S1.E1 ∙ Spitfire

A portrait of the demise and fall of the Soviet Empire as seen through the eyes of the people who endured it. The film explores the power of human spirit in its battle against adversity.

David Hasselhoff examines the story of the Berlin Wall and interviews the daring and ingenious people who risked life and limb in their quest for freedom.

The story of the unconditional, no-holds-barred tour of America by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, leader of World Communism and America's arch nemesis, during 13 sun-filled days in the fall of 1959.

Dom Deluise hosts this documentary as a tribute to the Laurel and Hardy team, including extracts from many of their films, many in color, plus comments from celebrity interviewees.

For seventy years, the photojournalists of Magnum have observed the world of cinema as they would any conflict, social issue or country on the map. It was out of love for the actress Ingrid Bergman that Robert Capa took Magnum's very first photo of cinema, on the set of Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious, inaugurating the relationship between the agency and the world of films. Using original, unseen stories and interviews, Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum retraces this relationship over 70 years. It is a confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds: fiction and reality, and a unique look behind the scenes of cinema in the making.

Historical documentary about the life and work of visionary Kansas City developer, Jesse Clyde Nichols (1880-1950). Nichols constructed the largest contiguous planned community in the U.S.and the first modern shopping center in America. Nichols ranged far beyond Kansas City. He served on the National Parks and Planning Commission in Washington, DC, and lent his expertise to the planning of many other communities, including Beverly Hills and Cleveland's Shaker Heights. The methods and philosophies Nichols championed are now being used by architects, planners, and developers to build towns and combat sprawl. These "New Urbanists" have found a godfather in J.C. Nichols. This film was designed for a national PBS audience and for educational distribution. The program has aired on more than 100 PBS stations nationwide.