American Experience
1988 · TV series
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 116 episodes
- 1.01The Great San Francisco EarthquakeRate
- 1.02Radio BikiniRate
- 1.03Indians, Outlaws, and Angie DeboRate
- 1.04Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a DreamRate
- 1.05The Life and Times of Rosie the RiveterRate
- 1.06Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?Rate
- 1.07Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up CloseRate
- 1.08Geronimo and the Apache ResistanceRate
- 1.09Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: RevisitedRate
- 1.10That Rhythm, Those BluesRate
- 1.11The Radio PriestRate
- 1.12Hearts and HandsRate
- 1.13Views of a Vanishing FrontierRate
- 1.14Eudora Welty: One Writer's BeginningsRate
- 1.15The World That Moses BuiltRate
- 1.16Sins of Our Mothers: The Story of EmelineRate
Season 215 episodes
- 2.01The Great Air Race of 1924Rate
- 2.02Demon RumRate
- 2.03A Family GatheringRate
- 2.04The Great War: 1918Rate
- 2.05Forever BaseballRate
- 2.06Mr. Sears' CatalogueRate
- 2.07Yosemite: The Fate of HeavenRate
- 2.08Adam Clayton PowellRate
- 2.09Journey to AmericaRate
- 2.10Ballad of a Mountain Man: The Story of Bascom Lamar LunsfordRate
- 2.11Ida B. Wells: A Passion for JusticeRate
- 2.12Orphans of the StormRate
- 2.13Forbidden City, USARate
- 2.14Battle for WildernessRate
- 2.15Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground RailroadRate
Season 314 episodes
- 3.01LindberghRate
- 3.02Nixon: Part IRate
- 3.03Richard Nixon: Part IIRate
- 3.04Nixon: Part IIIRate
- 3.05God Bless America and Poland, TooRate
- 3.06Insanity on TrialRate
- 3.07The Satellite SkyRate
- 3.08The Crash of 1929Rate
- 3.09The Iron RoadRate
- 3.10French Dance TonightRate
- 3.11Wildcatter: A Story of Texas OilRate
- 3.12After the CrashRate
- 3.13Los MinerosRate
- 3.14Coney IslandRate
Season 411 episodes
- 4.03The Massachusetts 54th Colored InfantryRate
- 4.04Scandalous MayorRate
- 4.05The Johnstown FloodRate
- 4.06Pearl Harbor: Surprise and RemembranceRate
- 4.07G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar HooverRate
- 4.08Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in TempoRate
- 4.09The Quiz Show ScandalRate
- 4.10Love in the Cold WarRate
- 4.11Wild by LawRate
- 4.12Barnum's Big TopRate
- 4.13In the White Man's ImageRate
Season 512 episodes
- 5.01The Kennedys (Part 1): the Father, 1900-61Rate
- 5.02The Kennedys: Part 2 - The Sons, 1961-80Rate
- 5.03The Donner PartyRate
- 5.04Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War IIRate
- 5.05George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be KingRate
- 5.06Last Stand at Little Big HornRate
- 5.07If You Knew SousaRate
- 5.08Simple JusticeRate
- 5.09Knute Rockne and His Fighting IrishRate
- 5.10Sit Down and FightRate
- 5.11Rachel Carson's Silent SpringRate
- 5.12Goin' Back to T-TownRate
Season 69 episodes
Season 78 episodes
Season 89 episodes
Season 915 episodes
- 9.01T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I)Rate
- 9.02T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part II)Rate
- 9.03The Richest Man in the World: Andrew CarnegieRate
- 9.04Hawaii's Last QueenRate
- 9.05The TelephoneRate
- 9.06Big Dream, Small ScreenRate
- 9.07New York UndergroundRate
- 9.08Troublesome Creek: A MidwesternRate
- 9.09Around the World in 72 DaysRate
- 9.10Gold FeverRate
- 9.11Vietnam: Parts I & II - Roots of War/America's MandarinRate
- 9.12Vietnam: Parts III & IV - LBJ Goes to War/America Takes ChargeRate
- 9.13Vietnam: Parts V & VI - America's Enemy/Tet 1968Rate
- 9.14Vietnam: Parts VII & VIII - Vietnamizing the War/Cambodia and LaosRate
- 9.15Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USARate
Season 109 episodes
- 10.01Truman: Part IRate
- 10.02Truman: Part IIRate
- 10.03A Midwife's TaleRate
- 10.04Mr. Miami BeachRate
- 10.05Influenza 1918Rate
- 10.06Reagan: Part IRate
- 10.07Reagan: Part IIRate
- 10.08Surviving the Dust BowlRate
- 10.09Riding the RailsRate
Season 1110 episodes
Season 1215 episodes
- 12.01New York: Part I - The Country and the CityRate
