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- Bloodsucking party girls (Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter) find their destinies at stake when one falls for the son of a vampire hunter and the other encounters a long-ago love.
- An account of the birth and development of the United States.
- AKOMA is a suspense drama surrounding the lives of two brave young women fighting for human rights in Post Civil War America, but the fight could cost them their lives.
- Phil Foster takes his 'Brooklyn' character and tours Detroit, Michigan, chattering constantly all the way and finding that Detroit, like all the cities he visits, falls somewhat short of his home town. He visits Wayne University, Cadillac Square, and Greenfield Village,and, then, hops the border to take a quick glance at Windsor, Ontario.
- This short dramatizes how profoundly the inventions of Thomas A. Edison have affected the world in which we live. In addition to the electric light, Edison developed the system of alternating current that carries virtually all of the world's electricity, as well as storage batteries and electric motors. Other highlighted inventions include the phonograph, automatic stock ticker, wireless telegraphy, mimeograph machine, and, of course, the world's first motion picture studio.
- This Traveltalk on Michigan begins with a look at the state's major educational institutions, which started as agricultural schools. We then visit the fish hatcheries at Grayling, which are used to keep the state's numerous lakes and rivers well stocked. After a short look at Detroit, the car capital of the world, we spend several minutes at Greenfield Village, founded in 1929 by automobile magnate Henry Ford. Included in the tour are churches, a clock tower, and the the homes of several famous persons in American history. Although some of the structures are reproductions, many of them are the actual buildings they lived in.
- Traces the American spirit of pioneering and inventiveness from Colonial times to modern day.
- Looks at the great technical advances of 1900-15. Filmed on location at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
- Simon Whistler names his top ten American History museums that every history buff should visit.