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Season 7, Episode 11

Duke Ellington Plates; "Scottsboro Boys" Stamp; Civil War Bridge

Season 7, Episode 11 History Detectives

Premiered September 06, 2009
Season 7, Episode 11

Could these music plates be the originals for "Take the A Train?" How is a stamp connected to the landmark civil rights case of the "Scottsboro Boys?" Has the discovery of an old bridge abutment changed the location of an historic site?

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Integration Report, 1960, showing African American students arrested for staging a sit-in
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Integration Report

Archive propaganda film - what can happen when the enemy gains access to military secrets.
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Safeguarding Military Secrets

In this clip, cocktail expert David Wondrich describes New York saloons in the 1890s.
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A Wide Open Town

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History Detectives

America's top gumshoes are on the case to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. Exploring historical objects and the stories behind them, History Detectives crisscrosses the country delving into legends, folklore and personal histories to discover potentially extraordinary objects in everyday American homes.

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