Specials

Name: Specials
Released: 1998-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

Programa de TV

Portrait of the brilliant Gen. Thomas Jackson, who led Confederate troops in the bloody battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Bull Run, where he and his troops defended their position "like a stone wall."

1998 · 46m

EPISODIO 1

Benjamin Franklin: Citizen Of The World

Revealing portrait of the Revolutionary War leader and self-educated Renaissance man, renowned as a scientist, inventor, writer, philosopher, statesman, and diplomat.
EPISODIO 2

Boris Yeltsin: The People's Choice: Host: Jack Perkins

Portrait of the former Russian president who helped dismantle Communism and forged a new relationship with the United States and the West.
EPISODIO 3

Benedict Arnold: Triumph And Treason

Story of the brilliant American Revolutionary War general who turned traitor, including his military victories for the colonists and his decision to commit treason and defect to the British.
EPISODIO 4

Patrick Henry: Voice Of Liberty

Profile of the powerful orator whose clarion call, "Give me liberty or give me death," helped launch the American Revolution.
EPISODIO 5

General George C. Marshall: Soldier And Statesman: Host: Jack Perkins

The WWII 5-star general who was the only career officer ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and whose name embellished the boldest and most successful plan for peace ever launched: The Marshall Plan.
EPISODIO 6

Joseph Kennedy, Sr: Father Of An American Dynasty: Host: Jack Perkins

Portrait of the iron-fisted Kennedy patriarch who wheeled-and-dealed his way to wealth and power. Includes a look at his shady affairs in Wall Street boardrooms and Hollywood bedrooms.