- 12.02New York: Part II - Order and DisorderRate
- 12.03New York: Part III - Sunshine and ShadowRate
- 12.04New York: Part IV - The Power and the PeopleRate
- 12.05New York: Part V - CosmopolisRate
- 12.06Eleanor RooseveltRate
- 12.07HoudiniRate
- 12.08Nixon's China GameRate
- 12.09The DuelRate
- 12.10John Brown's Holy WarRate
- 12.11George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part IRate
- 12.12George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part IIRate
- 12.13Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and GloryRate
- 12.14Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's LifeRate
- 12.15George Eastman: The Wizard of PhotographyRate
Season 1315 episodes
- 13.01The Rockefellers: Part 1Rate
- 13.02The Rockefellers: Part 2Rate
- 13.03Secrets of a Master Builder: The Story of James B. EadsRate
- 13.04Return with HonorRate
- 13.05Streamliners: America's Lost TrainsRate
- 13.06Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the WhirlwindRate
- 13.07Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 1 - AmbitionRate
- 13.08Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 2 - We Are ElectedRate
- 13.09Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 3 - ShatteredRate
- 13.10Abraham and Mary Lincoln, a House Divided Part 4 - The Dearest of All ThingsRate
- 13.11Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 5 - This Frightful WarRate
- 13.12Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 6 - Blind with WeepingRate
- 13.13Scottsboro: An American TragedyRate
- 13.14Fatal FloodRate
- 13.15Stephen FosterRate
Season 1415 episodes
- 14.01New York: Part 6 - The City of TomorrowRate
- 14.02New York: Part 7 - The City and the WorldRate
- 14.03War LettersRate
- 14.04Woodrow Wilson: Episode One - A Passionate ManRate
- 14.05Woodrow Wilson: Episode Two - The Redemption of the WorldRate
- 14.06Mount RushmoreRate
- 14.07Miss AmericaRate
- 14.08Zoot Suit RiotsRate
- 14.09Monkey TrialRate
- 14.10Public Enemy Number 1Rate
- 14.11Ansel Adams: A Documentary FilmRate
- 14.12A Brilliant MadnessRate
- 14.13Ulysses S. Grant (Part 1)Rate
- 14.14Ulysses S. Grant: Part 2Rate
- 14.101Lady BirdRate
Season 1513 episodes
- 15.01Jimmy Carter (Part I)Rate
- 15.02Jimmy Carter: Part 2Rate
- 15.03Chicago: City of the Century: Part 1Rate
- 15.04Chicago: City of the Century: Part 2Rate
- 15.05Chicago: City of the Century: Part 3Rate
- 15.06The Murder of Emmett TillRate
- 15.07Transcontinental RailroadRate
- 15.08Partners of the HeartRate
- 15.09The PillRate
- 15.10Daughter from DanangRate
- 15.11SeabiscuitRate
- 15.12Bataan RescueRate
- 15.13Murder at HarvardRate
Season 169 episodes
- 16.01New York: Center of the WorldRate
- 16.02Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 1 - RevolutionRate
- 16.03Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 2 - RetreatRate
- 16.04Citizen KingRate
- 16.05Remember the AlamoRate
- 16.06Tupperware!Rate
- 16.07Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous WomanRate
- 16.08Patriots DayRate
- 16.09Golden Gate BridgeRate
Season 1712 episodes
- 17.01RFKRate
- 17.02The FightRate
- 17.03Fidel CastroRate
- 17.04Building the Alaska HighwayRate
- 17.05KinseyRate
- 17.06Mary PickfordRate
- 17.07The Great Transatlantic CableRate
- 17.08The Massie AffairRate
- 17.09The Fall of SaigonRate
- 17.10Victory in the PacificRate
- 17.11The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be UnbrokenRate
- 17.12Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty HearstRate
Season 1813 episodes
- 18.01Two Days in OctoberRate
- 18.02Race to the MoonRate
- 18.03Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1Rate
- 18.04Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2Rate
- 18.05John & Abigail AdamsRate
- 18.06The Nuremberg TrialsRate
- 18.07Jesse JamesRate
- 18.08HijackedRate
- 18.09Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary FilmRate
- 18.10The Boy in the BubbleRate
- 18.11The Alaska PipelineRate
- 18.12Annie OakleyRate
- 18.13The Man Behind HitlerRate
Season 1915 episodes
