American Experience

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE brings to life the compelling stories from our past!

Episodes

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    The Riot Report

    S36 Ep5 |
    When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate.
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    The Rise and Fall of Penn Station

    S26 Ep5 |
    The monumental building that was supposed to last forever was destroyed after 53 years.
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    Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

    S26 Ep4 |
    Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid took a smart and methodical approach to robbery.
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    The Amish: Shunned

    S26 Ep3 |
    What is it like to be cut off from your faith and from your family?
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    1964

    S26 Ep2 |
    It was the year America stood up... and split apart.
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    The Poisoner's Handbook

    S26 Ep1 |
    In the early 1900s, the average medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner's treasure chest.
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    JFK

    S25 Ep8 |
    The life of President John F. Kennedy, one of our most popular and most mourned leaders.
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    War of the Worlds

    S25 Ep6 |
    How Orson Welles' genius use of the new medium of radio struck fear into an anxious nation
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    Silicon Valley

    S25 Ep3 |
    Robert Noyce's invention of the microchip launched the world into the Information Age.

Specials

  • Plague at the Golden Gate (Chinese): asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Plague at the Golden Gate (Chinese)

    一起來了解1900 年舊金山爆發的淋巴腺鼠疫如何引起恐懼和反亞裔情緒。

About American Experience

American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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