Movies: Burt Lancaster

An all-star variety special saluting America....

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This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties and early fifties as part of the Anti-Communist witch-hunts that terrorized the nation. This film is s...

A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series....

The story of the hijacking of the Italian luxury liner Achille Lauro by four Palestinians....

Colorful, outspoken, a man of many contradictions, Ralph McGill emerged during the troubled years of the 1950s and '60s as a prominent and influential Southern white opponent of segregation and one of America's most revered newspaper editors. As he b...

Documentary for Scottish television about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."...

A behind-the-scenes featurette that focuses on John Frankenheimer's approach to the 1998 film "Ronin."...

Ali the Fighter was made in 1975, when the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight was still fresh in everyone's minds. Filmmaker William Greaves frames Ali's rise to glory, beginning with his "Cassius Clay" days back in Louisville....

A mysterious Polaroid-filmed short that showcases depth in stereo photography....

A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall skydiving....

Jenny is a Good Thing is a 1969 American short documentary film about children and poverty, directed by Joan Horvath. Produced by Project Head Start, it shows the importance of good nutrition for underprivileged nursery school children. The film was ...

Legendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971....

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck....

Behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali....

A documentary about film director Luchino Visconti...

Burt Lancaster hosts a review of the first 50 years in NFL history....

Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of the bomb drop on Hiroshima and scientific statements describing the devastating consequences of a nuclear war....

A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."...

Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street. The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 19...