V-J Day Plus 60

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On the 60th anniversary of V-J Day, NBC's Brian Williams looks back at original footage of the momentous ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri when Japan formally surrendered after defeat in World War II.

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The Indian Wars

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how the Native Americans fought back throughout the 19th century, as the U.S. Army tried to contain them on smaller and smaller parcels of land.

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Proclamation of 1763

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes Chief Pontiac's attempts to push British and Americans out of Indian territory in the Ohio Valley. In a concession, the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763.

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King Philip's War

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces King Philip's War, begun by King Philip, a Wampanoag chief, after years of tension between English and Wampanoag cultures. The Indians launched raids on dozens of English towns, but they were ultimately defeated and hunted down.

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