Lyndon B. Johnson

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But on September 14, 1962, exactly one year, one month and one day after the Wall was built, a group of 29 people from the GDR managed to escape spectacularly through a 135-meter tunnel to the West. For more than 4 months, students from West Berlin, including 2 Italians, dug this tunnel. When the tunnel builders ran out of money after only a few meters of digging, they came up with the idea of marketing the escape tunnel. They sell the film rights to the story exclusively to NBC, an American television station.

The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress follows the new presidential aircraft's creation, diving into how it transformed into a top-secret command center.

Jackie Kennedy Onassis fue la mujer más famosa del mundo, la descripción viviente de glamur, admirada por todos. Pero Jackie Kennedy Onassis fue, además, una persona compleja, llena de capas y extremadamente reservada, completando así una personalidad enigmática y fascinante. Protagonista de algunos momentos que hicieron historia en el siglo XX, este documental nos propone un recorrido por su figura, desde su imagen como Primera Dama y viuda hasta su menos oficial papel como icono de la moda.Un archivo increíble y varias entrevistas con Jackie y sus amigos nos ofrecen un documental muy completo por el que descubrimos a la mujer que cautivó al mundo mientras controlaba con mano férrea su propia historia.

The story of the cross destiny of George Orwell (1903-50) and Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), the genius authors of the two most groundbreaking novels of anticipation of the 20th century: 1984 and Brave New World; two lucid witnesses of the maledictions of the modern world whose novels have found a considerable echo with our time.

El escritor, periodista, historiador y biógrafo presidencial ganador del Premio Pulitzer John Meacham ofrece sus conocimientos oportunos e invaluables sobre el momento político e histórico actual del país al examinar su pasado. Basado en su bestseller de 2018 del mismo nombre.

Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.

The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.

The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.

In a collection of intimate interviews with some of America's most provocative black conservative thinkers, Uncle Tom takes a unique look at being black in America. Featuring media personalities, ministers, civil rights activists, veterans, and a self-employed plumber, the film explores their personal journeys of navigating the world as one of America's most misunderstood political and cultural groups: The American Black Conservative. In this eye-opening film from Director Justin Malone and Executive Producer Larry Elder, Uncle Tom examines self-empowerment, individualism and rejecting the victim narrative. Uncle Tom shows us a different perspective of American History from this often ignored and ridiculed group.

Cuatro excombatientes afroamericanos - Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis) y Melvin (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) - regresan a Vietnam en busca de los restos del jefe de su escuadrón, caído en combate (Chadwick Boseman), y la promesa de un tesoro escondido. Junto al hijo de Paul (Jonathan Majors), se enfrentarán a obstáculos naturales y humanos, y constatarán los estragos causados por la inmoralidad de la guerra de Vietnam.

John F Kennedy was one of America's greatest presidents. He was the voice of the people who was a natural public speaker and a cool calm figure in front of the cameras. His influence helped push America through the most dangerous moments of the cold war, diffusing what could have been world nuclear destruction. But in November 1963, his life would come to a devastating end through the hands of an assassin. But who would kill one of the most popular presidents? Why was he a target? Join us as we investigate the life and career of JFK and ask the question...Who was really behind the killing of JFK?

A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories. «If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe» Paul Craig Roberts

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, noche de Halloween, 1968. Después de gastar una broma a un matón de la escuela, Sarah y sus amigos deciden colarse en una casa supuestamente embrujada que una vez perteneció a la poderosa familia Bellows, desatando fuerzas oscuras que no podrán controlar.

Arrojando nueva luz sobre un punto geopolítico conflictivo, la película, escrita y producida por John Maggio y narrada por el actor coreano-estadounidense John Cho, confronta el mito de la "Guerra olvidada", documentando el conflicto posterior a 1953 y sus consecuencias globales.

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespread voter fraud in order to justify the necessity for new and draconian voting restrictions.

Durante más de treinta años, y a través de su programa de televisión, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), presentador, productor, escritor y pianista, acompañado por sus marionetas y sus muchos amigos, habló directamente a los niños pequeños sobre algunos de los temas más importantes de la vida.

This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the effects often took decades to manifest, each of these policy shifts increased the rate of incarceration in the U.S. The video ends with many of the architects of these changes, Democrats and Republicans alike, admitting the failure of these policies and suggesting that it is time for real change.

National Geographic documentary on Martin Luther King Jr. helps drive change in the United States in the face of bitter opposition, not least from opponents within the U.S. government; King is subjected to a fierce campaign of intimidation by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.

On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor McDonald travels to the Deep South of America to get closer to the man who meant so much to him.

