Bill Lattanzi

The last year or so of the war in the Pacific during WWII. It picks up at the point where the inevitability of an American victory seems certain--it's only a matter of time. It then discusses the ferocity of the Japanese defense, the American bombing campaign, the kamikaze, the Emperor and his resistance to surrender and the American feelings towards a negotiated peace.

Part 2 (of three) of "Chicago: City of the Century" covers the 1870s and '80s, when the city's can-do business leaders found themselves increasingly at odds with labor. The episode profiles meatpacker Augustus Swift; sleeping-car magnate George Pullman, who established what he hoped would become a utopian workers community; and merchant prince Marshall Field, who had no such notions. Then there were the anarchists. Based on the book by historian Donald L. Miller.

City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that was the quintessential American city of the nineteenth century. The film tells how innovation, ingenuity, determination and ruthlessness created empires in what was a marshy wasteland and describes the hardships endured by millions of working men and women whose labor helped a capitalist class reinvent the way America did business. Along the way, this program revels in Chicago's triumphs -- among them the architectural experimentation that gave the city one of the world's most distinctive skylines -- and delves into the heart of Chicago's painful struggles. Bringing to life the Windy City's rich mixture of cultures, its writers and journalists, its political corruption and labor upheavals, this film bears witness to the creation of one of the most dynamic and vibrant cities in the world.

In 1988, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the twentieth century -- and one of the most controversial. A failed actor, Reagan became a passionate ideologue who preached a simple gospel of lower taxes, less government, and anti-communism.

In 1986, astronomer turned computer scientist Clifford Stoll had just started working on a computer system at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory when he noticed a 75-cent discrepancy between the charges printed by two accounting programs responsible for charging people for machine use. Intrigued, he deduced that the system was being hacked, and he determined to find the culprit. This is the re-enactment of how he tracked down KGB cracker Markus Hess through the Ethernet to Hannover, Germany.

이제 막 50세에 접어든 마리온(Marion: 지나 로랜드 분)은 시회적으로 성공한 여성이다. 철학과 교수로서 꽤 신망도 얻었고 심장전문으로 유명한 남편 켄(Ken: 이안 홈 분)과의 재혼도 원만해 비교적 생활이 안정이 되자 그녀는 새 책을 집필하기 위한 사무실을 새로 얻는다. 그러나 방음이 불완전해서인지 옆 사무실에서 들려오는 상담 내용에 신경이 쓰여 집필에 어려움을 겪는다. 뭔가 슬픔을 가득 안고 사는 듯한 한 임산부의 애절한 목소리에 이끌린 마리온은 그녀를 만나고 나서부터 자신의 삶을 뒤돌아 보게 된다. 아버지의 동년배였던 첫 남편 샘(Sam: 필립 보스코 분)과의 생활, 끈질기게 사랑을 갈구하던 래리(Larry: 진 핵크만 분)와의 추억, 절친했던 친구 클레어와의 불화 등 여태까지 자신이 성공적이었다고 믿고 있던 삶이 허상이었음을 깨닫는다. 게다가 남편이 친구 부인과 깊은 관계라는 사실을 알게 되는데...