PBS America Tomorrow

Recounting the story of the Rust Belt, what was once the hub of the American industrial revolution and innovation and how it fell into decline in the 1970s. Part one of two

A look at the impact of the belt's decline, from lost jobs, orders and factories to populations and cities shrinking and how it earned its name as the Rust Belt. Part two of two

A veteran steam engine driver gives Peter Ginn a few tips on shovelling coal, and Ruth Goodman finds out about the dangers involved in working on the Victorian railways

How the combination of increased leisure time and affordable rail transport brought a new kind of freedom for working-class Victorians

Recounting the story of the Rust Belt, what was once the hub of the American industrial revolution and innovation and how it fell into decline in the 1970s. Part one of two

A look at the impact of the belt's decline, from lost jobs, orders and factories to populations and cities shrinking and how it earned its name as the Rust Belt. Part two of two

A veteran steam engine driver gives Peter Ginn a few tips on shovelling coal, and Ruth Goodman finds out about the dangers involved in working on the Victorian railways

How the combination of increased leisure time and affordable rail transport brought a new kind of freedom for working-class Victorians

An account of the origins of the American Civil War, and the rise of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as presidents of the Union and Confederacy

How the American Civil War became a crusade to end slavery, beginning with the political fighting that threatened President Lincoln's administration

How Abraham Lincoln decided to emancipate slaves after the success of the Antietam Campaign - a measure designed to cut the South's manpower and ensure Union victory

The Union army's failure to achieve a decisive victory by the spring of 1863, despite possessing greater manpower than the Confederates

The Battle of Gettysburg, when for three days in July 1863 150,000 men fought to the death in the Pennsylvania countryside

A look at the impact of the belt's decline, from lost jobs, orders and factories to populations and cities shrinking and how it earned its name as the Rust Belt. Part two of two

Paul Murton paddles a replica of a Rob Roy canoe from the 1890s along now-disused steamer routes, going from loch to loch in Argyll before heading out to Islay

A veteran steam engine driver gives Peter Ginn a few tips on shovelling coal, and Ruth Goodman finds out about the dangers involved in working on the Victorian railways

How the combination of increased leisure time and affordable rail transport brought a new kind of freedom for working-class Victorians

Highlighting the actions of the diplomats in Berlin who tried to point out the dangers and reality of a Nazi Germany after Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933

Shining a light on the Armenian genocide between April 1915 and July 1916 when over one million Armenians were deported and massacred. With input from descendants of those involved

The historian tells the stories of six people who lived through the Blitz, featuring archive footage and readings from oral history collections and private, unpublished diaries