Adolf Hitler has just died and the Nazi regime is crumbling. Amidst the chaos, rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun leads a team of colleagues on a daring escape out of Germany. If he doesn't escape, the race for outer space will turn out differently.

Henry Ford's inspiration and how it affects World War II.

After gold has been discovered in California, a prospector named George Hearst goes west to seek it; William Randolph Hearst takes over a second rate newspaper.

Samuel Colt's mass production of the revolver changes the face of war and helps transform America into an industrial powerhouse.

Painter Samuel Morse devotes the second half of his life to the perfection of the electromagnetic telegraph system.

Tailor Jacob Davis, who invented the copper rivet for use in clothing, joins forces with businessman Levi Strauss to make blue jeans a popular American item.