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The Poison Squad | Digital Short
Dr. Harvey Wiley: Father of Pure Food

In 1883, Dr. Harvey Wiley joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture as chief chemist and grew concerned about food safety and purity.
1 MIN 04 SEC
McCarthy | Digital Short
McCarthyism: Anatomy of an Investigation

In 1950 Joseph McCarthy declared that Owen Lattimore was a "top Russian spy.” Lattimore was exonerated five years later, but first he had to defend himself in two separate congressional hearings. Here's how they worked.
5 MIN 50 SEC
McCarthy | Digital Short
Langston Hughes on Trial

In 1953, the author Langston Hughes was called before Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Subcommittee on Investigations. We dramatized the actual hearing transcripts of Hughes’s testimony, made public 50 years later.

4 MIN 39 SEC
McCarthy | Digital Short
Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Chase Smith was the first senator to stand up to Joseph McCarthy.
1 MIN 16 SEC
McCarthy | Digital Short
Roy Cohn: Chief Counsel for McCarthy

Senator Joseph McCarthy hired Cohn in 1953 as Chief Counsel for the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
1 MIN 04 SEC
McCarthy | Digital Short
Joseph McCarthy: Senator of Anti-Communism

The McCarthy hearings are now emblematic of the 1950s "Red Scare."
1 MIN 06 SEC
The Feud | Digital Short
Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield

Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield earned a reputation for being fearless.
53 SEC
The Feud | Digital Short
Randolph “Randall” McCoy

In 1878, Randall McCoy accused a relative of Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield of stealing one of the McCoys’ hogs.
1 MIN 00 SEC
Woodstock | Digital Short
Joel Rosenman: Woodstock Producer

In 1969, Joel Rosenman and his partners met to brainstorm what would become Woodstock.
1 MIN 12 SEC
Woodstock | Digital Short
Wavy Gravy: “Please Chief” of Woodstock

Wavy Gravy named himself the “Please Chief” of the Hog Farm’s “Please Force." He was in charge of Woodstock festival security.
1 MIN 12 SEC
Woodstock | Digital Short
Max Yasgur: Woodstock’s Unexpected Champion

Five weeks before the festival, Max Yasgur, a dairy farmer agreed to host Woodstock on his property.
1 MIN 09 SEC
Chasing the Moon | Digital Short
Michael Collins: Third man of Apollo 11

Michael Collins piloted the command module nicknamed the Columbia, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
1 MIN 12 SEC

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