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- Early 1980's, the only family toddler Luke knew were the strippers, bouncers, and outcasts that called OKC's rowdiest strip club home.
- Ahead of the 80th Anniversary of the deadly Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor, this documentary provides a detailed account of events - from planning to the aftermath.
- This restored silent film features a love triangle involving a Kiowa chief's daughter and ensuing conflict between Kiowa and Comanche villages.
- Caroline Henderson reflections on living through the dust bowl were published in varied national magazines establishing a gold standard for writing about the dust bowl.
- Spanning from the 1860's through today, the Houser/Haozous story is a journey exploring the incarceration of a people, growth brought on by freedom, and a family's personal expression of these experiences through art. Recently released as Prisoners of War, Sam and Blossom Haozous' passed down oral traditions of the Apache people to their son Allan Houser. These shared memories molded his artwork, and in turn helped him become one of the 20th Century's most important artists. Allan then passed these same family experiences down to his own sons who are fulfilling their destinies as the next generation of Native American artists. In the end, the American Dream is alive in the strength of this one Apache family's legacy.
- A retrospective of the hit TV series "Hee-Haw", which was on the air from 1969 to 1988, featuring guest stars from the world of country music. Past cast members, crew members and guest performers are interviewed and clips from the series are shown.
- Home to the successful and historic Black Wall Street, the Greenwood District lost over 300 citizens to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. The tragedy was kept a secret for 75 years. Greenwood continues to suffer from redlining policies and the construction of a highway which perpetuated the destruction of the community. "Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later" blends historical accounts of the massacre and the art of local creatives to paint a full picture of Greenwood-from the past, present and aspirations of a thriving future.
- Biography: Jennifer Jones reveals how Jennifer battled back from the loss of her husband, financial pressure, and a stalled career to forge a new life. Jennifer Jones' story is told with film clips, photos, and interviews that include Carrie Fisher, Charlton Heston, stepson Daniel Selznick, Dennis Hopper, Dominick Dunne, son Robert Walker Jr., Sally Kellerman, and others.
- The West had always symbolized hope and new beginnings, but in the 1850s, as more American pioneers poured west to start over, they brought with them the nation's oldest, most divisive issue -- slavery.
- In the early 1800's, no one knew who would control the seemingly infinite spaces of the West.
- Reporter Trey Bundy sets out to expose a cover up of child sexual abuse among the Jehovah's Witnesses.
- Goin' Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst racially-motivated massacres in the nation's history, the neighborhood rose from the ashes, and by 1936 boasted the largest concentration of Black-owned businesses in the U.S., known as "Black Wall Street." Ironically, it could not survive the progressive policies of integration and urban renewal of the 1960s. Told through the memories of those who lived through the events, the film is a bittersweet celebration of small-town life and the resilience of a community's spirit.
- It's estimated that from 1910 to 1930 hundreds of Osage tribal members were murdered or died under suspicious circumstances in an organized effort to rob them of their oil money. They cried out for years, pleading for help which never came.
- Theo Wilson travels back in time to April 19, 1995, when Oklahoma City is rocked by a two-ton fertilizer bomb shortly after 9 AM. What leads Timothy McVeigh to commit the worst domestic terrorist attack in U.S. history? Theo Wilson retraces McVeigh's journey to becoming a terrorist -- from the Army barracks where he bonded with future conspirators over a racist book, to the ruck where his plans to become an elite soldier are dashed, to his anti-government protest outside Waco as the Branch Davidian compound is seized, we see how this terrorist was made and how a mistake with a license plate ultimately brings him to justice.
- 2022– 42mTV-MA6.2 (21)TV EpisodeKristin Chenoweth returns to her hometown to investigate Oklahoma's most infamous murders. Keeper of the Ashes is the true story of three young Oklahoma girls, found murdered after their first night at sleep-away camp.
- 2022– TV-MA5.8 (17)TV EpisodeIn the wake of the brutal murders at Camp Scott, the hunt for the victims' killer escalates.
- 2022– 43mTV-MA5.7 (17)TV EpisodeA trial begins to convict the alleged killer. But do prosecutors actually have a case - or is the man on trial just a convenient scapegoat?
- 2022– 40mTV-MA5.6 (18)TV EpisodeDecades after the murders, a local sheriff uses new technologies to examine old evidence in order to help uncover the truth behind long unsolved questions.
- Host Mo Rocca shows us tossing out the rolls for innovative wall paper sheets, a breathing trainer device, a light that trains babies to sleep, and when parking meters crept onto the curbs.
