The story of John Forbes Nash Jr., a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who learned to cope with his disease and win a Nobel Prize; story of Jim Braddock, a fighter during the depression who triumphs against all odds over heavyweight champ Max Baer in 1935.

A popular author in 1932 is commissioned to write a history of food in England to lift the spirits of the country during the Great Depression and finds herself interviewing housewives for hidden culinary gems.

The Valachi papers: Former mob "button man" Joe Valachi turns informant when he learns top Mafia capo Vito Genovese has put a contract out on his life. From thievery add extortion to vengeance and murder, Valachi spills the innermost workings of the Cosa Nostra, culminating in his riveting testimony before a Senate subcommittee. The stone killer: Crime drama about a tough New York cop who discovers that a prohibition gangster is planning a massacre...

Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Depression and created the Dust Bowl, causing many farming families from the Great Plains to search for jobs and food.

Uses archival photographs, sound recordings, and film footage to explore world events, sports, life-styles and achievements during 1920-1929. America shifted from a rural to an urban society, signalling a new era of development which ended with a shattering crash in 1929. Includes the end of World War I; Prohibition in the U.S.; Al Capone's reign of terror in Chicago; the Sacco and Vanzetti executions; the age of the flapper; Lindbergh's solo flight...