Extras

Ways A Rescue Mission Can Go Wrong
Colonel James Q. Roberts recalls the details of the failed Iran Hostage rescue mission.
Ways A Rescue Mission Can Go Wrong

The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.
Trailer | Taken Hostage

Trailer | Plague at the Golden Gate
How the bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco.
Trailer | Plague at the Golden Gate

San Francisco’s Bubonic Plague Cover-up
Word spreads of a bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
San Francisco’s Bubonic Plague Cover-up

Ng Poon Chew was a writer, a publisher and an advocate for Chinese American civil rights.
Ng Poon Chew

Dr. Joseph Kinyoun was a leader in the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases.
Dr. Joseph Kinyoun

On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown.
The Chinese Six Companies

Chapter 1 | Plague at the Golden Gate
Watch a preview of Plague at the Golden Gate.
Chapter 1 | Plague at the Golden Gate

In 1922, Mulholland began building the St. Francis Dam to meet the needs of Los Angeles.
William Mulholland

Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history.
Trailer | Flood in the Desert

The Paiute people built sophisticated irrigation canals to channel water in California.