History Detectives: Episode 711: 9/7/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: The site where a bridge may have been burned to thwart General Sherman's attempt to cross into Columbia, South Carolina; a penny stamp that may be connected to a landmark civil rights case; and metal sheets that look like printing plates for Billy Strayhorn's "Take the A Train," performed by Duke Ellington.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 710: 8/31/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: A portrait created in a German prisoner of war camp; the Seadrome, a floating airport anchored to the ocean floor where trans-Atlantic passenger flights could refuel; and an intact artillery shell that may have been part of an attack on the U.S. in WWI.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 709: 8/24/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: Mural studies that may have been commissioned by the WPA in the 1930s or 40s; a miniature painting that may depict George Washington; and a balloon scrap that may be a missing piece of a secret weapon.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 708: 8/17/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: A dagger that may have belonged to dictator Benito Mussolini; letters from a man who may have been part of the post-slavery exodus to Liberia; and a device that could have had something to do with nuclear attack preparedness.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 707: 8/10/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: An instrument that may have been recovered from the Hindenburg; a book that may have been a gift from John Adams to his son; and a home in the Bronx that may have been the birthplace of hip hop.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : China

History Detectives: Episode 705: 7/20/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: A recording that may have played a part in the World War II treason trial of Tokyo Rose; a photo ostensibly of Crazy Horse; the poignant diary of a World War II pilot.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 704: 7/13/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: A child who may have been exhibited in an incubator at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair; an early movie mogul's dramatic rise and fall; and a controversial design woven into a Navajo rug.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 703: 7/6/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: A gun that may have belonged to a member of Al Capone's gang; a letter allegedly written by John Wilkes Booth's father; and a device meant to guard against grave robbers.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 702: 6/29/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: An invention that may have been used in the atomic bomb; a 23-pound block of beeswax with strange markings; and a French manuscript kept by an American family for 160 years.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG+L
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 701: 6/22/09 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back... In this episode: a couple in Cincinnati acquire a peculiar phonograph at an antiques auction; a World War II collector from Kansas, has a cryptic letter from a soldier to another military man; and the new owners want to know more about a watch fob commemorating Francisco "Pancho" Villa's murderous raid on the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG+V
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 611: 2/20/2009 DVD

In a special presentation of the sixth season, America's top gumshoes prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. Wes Cowan, Gwendolyn Wright, Elyse Luray, Tukufu Zuberi, leave no stone unturned as they travel around the country to explore the stories behind local folklore, prominent figures and family legends.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 610: 9/15/2008 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back for a sixth season to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. In this episode a California veteran owns a recording which points to a little known part of WWII history, a Florida woman owns a letter allegedly penned by future President James Monroe in 1807, and sunken treasure from 1622 hints at a unique code among ship captains of the era.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 609: 9/8/2008 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back for a sixth season to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. In this episode wreckage of a ship of the Oregon coast is linked to a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, a Connecticut farmhouse has links to mass Jewish immigration at the turn of the 20th century, and an oil portrait in Kansas could have been painted by a historic poet.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 608: 8/18/2008 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back for a sixth season to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. In this episode a New Hampshire woman has a book which could have been written by John Adams, an Oregon woman's spoon depicts a gruesome scene from Minnesota's history, and a California woman owns an artifact she believes is from the first aircraft to make a transatlantic journey.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 607: 8/11/2008 DVD

Back for a sixth season to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. In this episode a New Jersey woman owns an artillery shell which traces back to German sabotage in WWII, the window of a farmhouse door may have come from Commodore Dewey's famous cruiser the USS Olympia, and a New York couple's home could that have served as a fortress in the French Indian War.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

The History Detectives Explore Lincoln's Letter, Parker's Sax, and Mark Twain's Watch Book

The official companion book to History Detectives, the hit PBS show. This book expands on material from the first five seasons of the show and tells the stories of the hosts many investigations into American artifacts. It also includes DIY tips and information to help readers conduct investigations of their own, and much more!

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Production Year: 2008
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 605: 7/28/2008 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back for a sixth season to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. In this episode a New Jersey man's souvenir could be from the ill-fated Hindenburg, a collector's postage stamp carries a political message from veterans of WWI, and a Nevada man wants to know if a bell on the wall of his favorite bar started Jack Dempsey's historic heavyweight championship bout.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 601: 6/30/2008 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back for a sixth season to prove again that an object found in an attic might be anything but ordinary. In this episode a North Carolina man, has a diary written by a World War II pilot; an anonymously authored 1856 book titled Female Life Among the Mormons claims to be the memoirs of a woman who married in to polygamy, and a contributor from Maine, has an 1853 French Napoleon coin with a great bit of family lore.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 602: 7/7/2008 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back for a sixth season to prove again that an object found in an attic might be anything but ordinary. In this episode a Desert Storm veteran thinks her flag was carried by an African-American regiment of WWI; a Illinois man has a painting that could be the work of military officer Seth Eastman; the president of a historical society in California inherited a wooden building that may have housed a Chinese Tong.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

History Detectives: Episode 603: 7/14/2008 DVD

America's top gumshoes are back for a sixth season to prove again that an object found in an attic might be anything but ordinary. In this episode the granddaughter of a World War II veteran has a wartime memento that may have floated across the ocean in 1945, a young girl from Oregon finds a curious, yellowed circus program, and a self-styled dumpster diver in San Francisco has recovered a windfall of memorabilia Maryland's Camp David.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2008
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

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History Detectives

History Detectives: Episode 711: 9/7/09 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 710: 8/31/09 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 708: 8/17/09 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 707: 8/10/09 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 704: 7/13/09 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 702: 6/29/09 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 701: 6/22/09 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 611: 2/20/2009 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 609: 9/8/2008 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 608: 8/18/2008 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 607: 8/11/2008 DVD

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The History Detectives Explore Lincoln's Letter, Parker's Sax, and Mark Twain's Watch Book

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History Detectives: Episode 605: 7/28/2008 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 601: 6/30/2008 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 602: 7/7/2008 DVD

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History Detectives: Episode 603: 7/14/2008 DVD

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