Perspectives Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Adm. Richard E. Byrd

  Adm. Richard E. Byrd explores the North and South Poles.

• Adm. William Halsey

  Adm. William 'Bull' Halsey commands the Pacific fleet in World War II.

• Adolf Hitler

  Journalist Kingsley Martin traces Hitler from house painter in Austria through the rise and fall of the Third Reich.

• Al Smith: The Man From Oliver Street

  Al Smith becomes four-time governor of New York and a 1928 presidential candidate.

• Amelia Earhart

  Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific.

• Amelia Earhart; Eleanor Roosevelt

  Solo pilot Amelia Earhart symbolizes freedom for women everywhere; Eleanor Roosevelt builds a life as a speaker and humanitarian.

• Babe Ruth

  Babe Ruth sets home-run records.

• Benito Mussolini

  Il Duce, dictator Benito Mussolini, allies Italy with Hilter's Third Reich.

• Billy Mitchell

  World War I flying ace Billy Mitchell takes on the military establishment.

• Charles de Gaulle

  Charles de Gaulle leads the French in World War II.

• Charles Lindbergh

  Pilot Charles Lindbergh conquers the Atlantic.

• Chester Nimitz

  World War II Adm. Chester Nimitz revamps a shattered fleet to turn the tide in the Pacific.

• Clarence Darrow

  Clarence Darrow defends human rights.

• Dag Hammarskjold

  U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold.

• David Ben-Gurion

  David Ben-Gurion becomes Israel's first prime minister.

• Douglas MacArthur: The General

  Interviews, photographs and film profile Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president of the United States.

• Eleanor Roosevelt

  Humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt affects American society.

• Emperor Hirohito

  Emperor Hirohito is both worshiped and reviled.

• Eva Peron

  Eva Peron influences events in Argentina.

• Fidel Castro

  Aristocrat Fidel Castro leads the Cuban Communist revolution.

• Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

  North African victories earn Rommel the nickname 'Desert Fox.'

• Fiorello La Guardia and Jimmy Walker

  New York Mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello La Guardia.

• Francisco Franco

  Francisco Franco establishes a Spanish dictatorship.

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  FDR institutes the New Deal to battle the Depression.

• Gen. George Patton

  Gen. George Patton's flamboyance stirs controversy; his strategy, admiration.

• Gen. John J. Pershing

  Gen. John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing shapes military strategy in World War I.

• George Bernard Shaw

  George Bernard Shaw influences 20th-century drama.

• George Marshall

  Gen. George Marshall helps rebuild Europe after World War II.

• Grace Kelly

  Grace Kelly gives up stardom to marry a prince.

• Harry S. Truman

  Truman assumes power at FDR's death.

• Helen Keller

  Blind and deaf Helen Keller becomes a lecturer and humanitarian.

• Henry Ford

  Henry Ford makes the automobile available to the average American.

• Herbert Hoover

  Herbert Hoover gains the White House as the Depression strikes.

• Hirohito

  Hirohito is emperor of Japan during World War II.

• Huey Long

  Controversy surrounds Louisiana's Gov. Huey Long.

• Jackie Robinson

  In 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes the first black major-league ballplayer.

• John Barrymore

  John Barrymore appears on stage and screen.

• John Glenn

  Astronaut John Glenn becomes an Ohio senator.

• John L. Lewis

  United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis.

• Josep Broz Tito

  Yugoslav leader Tito establishes a Communist government.

• Joseph Goebbels

  Joseph Goebbels controls Hitler's propaganda.

• Joseph McCarthy

  Sen. McCarthy leads Congress' probe of communism during the '50s.

• Joseph Stalin

  Joseph Stalin heads communism in the Soviet Union.

• Knute Rockne

  Knute Rockne becomes a coaching legend.

• Konrad Adenauer

  Konrad Adenauer rebuilds Germany.

• Madame Chiang Kai-shek

  Madame Chiang Kai-shek influences events in China.

• Mahatma Gandhi

  Gandhi uses passive resistance against the British in India.

• Mao Tse-tung

  Mao Tse-tung heads communism in the People's Republic of China.

• Mark Twain

  Humorist Mark Twain appraises U.S. society.

• Nikita Khrushchev

  From a minor functionary, Khrushchev rises to head the Communist party.

• Pope Pius XII

  Pius XII assumes the papacy on the eve of World War II.

• Princess Margaret

  Tabloids follow Princess Margaret's life.

• Queen Elizabeth II

  Elizabeth II of England.

• Robert Taft

  Robert Taft, son of the president, becomes a senator.

• The Theme of Forgiveness From Man
• Theodore Roosevelt

  Theodore Roosevelt is senator, soldier and statesman.

• Thomas Dewey

  Thomas E. Dewey's crime-buster reputation nearly gains him the White House.

• Thomas Edison

  Thomas Edison revolutionizes 20th-century life.

• Wendell Wilkie

  Wendell Wilkie almost becomes president.

• Wernher von Braun

  Wernher von Braun pioneers U.S. rocket technology.

• Will Rogers

  Will Rogers observes society with homespun humor.

• The Windsors

  The Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

• Winston Churchill

  Winston Churchill leads England through World War II.

• Woodrow Wilson

  Woodrow Wilson helps found the League of Nations.