american experience movies page 2

The Gilded Age (2018)
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Documentary

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, the population of the United States doubled in the...

New York Underground (1997)
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Documentary, History

In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets and pokey transportation system were a source of...

The Polio Crusade (2009)
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Documentary, History

The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while...

Nazi Town, USA (2024)
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Documentary

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George...

The Forgotten Plague (2015)
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Documentary, History

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits,...

Fatal Flood (2001)
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Documentary

In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, inundating...

The Crash of 1929 (1990)
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Documentary, History

Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there...

Cold War Roadshow (2014)
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Documentary, History

Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern history — the unprecedented barnstorming across...

The Great San Francisco Earthquake (1988)
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Documentary, History

An account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (2004)
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Documentary, History

Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many...

Ulysses S. Grant (2002)
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Documentary, History

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president,...

The Wright Stuff (1996)
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Documentary, History

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine flight: a smooth take-off banking into a couple...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (2009)
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Documentary

American Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by Roosevelt during the Great Depression, the CCC put...

American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2) (2002)
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Documentary, History

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president,...

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance (1988)
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Documentary

Legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was loved by his people for his fierce courage while pioneers feared him as a cold-blooded murderer. This program...

Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage (1993)
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Documentary

The Satellite Sky (1990)
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Documentary

Unaccompanied by narration or interviews, contemporary imagery drawn from science fiction films, government propaganda films, US Air Force films,...