American History 1945-Present

APOLLO 13 (20103/20107/20109/20117)
1995, Color, 140 minutes, Rated PG.
Starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Clint Howard, Kathleen Quinlan, and Chris Ellis.
A vividly rendered dramatization of Apollo 13’s true-life brush with disaster on the way to the Moon in 1971.  Recreates the adrenalized odyssey of Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert who battled astronomical odds to make it back to Earth.

MACARTHUR (33303)
1979, Color, 131 minutes, Rated PG. 
Starring Gregory Peck, Ed Flanders, and Dan O’Herlihy.
General Douglas MacAurthur reflects on the events of his life: his achievments as the Head of the American forces in the Pacific during World War II, his years governing post war Japan, and his final campaign in Korea which lead to clashes with President Harry S. Truman.

 THIRTEEN DAYS IN OCTOBER:  CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, part 1 & 2 (32518)
2000, Color, 90 minutes, NR.
The events covered by these videos are astonishing and even more frightening because they are true.  Our lives hung in the balance of the actions of these men.  Step inside the minds of Kennedy, Kruschev and the last living individual who served as the interpreter that tension filled night.