History Classics: The Mafia

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This collection of thirteen History Channel documentaries paints a comprehensive portrait of American organized crime during the 20th century. Among the focus of some of the programs are figures like Al Capone, the Gambino family, and Kennedys.
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Overview

This collection of thirteen History Channel documentaries paints a comprehensive portrait of American organized crime during the 20th century. Among the focus of some of the programs are figures like Al Capone, the Gambino family, and Kennedys.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 11/16/2010
  • UPC: 733961231755

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  • Source: A&E Home Video
  • Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Language: English
  • Time: 10:21:00
  • Format: DVD

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Mafia
1. Bootlegging [7:01]
2. Mafia is Born [9:54]
3. City of Brotherly Love [5:56]
4. Speakeasies [5:42]
5. Women's Movement [8:00]
6. Cosa Nostra [8:56]
1. Code of Honor [6:08]
2. The Black Hand [6:28]
3. Torrio to Capone [9:46]
4. Capone's Downfall [7:35]
5. Nightlife [6:33]
6. Murder Incorporated [3:42]
1. Rules Can Be Broken [8:41]
2. Kennedy's Other Side [5:29]
3. CIA Mafia Plot [7:09]
4. Illegal Deportation [4:04]
5. Assassination [10:38]
6. Ruby's Mob Connection [7:59]
Disc #2 -- The Mafia
1. Labor Racketeering [7:34]
2. Mafia Moves In [11:54]
3. The '34 Strike [5:27]
4. One Man Mafia [5:59]
5. Hollywood [4:55]
6. Murder Incorporated [8:56]
1. Saratoga Springs [7:59]
2. Hits to Order [7:36]
3. Normandie [9:34]
4. Operation Underworld [6:01]
5. Black Market [3:25]
6. Mafia's Demise [10:10]
1. Scarfo Crime Family [9:07]
2. Riccobene War [7:45]
3. Mob Captain Salvatore Testa [6:53]
4. Stanfa and Merlino Contract [8:28]
5. Hunter Becomes the Hunted [11:15]
6. Dispatching the Hitmen [1:58]
Disc #3 -- The Mafia
1. Bootlegging [9:49]
2. From Torrio to Capone [9:49]
3. Civilian Murder [10:30]
4. Drive By On Capone [5:56]
5. St Valentine's Massacre [7:54]
6. Credits [:26]
1. Bootlegging [6:50]
2. From Torrio to Capone [7:40]
3. Civilian Murder [5:41]
4. Drive By On Capone [8:33]
5. St Valentine's Massacre [10:14]
6. Credits [5:11]
1. Bootlegging [7:46]
2. From Torrio to Capone [10:06]
3. Civilian Murder [12:52]
4. Drive By On Capone [14:34]
5. St Valentine's Massacre [10:22]
6. Credits [6:34]
Disc #4 -- The Mafia
1. Eliminating the Competition [5:50]
2. The Secret Six [5:45]
3. Menace to Society [9:30]
4. A Private War Against Crime [10:51]
5. Capone's Conviction [5:59]
6. Lessons of the Capone Trial [7:10]
1. Introduction [1:40]
2. The Bruno Crime Family [7:31]
3. A New Boss [9:09]
4. Controlling Atlantic City [8:53]
5. Paranoid Killings [9:00]
6. A Criminal Informant [7:21]
Disc #5 -- The Mafia
1. Small Town Tramp [3:28]
2. Virginia Hill's Influence [7:03]
3. Arlyne Weiss Brickman [9:00]
4. A Tale of Revenge [10:32]
5. The Mob Wife [9:38]
6. Mafia Princess [5:54]
1. John Gotti Arrested [7:13]
2. Sammy Gravano Testifies [12:28]
3. Joseph Iannuzzi [14:33]
4. Witness Protection Program [5:53]
5. Joe Valachi [4:13]
6. Mob Loyalty [1:22]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- The Mafia
   The Prohibition Years
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   Birth of the American Mafia
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   The Kennedys and the Mob
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Disc #2 -- The Mafia
   Unions and the Mob
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   Empire of Crime
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   Bonus: Mob Hitmen
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Disc #3 -- The Mafia
   Al Capone and the Machine Gun Massacre
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   America and the Mob: Wartime Friends
      Play All
   The Gambinos: First Family of Crime
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Disc #4 -- The Mafia
   Taking Out Al Capone
   The Underboss
Disc #5 -- The Mafia
   Mob Ladies
   Mob Rats
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