j Edgar

After killing Charles Floyd, FBI agent Melvin Purvis is promoted by J. Edgar Hoover to lead the hunt for bank robber John Dillinger. Purvis shares Hoover's belief in using scientific methods to battle crime, ranging from cataloging fingerprints to tapping telephone lines. In between a series of bank robberies, Dillinger meets Billie Frechette at a restaurant and woos her by buying her a fur coat. Frechette falls for Dillinger even after he reveals his identity, and the two become inseparable…

On September 16, 1920, as the bells of Trinity Church tolled and hundreds of Wall Street as workers headed out for their noontime break, an explosion struck outside the headquarters of J.P. Morgan and Company - the world's most powerful banking institution. The blast turned the nation's financial center into a war zone and left 38 dead and hundreds more seriously injured. As financial institutions around the country went on high alert, many wondered if this was the strike against American capitalism that radical agitators had so long discussed.

Historic confrontations between the President and the FBI are told through intimate interviews with current and former officials, including those who were present at the time, as well as interviews with journalists who broke the stories. Additionally, rare archival video, audio and photographs juxtaposed with short, stylized reconstructed scenes place viewers in the room during some of these momentous historical events. How the FBI, and the nation, came to realize that the President could be held accountable for his actions. Using the long relationship between FBI Director J.

A gripping examination of the events around the famous assassination from three crucial perspectives, including new information about what J Edgar Hoover knew before the shooting.

This feature documentary details former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark's lifetime commitment to justice and human rights.

Three part documentary series on ancient cities

To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton's wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. The mayor is speaker at a boxers' banquet where Joe pleads for them to go with him to the wharf and rescue Anna (about to deliver their baby) from the ship.