Video: The Real Jamestown, Beyond "The New World"

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January 19, 2006—Hollywood tackles the story of John Smith, Pocahontas, and the settlement of Jamestown in the new film The New World. But clues found at the site of the real colony in Virginia may reveal a saga more intriguing than any legend. Join scientists as they try to unravel the true story of the doomed 17th-century settlement.

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