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Gunther Lutjens: The Admiral Behind The Battleship Bismarck’s Fateful Voyage (Part One)
- Admiral Gunther Lutjens - Hitler on naval inspection tour of the "Deutschland," in 1934. - Crew of Bismarck on deck, its 15 inch guns visible - Spitfire reconnaissance photo near Bergen, Norway. -
Gunther Lutjens: The Admiral Behind The Battleship Bismarck’s Fateful Voyage (Part Two)
Captain Ernst Lindemann - HMS Prince of Wales - Admiral John Tovey on the deck of the George V - Swordfish Torpedo dive bomber - Swordfish returning to the Ark Royal after attacking the Bismarck - Ark
The Enigmatic Legacy of Jan Vermeer: From Obscurity to Artistic Mastery (Part One)
Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived. - - Burial Marker for Vermeer, Oude Kirk, Delft - The Astronom
The Enigmatic Legacy of Jan Vermeer: From Obscurity to Artistic Mastery (Part Two)
Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived. - Young Woman With A Water Pitcher - Woman With a Lute - The Mus
The Falcon and the Snowman: Unraveling America’s Cold War Espionage Scandal (Part One)
Christopher Boyce on Australian 60 Minutes - Christopher Boyce, after his rearrest in the state of Washington. - Timothy Hutton, who played Boyce in "The Falcon and the Snowman." - Sean Penn, who play
The Falcon and the Snowman: Unraveling America’s Cold War Espionage Scandal (Part Two)
- Christopher Boyce, testifying before Congress, 1985 - Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam - Kathleen "Cait" Mills Boyce, 2003 - Recent photo of Boyce in Oregon - Cait and Chris Boyce on CNN, 2
Theodore Roosevelt – From New York Reformer to America’s Youngest President (Part One)
- Theodore Roosevelt as a young man - Campaign literature, 1900 - Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassin - Roosevelt ranch house, South Dakota - Roosevelt's first wife, Alice - Roosevelt's second wife, Ed
Theodore Roosevelt – From New York Reformer to America’s Youngest President (Part Two)
- Theodore Roosevelt Home known as Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY - Roosevelt speaking in 1910 - Roosevelt in safari garb in Africa - Photo from the book African Game Trails - Roosevelt visiting Camb
The Brief and Tragic Reign of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico. (Part One)
Carlota, Empress of Mexico - Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico - Schoenbrunn, Hapsburg palace, Vienna and Maximillian's boyhood home - Maximillian and Charlotte, newlyweds - Franz Josef, 1865 - Miramar
The Brief and Tragic Reign Of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico. (Part Two)
- Carlota, in Mexican garb - Pope Pius IX - Napoleon III and his wife, the Empress Eugenie, 1865 - The chapel built on the Hill of the Bells, Maximillian's execution site in Queretaro - Eduard Manet