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A young printer's apprentice imagines himself back in the days of Guttenberg, helping him to print the Bible. The next thing he knows he has conjured up a young spirit from the future who casts spells over striking printers and causes general mischief.

Mark Twain tale of cowardly Confederate soldiers.

The Poetry Hall of Fame showcases more than 130 of the worlds best-known poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by The First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests.

This fascinating and entertaining documentary celebrates the work of Reynold Brown, one of the most acclaimed movie poster artists of the Fifties and early Sixties, whose work colorfully encapsulated the nation's postwar social climate. The video illustrates scores of Brown's compelling posters - often interwoven with 'Coming Attractions' previews - for films such as "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," "This Island Earth," "I Was a Teenage Werewolf," "Tarantula," "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "Monster on the Campus." Art critics, curators and authors as well as B-movie producers Roger Corman and Samuel Z. Arkoff discuss Brown's work in an art historical and social context, discussing the artistry of posters often more memorable than the films themselves.

Black American contributions to the settling of the West are examined in this four-part series. Dramatizations (filmed in Kansas, Texas, Nebraska and Wyoming) recreate important, and mostly forgotten, chapter in our frontier history.

The story of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 1st to October 31st of 1898.

The history, present, and future of the American Great Plains and its people.