- 19.01Eyes on the Prize: Parts 1 & 2 - Awakenings/Fighting BackRate
- 19.02Eyes on the Prize: Parts 3 & 4 - Ain't Scared of Your Jails/No Easy WalkRate
- 19.03Eyes on the Prize: Parts 5 & 6 - Is This America?/Bridge to FreedomRate
- 19.04Test Tube BabiesRate
- 19.05The Great FeverRate
- 19.06The Gold RushRate
- 19.07The Berlin AirliftRate
- 19.08The Living WeaponRate
- 19.09New OrleansRate
- 19.10Sister AimeeRate
- 19.11Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples TempleRate
- 19.12Summer of LoveRate
- 19.13The Mormons: Part IRate
- 19.14The Mormons: Part IIRate
- 19.15Alexander HamiltonRate
Season 2014 episodes
- 20.01Oswald's GhostRate
- 20.02The LobotomistRate
- 20.03Eyes on the Prize II (Parts I & II): The Time Has Come/Two SocietiesRate
- 20.04Grand CentralRate
- 20.05Eyes on the Prize II (Parts III & IV): Power!/The Promised LandRate
- 20.06Eyes on the Prize II (Parts V & VI): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?Rate
- 20.07Kit CarsonRate
- 20.08Eyes on the Prize II (Parts VII & VIII): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the MovementRate
- 20.09Buffalo BillRate
- 20.10Minik, the Lost EskimoRate
- 20.11Walt WhitmanRate
- 20.12Roberto ClementeRate
- 20.13George H.W. Bush: Part IRate
- 20.14George H.W. Bush: Part IIRate
Season 2110 episodes
- 21.01The Trials of J. Robert OppenheimerRate
- 21.02The Polio CrusadeRate
- 21.03The Assassination of Abraham LincolnRate
- 21.04A Class ApartRate
- 21.05We Shall Remain: Part I - After the MayflowerRate
- 21.06We Shall Remain: Part II - Tecumseh's VisionRate
- 21.07We Shall Remain: Part III - Trail of TearsRate
- 21.08We Shall Remain: Part IV - GeronimoRate
- 21.09We Shall Remain: Part V - Wounded KneeRate
- 21.10The KennedysRate
Season 228 episodes
Season 2314 episodes
- 23.01God in America: A New Adam (1) & A New Eden (2)Rate
- 23.02God in America: A Nation Reborn (3) & A New Light (4)Rate
- 23.03God in America: Soul of a Nation (5) & Of God and Caesar (6)Rate
- 23.04Robert E. LeeRate
- 23.05Dinosaur WarsRate
- 23.06Panama CanalRate
- 23.07The Greely ExpeditionRate
- 23.08Triangle FireRate
- 23.09The Great FamineRate
- 23.10Stonewall UprisingRate
- 23.11Soundtrack for a RevolutionRate
- 23.13Freedom RidersRate
- 23.101Jimmy CarterRate
- 23.102U.S. Grant: WarriorRate
Season 247 episodes
- 24.01Billy the KidRate
- 24.02Custer's Last StandRate
- 24.03Clinton, Part 1Rate
- 24.04Clinton, Part 2Rate
- 24.05The AmishRate
- 24.06Grand Coulee DamRate
- 24.07Jesse OwensRate
Season 256 episodes
Season 269 episodes
Season 278 episodes
- 27.01Cold War RoadshowRate
- 27.02Ripley: Believe It or NotRate
- 27.03Klansville U.S.A.Rate
- 27.04EdisonRate
- 27.05The Big BurnRate
- 27.06The Forgotten PlagueRate
- 27.07Last Days in VietnamRate
- 27.08BlackoutRate
Season 2810 episodes
- 28.01Walt Disney - Part 1Rate
- 28.02Walt Disney - Part 2Rate
- 28.03American ComandanteRate
- 28.04The PilgrimsRate
- 28.05Bonnie & ClydeRate
- 28.06Mine WarsRate
- 28.07Murder of a PresidentRate
- 28.08The Perfect CrimeRate
- 28.09Space MenRate
- 28.10The Boys of '36Rate
Season 2910 episodes
Season 305 episodes
Season 319 episodes
- 31.01The Circus: Part 1Rate
- 31.02The Circus Part 2Rate
- 31.03The Eugenics CrusadeRate
- 31.04The SwampRate
- 31.05SealabRate
- 31.06Chasing the Moon: A Place Beyond the SkyRate
- 31.07Chasing the Moon: EarthriseRate
- 31.08Chasing the Moon: Magnificent DesolationRate
- 31.09Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a GenerationRate
Season 3210 episodes
Season 339 episodes
Season 346 episodes
Season 359 episodes
- 35.01The Lie DetectorRate
- 35.02Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a SpaceRate
- 35.03Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret HistoryRate
- 35.04The Movement and the 'Madman'Rate
- 35.05The Sun QueenRate
- 35.06Casa SusannaRate
- 35.07The Busing BattlegroundRate
- 35.08The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's SchoolsRate
- 35.09The War on DiscoRate
Season 367 episodes
Season 377 episodes
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