La película de Rebecca Miller es un retrato de su padre, su época y sus observaciones, construido alrededor de entrevistas improvisadas grabadas en el hogar familiar durante años.

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the great events of his presidential term, at a time when the world was undergoing considerable changes.

Una mirada en profundidad al sistema carcelario en los Estados Unidos y cómo revela la historia de la nación de la desigualdad racial.

La Guerra Fría, la carrera espacial y la llegada a la luna son hitos que definen una era. Pero son también pasto para las teorías conspiratorias. En este documental, el director Ziga Virc añade nuevo material a esta discusión desde ambos frentes. Este intrigante docuficción explora el mito del acuerdo multimillonario detrás de la compra de Estados Unidos del programa clandestino de Yugoslavia al principio de los años 60.

Historian Andrew Cohen discusses Robert Drew's 1963 documentary Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment.

More people are imprisoned in the United States at this moment than in any other time or place in history, yet the prison itself has never felt further away or more out of sight. This is a film about the prison in which we never see an actual penitentiary. The film unfolds a cinematic journey through a series of landscapes across the USA where prisons do work and affect lives, from an anti-sex-offender pocket park in Los Angeles, to a congregation of ex-incarcerated chess players shut out of the formal labor market, to an Appalachian coal town betting its future on the promise of prison jobs.

Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.

The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the terrorist. Taken from an historical perspective starting around World War 1 leading to present day.

Three-year-old Monique Corzilius counts to 10, pulling petals from a daisy. A voice from mission control then counts down as the camera zooms into Monique's dark pupil. An atomic blast and ensuing mushroom cloud consumes the TV screen as President Lyndon Johnson's voice proclaims "We must either love each other, or we must die." This political ad, “Peace Little Girl,” aired only once or twice during the 1964 presidential campaign between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater, but it ushered in a new era of the television attack ad. The 1964 campaign also reshaped the American political landscape in other significant ways. Johnson's "Great Society" and civil rights agendas pushed southern states toward the Republican Party and brought the northeast in line with the Democrats, creating America's contemporary geopolitical map of red and blue states.

A brief look at the military industry in the United States.

In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.

Los secretos mejor guardados de los hombres más poderosos e influyentes de la historia de los Estados Unidos.

El documental se construye con metraje nunca visto, grabaciones en super 8 filmadas por la gente cercana a Nixon durante sus tiempos más oscuros. (FILMAFFINITY)

Lo que Stone tenía en mente era un documental de una hora, que con el paso del tiempo ha ido evolucionando hasta convertirse en un proyecto que ha dominado sus ratos libres durante los últimos cuatro años y medio, “hasta convertirse en este monstruo”, explica el director

Documental que disecciona las entrañas de la máquina de guerra estadounidense. La batalla contra las drogas, una guerra menos visible, pero que está costando más vidas, la destrucción de más familias, y convirtiéndose en un azote en el alma de la sociedad estadounidense

An HBO documentary, takes a ‘personal, not political’ look at George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.

Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.

Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president, Ronald Reagan.

Durante años, los hombres del Servicio Secreto responsables de proteger al presidente John F. Kennedy guardaron silencio sobre el magnicidio que, el 22 de Noviembre de 1963, segó la vida del joven y carismático líder norteamericano. Ahora, por primera vez ante las cámaras, los agentes del Servicio Secreto a cargo de la seguridad de los Kennedy durante esos turbulentos años han accedido a compartir sus historias sobre la familia, así como sus recuerdos y reflexiones sobre el atentado de Dallas.

President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination in Dallas has sparked decades of questions and controversy. The "lost" JFK recordings made available for this documentary -- including local TV and radio reports -- shed new light on the tragedy. The rarely seen material has been organized to capture the drama as it unfolded, including the shocked reactions of Dallas citizens, many of whom were caught up directly in the sweep of events.

Did the Mafia order the killing of JFK? The compelling evidence includes a never before seen interview with an FBI informant who shared a prison cell with a Mafia kingpin.

Basada en una historia real, Sean Penn interpreta a Sam Bicke, un hombre desilusionado con su vida pesonal y profesional que en 1974 intentó el asesinato del 37 presidente de Estados Unidos, Richard Nixon.

Documental en torno a Ellsberg, un hombre que trabajó como asesor de defensa en el Gobierno, y que luego se tornó activista, transformándose en una figura legendaria cuando filtró información clasificada sobre Vietnam al New York Times, en la década del '70. (FILMAFFINITY)

We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.

This documentary profiles iconic journalist Helen Thomas who has held a front-row seat at White House press conferences for more than 60 years.

