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Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig -- these two sluggers made up the most powerful 1-2 punch in the history of our National Game. Featuring rarely-seen footage and photos, this video examines the lives and careers of two enduring American Heroes -- Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

Witness the biggest, most powerful diesels ever built – The Union Pacific 6900 Centennials. Developed especially for the Union Pacific, EMD's DD-40As filled the need for greater efficiency, ease of maintenance, speed, and power. Delivered in 1969 and named Centennials for the 100th anniversary of the first transcontinental railway, they were marvels of modern technology and performance. In this special release, you'll thrill to the sight of Centennials, or "Big Jacks," traveling across 5 different states, through all types of terrain. In 1986, after 17 years of amazing duty, the 6900s were retired. You won't see them in operation anymore, but this great video lets you enjoy the sights and sounds of Centennials in action again!

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

A successful and somewhat vain lawyer loses her mobile phone and is contacted by a stranger who wants to give it back. Charming and interesting, their instant connection blossoms but everything changes when they meet and she discovers a tiny little detail about him: he's rather short.

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?