American Experience
TV-PG
8.6
1988
Documentary
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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Episode 8 : The Great War: Part 3
April. 12,2017
Part 3 of 3. In the fall of 1918: a major American offensive that could bring a swift end to the war, a lost U.S. battalion surrounded by German forces, a deadly flu epidemic on the homefront.
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Episode 7 : The Great War: Part 2
April. 11,2017
Part 2 of 3. America's entry into World War I is recalled, including the breathtaking speed of mobilization and the profound transformations required for America to play a central role in the conflict.
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Episode 6 : The Great War: Part 1
April. 10,2017
Part 1 of 3. President Woodrow Wilson vowed to keep the U.S. out of World War I after hostilities erupted in Europe in August 1914. It was a promise he kept until 1917, when the Germans resumed "unrestricted submarine warfare"— a policy it had started and then stopped in 1915 — and began sinking U.S. ships. An intercepted telegram also showed Germany trying to convince Japan and Mexico to declare war on America.
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Episode 5 : Ruby Ridge
February. 14,2017
A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.
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Episode 4 : Oklahoma City
February. 07,2017
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a former soldier deeply influenced by literature and ideas of the radical right, killed 168, and injured 675 others.
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Episode 3 : The Race Underground
January. 31,2017
The dramatic story of the country's first subway.
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