A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States.

On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that ripped other cities apart after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth, bringing America to its knees in awe - then fear. Initially thrilling as a marvel of science, Sputnik was soon viewed by America a weapon of mass destruction.

A new investigative documentary exploring the controversies surrounding the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968 as he looked set to challenge Nixon for the White House. Munir Sirhan tells how his brother Sirhan has never been able to remember the shooting. Sandra Serrano speaks for the first time in forty years about the girl in the polka-dot dress fleeing the scene, yelling "We shot him! We shot him!" And Dr. Herbert Spiegel of Columbia University describes how Sirhan was hypnotically programmed to kill Robert Kennedy.

El 22 de noviembre de 1963, mataron de un tiro al presidente John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald, el único detenido por el crimen, también fue asesinado dos días más tarde. Más de 40 años después, su muerte sigue siendo un misterio sin resolverse. El magnicidio de J.F.K. fue uno de los escándalos más sonados y que causó una mayor conmoción en la sociedad del siglo XX, no sólo en los Estados Unidos sino en el mundo entero. Las características del crimen y la intriga que envolvió la posterior investigación, que quedaría sin resolver, favoreció que infinidad de libros, películas y producciones de todo tipo fueran creados partiendo de este suceso.

Forty years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, more than 80% of Americans still believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. This documentary attempts to separate fact from conspiracy theories to get to the truth, employing stunning forensic technology that makes it possible for the first time to be an eyewitness to this crime of the century – to see precisely what happened that November day in Dallas.

One of the dominating figures in Elvis Presley's life was his manager, who was known as the "Colonel". No other relationship in Elvis' life was as controversial and misunderstood as the one he had with Colonel Tom Parker. The truth about their unique friendship is revealed in this documentary.

Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, Fail-Safe (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Bernstein.

Fists of Freedom examines one of the 20th century’s most memorable moments — the dramatic “Black Power” demonstration of American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the victory stand at the 1968 Summer games in Mexico City. Using rare footage, archival photos and interviews with key figures from the era, revisit a pivotal event in American history.

On Nov. 22, 1963 the world was shocked by the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The mystery surrounding this history-changing event has led to many unanswered questions.

It fought against international terrorism in South America and watched out for our allies abroad...but what else did it do?...What are the true secrets of the C.I.A.?

Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and unprecedented access to its hallowed halls, this program from National Geographic takes viewers on an in-depth tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- the White House. Interviews with presidents and first ladies offer a revealing look at what goes into running that famous household, and White House employees give viewers a taste of the preparations involved in hosting a state dinner.

Lyndon Johnson exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs, rivaling those of FDR's New Deal, through Congress with astounding success. However, visions of a Great Society were swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam: the unpopular and costly war eroded his political base and left him an exile within his own White House.

A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals who braved the remarkable journey to the moon and back.

Muestra el desmoronamiento de los valores de la sociedad norteamericana desde mediados del siglo XX hasta principios de los 80, centrándose en la espiral de violencia que recorre el país, y para ello nos muestra una senda donde la moral y la ética parecen brillar con luz propia, mostrando una serie de acontecimientos clave en el desarrollo de la nación tanto a nivel político como en lo más profundo de la subcultura americana.

A controversial three part critical documentary on the history of the CIA.

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Aclamado documental sobre los efectos de la Guerra del Vietnam en dicho país. Ganador del Oscar al mejor documental en 1975.

A 1964-1973 Retrospective for homecoming POWs.

The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a close friend, Fred Baker, who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears. By presenting Bruce's landmark skits on the Steve Allen Show, his failed TV pilot episode and a candid interview with Nat Hentoff, Bruce's genius and anguish show through the dramatic and tragic trajectory of his career from aspiring artist to hunted "lawbreaker".

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

This color propaganda film made National Education Program (NEP) as a warning to citizens of the USA about the subversive groups within the country looking to destroy the American system and its people. It dates to 1968, one of the most chaotic years in 20th Century American history.

This is a montage of different images from the JFK, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triumphs and assassinations, all three events being observed by Lyndon Johnson as the dark figure who is plotting the anti-black rights movement.

Part of a collection of restored early works by Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut, this piece is historically significant as well as remarkably prescient. Video Tape Study No.3 is a direct media intervention, in which Paik distorts and manipulates footage from news conferences by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and New York Mayor Lindsey.

1964 American documentary film about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

"Daisy", sometimes known as "Daisy Girl" or "Peace, Little Girl", was a controversial political advertisement aired on television during the 1964 United States presidential election by incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign.

Robert Drew shows the sights and sounds from the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1963.