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The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American Revolution," and why the end of the Revolutionary War did not mean the end of our nation's revolution.

The checks-and-balances of our government have been increasingly tested in ways our founding fathers never anticipated, yet the Constitution remains, in the words of one expert, "absolutely eternal and timeless."

Built during the Great Depression, California's Golden Gate Bridge is for the West Coast what the Statue of Liberty is for the East: A lofty symbol of freedom, possibility and hope, constructed by workers who toiled at terrifying heights. Lee Cowan reports.

In the 1930s, strikes by workers at the "Big 3" automakers led to recognition of the United Auto Workers union – and to a general strengthening of labor rights that reshaped America. Jane Pauley reports.

The contest has been taking place for nearly 50 years, organizers say.