David McCullough

In Brooklyn Bridge, Ken Burns captures the greatest achievements of the industrial age, the dramatic story of the men who built it, and the immense charm this granite and steel structure has exerted on generations of city dwellers.

Louisiana’s Huey Long built his career as Governor and U.S. Senator on a platform of social reform and justice, all while employing corruption to get what he wanted. This film by Ken Burns reveals his complex and comprehensive life.

Trapped in the Sierra Nevadas during the bitter winter of 1846, an untried shortcut became a death warrant for half of the Donner and Reed families as they became victims of madness, death and cannibalism.

For over 200 years, The United States Congress has been one of the country’s most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant and thoughtful portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this American institution. This film is now fully restored in high definition!

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered the United States through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin.

The Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution and The Bill of Rights represent much more than just words used by America's Founding Fathers. To celebrate them, this special--directed by Alexandra Pelosi and narrated by David McCullough--features dozens of Americans reading the iconic documents that define our outlook on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The true story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse recounts the triumphs that lifted the spirits of the team behind it and those of a nation.

CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER launches us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved technology, the typewriter, faces extinction. Delivering a thought-provoking view on the changing dynamic between humans and machines, director and three-time Grammy Award® winner and nominee Doug Nichol explores the mythology attached to the classic typewriter, as cultural historians, collectors and various celebrity obsessives (including Tom Hanks, John Mayer, David McCullough, and Sam Shepard) celebrate the typewriter both as object and means of summoning the creative spirit. The film culminates in the movingly documented struggle of California Typewriter, one of the last standing repair shops in America dedicated to keeping the aging machines clicking.