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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18x01 Two Days in October
18 October, 2005 5:00 am
Discord in two different places - a withering ambush of US troops by the Viet Cong 40 miles west of Saigon and a student protest that turns violent at the University of Wisconsin.
18x02 Race to the Moon
01 November, 2005 5:00 am
The Apollo 8 mission to orbit the moon and the men and women behind the effort.
18x03 Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City
15 November, 2005 5:00 am
The story of the circumstances that led to the founding of what would become a huge tourist destination in the desert.
18x04 Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca
16 November, 2005 5:00 am
The story of the circumstances that led to the founding of what would become a huge tourist destination in the desert.
18x05 John and Abigail Adams
24 January, 2006 5:00 am
A chronicle of the lives of the couple and their mutual regard for each other's abilities and intelligence.
18x06 The Nuremberg Trials
31 January, 2006 5:00 am
On November 20, 1945, the twenty-two surviving representatives of the Nazi elite stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany. This American Experience production draws upon rare archival material and eyewitness accounts to re-create the dramatic tribunal that defines trial procedure for state criminals to this day.
18x07 Jesse James
07 February, 2006 5:00 am
An examination of the real details of the notorious outlaw and his brother.
18x08 Hijacked
26 February, 2006 5:00 am
The motivations of the "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" and the airplane hijackings they carried out.
18x09 Eugene O'Neill
22 March, 2006 5:00 am
The life of one of the 20th century's most acclaimed playwrights.
18x10 The Boy in the Bubble
11 April, 2006 5:00 am
Account of David Vetter, a boy with an immune system so compromised that he led a life of isolation in a sealed enclosure.
18x11 The Alaska Pipeline
25 April, 2006 5:00 am
The engineering behind the challenging work of transporting oil during the height of the energy crisis and the subsequent environmental impact of the pipeline.
18x12 Annie Oakley
09 May, 2006 5:00 am
Chronicle of the amazing markswoman, her life, the discovery of her talent, and the promotion of her career.
18x13 The Man Behind Hitler
23 May, 2006 5:00 am
Documentary on Joseph Goebbels and the propaganda behind the success of the Nazi regime - told mainly though his own diaries and speeches.
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