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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8x01 Murder of the Century
17 October, 1995 5:00 am
The nation is fascinated by the high-profile murder of a famous architect, apparently because of jealousy over a popular female stage performer.
8x02 Edison's Miracle of Light
24 October, 1995 4:00 am
Inventor Thomas A. Edison experiments with electricity, long-burning filaments, and glass bulbs to give America an alternative to gas lights.
8x03 Chicago 1968
14 November, 1995 5:00 am
The nation watches a political convention that in many ways is a symbol of the turbulent times in which it was held.
8x04 The Orphan Trains
28 November, 1995 5:00 am
The story of orphaned inner-city children shipped to rural locations and new lives as part of a social engineering experiment.
8x05 Freedom on My Mind
16 January, 1996 5:00 am
An account of the struggle to register African Americans to vote in the state of Mississippi in the 1960s.
8x06 Daley: The Last Boss
23 January, 1996 5:00 am
Biography of Chicago mayor Richard Daley, considered one of the last major heads of big city "machine" politics in the United States.
8x07 The Battle Over Citizen Kane
30 January, 1996 5:00 am
Orson Welles' movie stirs the ire of publisher William Randolph Hearst, the man who the film was patterned after.
8x08 The Wright Stuff
13 February, 1996 5:00 am
The story of Wilbur and Orville Wright and the earliest days of aviation.
8x09 Spy in the Sky
27 February, 1996 5:00 am
The Cold War forces the United States to build very high altitude U2 planes to record photographs of opposing nations.
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