It is the fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. Worn by everyone from presidents to supermodels, farmers to rock stars, they're more than just a pair of pants America's tangled past is woven deeply into the indigo fabric. From its roots in slavery to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion, and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American culture and...

The ancient ancestors of today's Maya people thrived in large sophisticated cities across Central America for centuries. Why, around 750 CE, did they begin to abandon many of their major cities? Archaeologists investigate dramatic new evidence of the catastrophic droughts and instability that pushed cities beyond their limits. The evidence also testifies to the survival and resilience of the Maya people, whose traditions and creativity continue to...

Lucy Worsley recreates how Christmas was celebrated during the age of Henry VIII, eating, drinking, singing, dancing and partying as people did 500 years ago. On each of the traditional twelve days of Christmas, Lucy reveals a different aspect of the festivities, uncovering fresh insights into the Tudor mind and casting a captivating new light on Christmas itself.

Building on the themes and human dramas presented in earlier episodes, this DVD contains additional CBC produced contemporary documentary footage that provides further background and perspective to several of the historical events chronicled.

The first episode covers 1670 to 1850. It was an age of great daring and enterprise; of fur traders and trailblazers who opened up a continent. Flamboyant Pierre Esprit Radisson defies a governor to take New France's fur trade into the interior and later found an English trading empire; tough Dene chief Matonabbee leads Samuel Hearne on a monumental trek into the Barren Lands; Alexander Mackenzie's dash to the Pacific makes him one of the most celebrated...

This documentary portrays Alexander Ross traveling into the American South and talking his way onto the plantations. He contacts the slaves and helps them escape by providing money and food.

Building on the themes and human dramas presented in earlier episodes, this DVD contains additional CBC produced contemporary documentary footage that provides further background and perspective to several of the historical chronicled. Covered: 1998 war veterans' rendezvous, the Funeral for Canada's Unknown Soldiers, the history of science in Canada, the Americanization of Canada, and the history of Pier 21.

Tours a variety of European castles, looking at architectural features that provided fortification against attack and space for social functions during peacetime.

Over 800 years ago, ancient Mayan civilization collapsed, and now, the ruins are slowly being lost to time. A team of a high-tech archaeologists try to virtually preserve these hallowed grounds and, in the process, discover the truth behind the Mayan legends about a large cave directly under El Castillo. Using cutting-edge technology, they set out to find the buried truth of Chichen itza.