WGBH Educational Foundation (US) Movie Trailers

Most Popular WGBH Educational Foundation (US) Trailers

Total trailers found: 22

FDR Trailer (1994)

12 October 1994

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the most revered and influential Americans of this century. The subject of hundreds of books and countless plays, films, and television programs, he has become an icon for an entire generation.

A Death in St. Augustine Trailer (2013)

26 November 2013

On the night she broke up with her boyfriend, a Florida deputy sheriff, Michelle O'Connell was found dead from a gunshot in the mouth.

Seabiscuit Trailer (2003)

21 April 2003

He was boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn't completely straighten a short straggly tail and an ungainly gait; though he didn't look the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history.

Sister Aimee Trailer (2007)

02 April 2007

At the peak of her immense popularity in the 1920s, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was drawing larger crowds to her revivals than those of P.

The Boy in the Bubble Trailer (2006)

10 April 2006

On February 22, 1984, Carol Ann Vetter touched her 12-year-old son's hand for the first time. David Vetter had spent his entire life inside a sterile isolator, with a protective layer of plastic shielding him from the world around him.

American Comandante Trailer (2015)

15 November 2015

When he was executed outside a Havana prison on March 11, 1961, the strange story of William Morgan seemed to vanish from the popular imagination as quickly as it had appeared.

Targeting El Paso Trailer (2020)

07 January 2020

FRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration’s immigration policy testing ground, and then the target of a white supremacist.

Rush Limbaugh's America Trailer (1995)

28 February 1995

FRONTLINE explores the phenomenon of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Three hours each day, five days a week, Limbaugh is heard on more than 600 radio stations, in addition to hosting a daily half-hour television program.

The Great Fever Trailer (2006)

30 October 2006

On September 13, 1900, thirty-four-year-old physician Jesse Lazear believed he was on the brink of a scientific breakthrough that would put an end to yellow fever, the worst epidemic scourge of nineteenth-century America.

America 1900 Trailer (1998)

18 November 1998

America 1900 presents a comprehensive picture of what life was like in the United States at the turn of the century.

Public Enemy #1 Trailer (2002)

24 February 2002

Peeling back the myths surrounding the most infamous outlaw since Jesse James, Public Enemy #1 unravels the story of a charismatic stickup man, whose wild antics and flamboyant disdain for the law captured the imagination of Hollywood, the mainstream press and millions of ordinary Americans.

Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy: Easy Yoga for Diabetes Trailer (2016)

01 March 2016

Learn how yoga works through the stress reduction pathway, bringing down cortisol levels, which can help change blood glucose levels.

The Great Transatlantic Cable Trailer (2005)

11 April 2005

This is the story behind the laying of the transatlantic cable. The physical challenges to laying the cable were enormous.

Caught in the Crackdown Trailer (2026)

14 April 2026

FRONTLINE and ProPublica trace the violence, protests and arrests stemming from federal immigration sweeps across the United States.

The Orphan Trains Trailer (1995)

27 November 1995

Elliot Bobo was taken from his alcoholic father's home, given a small cardboard suitcase, and put on board an "orphan train" bound for Arkansas.

Patriots Day Trailer (2004)

19 April 2004

The Revolutionary War may be over, but one of its best-known battles is still being fought. More than two centuries after the Lexington militiamen rallied against His Majesty's regulars at what would become known as the Battle of Lexingrton and Concord, sixty-five redcoats and sixty-seven colonial patriots face off each April 19th to bring to life the beginning of the American Revolution.

The Pill Trailer (2003)

24 February 2003

In May 1960, the FDA approved the sale of a pill that arguably would have a greater impact on American culture than any other drug in the nation's history.

Rescue at Sea Trailer (1999)

15 February 1999

On January 23, 1909, two ships--one carrying Italian immigrants to New York, the other American tourists to Europe--collided in a dense fog off Nantucket Island.

Hijacked Trailer (2006)

27 February 2006

Thirty-six years ago a new era in global terrorism was born. Just moments after lift-off on the morning of September 6, 1970, passengers on TWA's flight 74 from Frankfurt to New York were startled to hear an announcement over the plane's PA system: "This is your new captain speaking.

The Wizard of Photography Trailer (2000)

22 May 2000

In the summer of 1888, ads began to appear for a camera with a mysterious name: the Kodak. No one had ever seen anything like it.

Under Quabbin Trailer (2001)

21 August 2001

Beneath the millions of gallons of water that flow into homes across eastern Massachusetts is a story of buried history, scientific discovery, & individual hopes & dreams destroyed in the name of progress.

Living in Pryde Trailer (2025)

02 October 2025

At a time when LGBTQ+ rights face renewed attack, "Living in Pryde" explores the experiences of a generation that came of age with few legal protections against harassment or discrimination.