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- The son of the creator of "Star Trek" explores his father's famous creation and how it has affected people.
- John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd... These names have become so iconic, it's easy to forget that they were some of America's most notorious criminals who went on a historic crime spree that began and ended in just 18 months.
- From her childhood and early education in Pasadena to enrollment in the Stickney Memorial School of Art in 1930, this documentary follows Helen Lundeberg through her co-founding (with Lorser Feitelson) of Post-Surrealism in 1934, her experiences in running an art gallery on Hollywood Boulevard, her work with the Federal Arts Project (mural and print divisions) from 1936 to 1942, her return to the easel in the 1940s (after the war and her 'war work') and her development through her work of the 1950s to the 1980s. As the narrative focuses upon the artist, another narrative is taking place. The history of the period becomes alive through her involvement in the programs and the people. When working on a mural of the Fullerton, California Civic Center she relates: "I was the only one of my crew, including about four or five men, who had a driver's license so I was elected to drive the truck to the mural site...until some busy-body said WHAT IS A WOMAN DOING DRIVING THAT TRUCK! So that was the end of my career as a truck driver!" "After the Federal Arts Project murals, I wanted to do works that I could hold in my hands... that only I would touch." During the decade of the 1940s, with the closing of the WPA/FAP, Lundeberg executed a group of small 'mood entity' paintings that are 'jewels'. The camera carries the viewer from Lundeberg's studio of 1987 back to 1912 family snapshots in Pasadena, to Hollywood Boulevard of the 1930s, through to the 1970s. Throughout this story, Helen Lundeberg's paintings reveal the creative powers and the aesthetic of her evolution as one of America's foremost artists. Lundeberg discusses her techniques, her philosophies, her themes, her fears and her goals. The viewer emphasizes, shares and learns. This project documents the work of a great artist and, simultaneously, documents a period in American art history as directly experienced by a participant. Helen Lundeberg died in Los Angeles, California on April 19, 1999.
- In this exclusive conversation with Leonard Nimoy, the legendary actor reveals insights about the character Mr. Spock, his role in the original Star Trek TV series, and the movies that followed.
- 1998–20232hTV-148.8 (98)TV EpisodeA look at the 1920s murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor, which officially remains unsolved. Many historians, biographers, and a few survivors are interviewed.
- Ruthann Aron was an overachiever. The wife of a respected urologist in the upscale D.C. suburb of Potomac, Maryland, Ruthann was a successful real estate developer and aspiring politician. In 1994, she made a run to be the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, but lost, partly due to a local attorney who dogged the campaign with allegations of shady business deals. Ruthann, however, was undeterred. In 1997, she was gearing up to run for a Montgomery County commission seat. But her political ambitions were thwarted yet again when a local landfill operator went to the police claiming she'd approached him about finding a hit man. After an elaborate sting operation, Ruthann was arrested for soliciting the murders of, not just her old political nemesis, but her husband as well. At trial, prosecutors claimed Ruthann feared her marriage was heading for a divorce, which might hurt her political career. In addition to the testimony of the landfill operator and the undercover cops, the prosecution had Ruthann's own voice on surveillance tapes literally spelling out the names of her intended victims. Faced with overwhelming evidence, Ruthann's attorneys argued that Ruthann was mentally ill. The trial resulted in a hung jury. Ruthann then pled no contest and served three years in the county jail.
- Diane Zamora and her fiancé, David Graham, had a bright future ahead of them. High school sweethearts, the couple had met in 1991 as volunteers in the Texas Civil Air Patrol. She was an honor roll student bound for Annapolis, and he was a track star with an appointment to the Air Force Academy. But their ambitions to serve their country were derailed on December 4th, 1995, when a farmer discovered the battered body of Adrianne Jones, a sophomore member of David's high school track team, laying in a field. Brutally beaten, she had been shot in the head. After nine months of dead ends, investigators got a tip from one of Diane's Annapolis classmates. According to the informant, Diane had admitted that she and David had murdered Adrianne after David had confessed that he'd had sex with the girl. In September of 1996, both Zamora and Graham were arrested for the murder. Given separate trials, the young lovers turned on each other and said that the killing had been the other's idea. Neither defense worked. Both were found guilty and given life sentences.
- A look at the companies responsible for the US planes that flew in World War II. It looks at the history of Boeing, Douglas Aircraft, North American Aviation, and Grumman.