were there two first ladies. This is the story of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the President of the United States, and Varina Davis, wife of the President of the Confederate States of America. Although they were two women from rival governments, they led parallel lives, struggling...

They are the unsung heroes of the United States Army, the generals of the Union Army of the Potomac. They bravely fought Robert E. Lee in the summer of 1863 and won the most crucial battle of the American Civil War. This is the story of the Union officers at Gettysburg.

The British General William Howe came to America to fight during the Revolutionary War. Although he was sympathetic to the Colonists, he brilliantly led his troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill. This episode of The Conquerors goes on to explore Howe's battles against General George Washington at New York, Fort Lee, New Jersey, and in Pennsylvania at the Battle of the Brandywine.

"I have not yet begun to fight." These words immortalized the seafaring Scotsman who would side with the Americans in the War for Independence. Naval hero to some, pirate to others, Captain John Paul Jones took on the Royal Navy - and won. This episode of Biography, hosted by Jack Perkins, details the life of this extraordinary man.

They lie in silence, cities within cities, where a tomb is a home and transportation is one way. Let us be your guide to a land you will someday enter and never leave. From the history of ground burial to today's high-tech cremation, learn about how you will get to your final resting place.

The great Apache leader Geronimo was a warrior with good reason. When his mother, wife, and children were massacred by marauding Mexicans he began to fight. When he was finally forced onto a reservation, he went peaceably, but when white men decreed that his Apaches must be moved from Mexico to Florida, he began fighting again. Learn more about this warrior who was believed by his follower to possess a mystical force they simply called "the power."...

The New York Daily News made its debut on newsstands on June 26, 1919, and changed the history of journalism. This documentary draws on eight decades of archives to relate the story of this paper, which embraced a powerful, graphic style. Its use of jolting and unrelenting photographic images captured a large, dedicated audience, introducing them to the thrilling world of the night beat. This program includes personal accounts from photographers,...

The Killer Angels won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize. It was a national best seller and the book on which the popular movie Gettysburg is based. Though the novel is considered a classic of Civil War literature, its author Michael Shaara remains little known despite the fact that he revealed a little of himself on every page. This is the story of Shaara who strongly identified with commanders on both sides of the Civil War.

This episode of Biography looks at Paul Revere not only as a patriot but as an artisan, as well. Left with his father's silversmith trade at 19, Revere ultimately earned the title of Master Goldsmith.