Florentine Films.

Baseball personalities fascinate the public and passionate rivalries turn professional baseball into "Something Like A War" as America's game moves into modern times.

Immigrants to America eagerly root for baseball, but they're dealt a crushing blow when eight Chicago White Sox players succumb to bribes to throw the World Series in the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919.

In the heydays of the fifties, baseball is king and New York City is its throne. For a glorious decade, the game is dominated by the Yankees, theGiants and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The true tale of baseball's beginnings--moving beyond the myth of Abner Doubleday to meet the rogues and the heroes who wrote the first record books. Watch baseball's rise from a "gentleman's hobby" to a sport for everyone.

Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.

The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one...

During the American Depression, America needed heros and baseball provided them, both from the Major Leagues and the Negro Leagues.

Traces the history of the Medal of Honor from its inception during the Civil War through the Iraq War. Focuses on the stories of a valiant few: Sgt. Paul Smith who died protecting his company at the Baghdad Airport; a Holocaust survivor who single-handedly defends a hill during the Korean War; a Navy SEAL, a veteran of the Vietnam War, who swam for two hours in the ocean, carrying his wounded comrades to safety; a Marine at Iwo Jima who used a flamethrower...

Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...

Ken Burns tells the story of a tiny school in Putney, Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of Greenwood, whose students, boys ages 11-17, all face a range of complex learning differences, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln's most powerful address.