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A Perfect Candidate
A truly funny, yet accurate documentary about the Virginia Senatorial election of 1994 in which Charles Robb ran as the incumbent ran against Oliver North. You can just imagine... The video offers an entertaining insight into our political process.

America's Atomic Bomb Tests
Footage of atomic bomb tests, restored and color-enhanced. By using these films, the U.S. military was able to determine the devastating effects of such blasts and how to employ counters to their destructive force.

Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?
What scares us? Crime, cancer, global warming, toxic waste? Should we be scared, or has the media told us to be? In this 1994 ABC News documentary, John Stossel examines what bugs Americans and what, if anything, is being done about them.

Biography: Thomas Jefferson - Philosopher of Freedom
Peter Graves hosts this fascinating profile of one of America's most eminent figures -- diplomat, violinist, scientist, inventor, botanist, meteorologist, architect and president Thomas Jefferson. A&E

Congress, The
Acclaimed film maker Ken Burns directs this look at the most important and least understood branch of American government.

Cronkite Remembers
Walter Cronkite -- "The most trusted man in America" shares his memories of four decades of dealing with American Presidents, Congress, war, peace, the space-race... Fascinating man, fascinating viewing.

Elvis Meets Nixon
In 1970 "The King" -- Elvis -- decides he wants to become a DEA Agent and figures President Nixon can make it happen. So, Elvis really did meet Nixon. This video, starring almost everybody, is a funny spoof of this unique, but actual event.

Great American Monuments - The White House
A really well done tour of the White House that appeared on the A&E network in 1995. Loaded with history and trivia.

National Geographic - Inside the White House
A more in-depth tour of the President's house done like only National Geographic can. Features rooms not seen on the public tours, like the First Family's private rooms.

Secret Service - 1865 to the Present - The Inside Story
In four volumes, the Arts & Entertainment Network presents a riveting look into the dangerous daily work of America's most high-tech bodyguards. Vol 1. - Lincoln to FDR, Vol 2 - Taking the Bullet, Vol 3 - JFK to Watergate, Vol 4 - The Modern Assassin.

Who Killed JFK? Facts Not Fiction
Presented by CBS News and hosted by Dan Rather, this documentary goes beyond rumor and speculation to discover what we know, what we don't know and what we may never know.