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How Recording WWII Soldiers Led to the Hit Show ‘Candid Camera’
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How Recording WWII Soldiers Led to the Hit Show ‘Candid Camera’

In ‘This Week in History,’ Allen Funt’s experiences at Cornell and the Signal Corps helped produce one of America’s funniest TV shows.

To Break the Rod and Rend the Gyve
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To Break the Rod and Rend the Gyve

In this installment of ‘When Character Counts’, we look at a famous abolitionist who was born a slave but envisioned a nation where all people could be free.

Boston Freedom Trail: Following the ‘Red-Brick’ Road
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Boston Freedom Trail: Following the ‘Red-Brick’ Road

The educational stroll through one of America’s oldest cities allows visitors to relive history at sites that led to the nation’s independence.

Miklos Rozsa: Hollywood’s Hungarian Rhapsody
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Miklos Rozsa: Hollywood’s Hungarian Rhapsody

In this installment of ‘The Art of Movie Music,’ we meet a Golden Era composer from Hungary.

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How a Failing Businessman Elevated the World

How a Failing Businessman Elevated the World

In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ a tinkerer and failing businessman finally hit on one of world’s most useful and famous inventions.

How Recording WWII Soldiers Led to the Hit Show ‘Candid Camera’

How Recording WWII Soldiers Led to the Hit Show ‘Candid Camera’

In ‘This Week in History,’ Allen Funt’s experiences at Cornell and the Signal Corps helped produce one of America’s funniest TV shows.

To Break the Rod and Rend the Gyve

To Break the Rod and Rend the Gyve

In this installment of ‘When Character Counts’, we look at a famous abolitionist who was born a slave but envisioned a nation where all people could be free.

Traversing the Towpath Trail

Traversing the Towpath Trail

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we walk, run, or bike beside the historic Ohio & Erie Canal through Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley.

Irving Thalberg: The Boy Wonder of Hollywood

Irving Thalberg: The Boy Wonder of Hollywood

In this installment of ‘Men Who Made the Movies,’ we meet the young man who turned movie studios into an industry during Hollywood’s Golden Era.

Vittorio Giannini: A Forgotten Operatic Master

Vittorio Giannini: A Forgotten Operatic Master

In this installment of ‘The Art of Beautiful Music,’ we meet an American composer who delighted audiences with his classical compositions.

Boston Freedom Trail: Following the ‘Red-Brick’ Road

Boston Freedom Trail: Following the ‘Red-Brick’ Road

The educational stroll through one of America’s oldest cities allows visitors to relive history at sites that led to the nation’s independence.

‘God and the Generals’: The American Experience Through a Virginia Church

‘God and the Generals’: The American Experience Through a Virginia Church

Charleen Smith-Riedel documents how Christ Church in Alexandria adapted and resisted societal changes.