American Experience (1988)
American Experience (1988)
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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10x01 Truman (1)

06 October, 1997 5:00 am

10x02 Truman (2)

07 October, 1997 5:00 am

10x03 A Midwife's Tale

20 January, 1998 5:00 am
The life of a midwife living in Maine during the late 18th century, based on the journals of Martha Ballard and the research of a modern-day author.

10x04 Mr. Miami Beach

03 February, 1998 5:00 am
Documentary of Carl Graham Fisher, an opportunist who saw potential for tourism in the swamp lands of Florida.

10x05 Influenza 1918

10 February, 1998 5:00 am
The worst epidemic in American history killed over 600,000 Americans during World War I. Nicknamed "Spanish influenza," it died out quickly the following winter.

10x06 Reagan (1): Lifeguard

24 February, 1998 5:00 am
When he left the White House in 1988, Ronald Reagan was one of the most popular presidents of the century - and one of the most controversial. A failed actor, Reagan became a passionate ideologue who preached a gospel of lower taxes, less government and anti-communism. Reagan surprised opponents, rising to become a president who always preferred to see America as a "shining city on a hill."

10x07 Reagan (2): An American Crusade

25 February, 1998 5:00 am
An economic transformation in 1983 secured Reagan’s second term. The episode chronicles his last four years in office—from the loss of his closest advisors and the Iran-Contra scandal to the dawning of the fall of Communism in Europe.

10x08 Surviving the Dust Bowl

03 March, 1998 5:00 am
The story of the farmers who came to the Southern Plains of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas dreaming of prosperity, and lived through ten years of drought, dust, disease and death.

10x09 Riding the Rails

14 April, 1998 5:00 am
The subculture of young hobos that sprang up during the Great Depression.

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