- On the 75th anniversary of The Grapes of Wrath we look at the historical realities for the migrant farmers who were hard hit by the great depression. This book was Steinbeck's monument to the migrant farmers he met while working as a journalist in California. We take you to the 1930's Dust bowl Oklahoma to show you the bravery of the Okies as they battle the hardships of the great depression.
- The Civil Rights movement brings about images of Selma and Montgomery, but few people know that Oklahoma has it's own civil rights pioneers. People like Roscoe Dungee, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, and Clara Luper are some for the names that vigorously pursued the cause of equal rights in Oklahoma. Join us as we go back in time to Oklahoma's fight for Civil Rights.
- Created in response to Jim Crow and segregation, Langston University has struggled through severe legal, economic, and political restrictions for over 100 years. In the face of opposition the once all-black college has given generations of students a step up to a better life. Back in Time looks at Langston University's role in the civil rights movement and its many famous alumni.
- Penn Square Bank was a small suburban with close to 30 million in assets. Then an oil boom in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma generated a flood of oil men looking for loans. Overnight Penn Square Bank grew to a bank with assets of close to half a billion dollars. However, reckless lending would lead to a catastrophic downfall that would bring down some major banking institutions of the time.
- Thousands of refugees escaped Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. Fearing the brutal treatment of the communist forces they made their way to freedom in a new country. They came as refuges to America to start a new life often times with nothing but the few belongings they were able to take with them. Back in Time speaks to these refugees about their stories of how they came from Vietnam to Oklahoma.
- OETA's award winning documentary series Back in Time introduces us to three very different men. Bass Reeves, was a runaway slave that became the first black US Marshall and may have inspired "The Lone Ranger." Moman Pruiett was a shady frontier lawyer who won 304 murder cases and was called "The Murder's Messiah." Don Porter, who took softball from the playground and got it into the Olympics, twice.
- When Europeans settled in the new world, many Indians noticed the newcomers could communicate through writing. Most believed it was sorcery, but Sequoyah created a system of writing the Cherokee language. Soon, more Cherokees could read and write than the white settlers. The story of Sequoyah, the man who invented the Cherokee syllabary and unraveled the mystery of the "Talking Leaves."
- The romantic image of the old west, of cattle drives and trail hands riding the range, has captured imaginations for over a century. The Chisholm Trail is the most famous of many trails that brought hundreds of thousands of cattle from Texas through Oklahoma to the railheads in Kansas. Beef is bigger than ever and continues to drive the economy of Oklahoma's "Cow Town."
- Oklahoma has a distinction of having an Astronaut in every phase of the space program. Mercury, Gemini, Apollo to the moon, Sky lab, the space shuttle and building the International Space Station. Back on Earth, it was engineers and mathematicians' from Oklahoma that made it possible to send them to the moon and get them back alive. Back in Time blasts off with Oklahoma's Space Pioneers.
- Nearly 600-hundred thousand Oklahomans fought in WWI and WWII, many making the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. Most of these soldiers were laid to rest in beautiful cemeteries on foreign soil, too far for loved ones to visit. One Oklahoma man's mission is to make sure they aren't forgotten, he visits their graves, and he always leaves behind "A Piece of Home."
- "Catch'em Alive Jack Abernathy," an Oklahoma man who can capture wolves alive with his bare hands, fascinates Teddy Roosevelt. Abernathy's young sons, Bud and Temple, inherit Jack's adventurous spirit and make epic journeys across the growing country meeting American icons of the day. Bud and Temple were famous; yet, most have never heard the lost adventures of the "Abernathy Boys."
- After months of staying inside, many Oklahomans are dying to get out and enjoy the summer sun. Robert Burch and the Back in Time crew are taking a road trip to visit the many historic sites across the state, while staying safe. Green markers dot the state highways and back roads, telling the complex and fascinating tales of our state's past. Join us as we explore Oklahoma's Roadside History. (395)
- Viewing Oklahoma from the sky reveals a state filled with tallgrass prairies and man-made wonders, but also a history steeped in tragedy and devastation.
- The 1920s was a decade of unprecedented change for America. Soldiers returned from war. Well-paid jobs were plentiful. Women cast aside "proper behavior," and the Jazz Age erupted. It was an era of vibrant times and colorful characters, but for nearly a century, many have only seen it in black and white, until now. For the first time, we present the Roaring '20s in color, from Ford's assembly line to Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight and from speakeasies to New York's Wall Street, before and after the crash.
- At the dawn of the 20th century, America west of the Mississippi was wild and untamed, featuring formidable landscapes and treacherous rivers. But in the following decades, industry and opportunity transformed the region into an economic and political powerhouse that drove change across the country and the world. Presented for the first time in color, revisit lands made famous by Buffalo Bill, championed by Teddy Roosevelt, and developed by opportunists seeking adventure and fortune.