• Additional Details
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Rating: Not Rated
• Number of Discs: 3
• Run Time: 7 Hours 40 Minutes
• Region: Region 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Studio: History Channel
• DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006

Top historians present overlooked events which profoundly affected American history.

• A captivating portrait of our country as we were, are and will be.
• All 10 episodes from the unique series presenting overlooked landmarks of American history.
• Hosted by Steven M. Gillon.

10 one-hour documentaries directed by 10 award-winning independent filmmakers -- highlights 10 individual days that each triggered change in America. Through compelling storytelling and creative visuals, they provide a portrait of a nation attempting to address some of the tensions and contradictions at the heart of the American democratic experiment.

You won't find July 4, 1776, the attack on Fort Sumter or the Apollo 11 moon landing. Instead, there is January 25, 1787, when the ragtag men of Shays' Rebellion attacked the federal arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts, and set the new nation on the path to a strong central government. And January 24, 1848, when John Marshall spotted a few glittering flakes of gold in a California riverbed, profoundly altering the American dream. Here, too, is Albert Einstein's unwitting call to create the Manhattan Project, thus setting in motion a chain of events which deeply dismayed the famous pacifist.

Re-creating each event with vivid immediacy, accessibility, and historical accuracy, 10 DAYS THAT UNEXPECTEDLY CHANGED AMERICA comes together as a history of our country from the first contact with Native Americans to the 1960s. It is a snapshot of our country as we were, are, and will be.

DVD Features include:

• 30-minute Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
• 16:9 Widescreen Format
• Interactive Menus
• Scene Selection