Due amici, uno del nord e uno del sud, lottano per mantenere la loro amicizia mentre gli eventi evolvono verso la guerra civile americana.
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Based on true stories and set in a Union hospital in the occupied Confederate city of Alexandria, viewers are taken beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.
The Blue and the Gray is a television miniseries that first aired on CBS in three installments on November 14, November 16, and November 17, 1982. Set during the American Civil War, the series starred John Hammond, Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, and Gregory Peck as President Abraham Lincoln. It was executive produced by Larry White and Lou Reda, in association with Columbia Pictures Television, then owned by The Coca-Cola Company.
La miniserie tratta della lunga faida Hatfield-McCoy avvenuta realmente tra il 1865 e il 1891 a cavallo degli stati americani della Virginia Occidentale e del Kentucky, e diventata negli Stati Uniti simbolo di valori quali onore famigliare, giustizia e vendetta.
Documentary series exploring the people, technology and battles behind the war between the states.
La storia, ambientata durante la guerra di secessione americana, segue le vicende delle sorelle Jo, Meg, Beth e Amy March negli anni di transizione dall'adolescenza all'età adulta. Con l'aiuto della madre, Marmee, e mentre il padre è in guerra, le ragazze provano cosa significhi essere una giovane donna: i temi trattati includono la rivalità tra sorelle, i primi amori, il lutto e il matrimonio.
This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Nel west dei mitici anni della frontiera Georgia Lawshe Woods si oppone alle strette regole morali e alle convenzioni dell'epoca per affermare sé stessa. Nel corso della sua avventurosa gioventú Giorgia si appassiona di politica, affronta i pericoli della guerra, combatte l'ostilità degli indiani per difendere la sua vita e la sua terra.
Epic mini-series chronicling the lives of two 19th-century families -- one Irish, the other English -- and the American family dynasties they began.
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.
The Americans is a 17-episode American drama television series that aired on NBC from January to May 1961. Set during the American Civil War, the series focuses on two brothers fighting on opposite sides of the conflict.
At the start of the Civil War, a prominent Virginia family makes the controversial decision to defend the South while freeing all of their slaves, pitting the family against one another and testing their strength, courage and love.
Kevin Corcoran è un giovane e robusto poliziotto irlandese immigrato che cerca di mantenere la pace nello storico quartiere di Five Points, nella New York del 1860, mentre cerca informazioni sulla scomparsa della moglie e sulla morte della figlia.
A young Southern belle becomes the mistress of a magnificent plantation.
The story of the three women General Ulysses S. Grant credited as helping the North win the Civil War
This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy-striper.
Take a journey back in time and immerse yourself in a 150-year-old battle that nearly split our nation in two. This three-part series explores famous and little known aspects of the Civil War, from the perspectives of the Union, the Confederacy and the millions of enslaved people struggling for freedom. Hosted by Ashley Judd, Trace Adkins, and Dennis Haysbert, all of whom had ancestors greatly affected by the war, this series delivers fresh insights and untold tales, brought to life through dramatic recreations and the Smithsonian Institution's vast collection of artifacts.
The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.