List of American Experience episodes

A list of episodes from the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series American Experience.

The Presidents

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/ John and Abigail Adams] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/ Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/ Ulysses S. Grant] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tr/ TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/ Woodrow Wilson] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/fdr/ FDR] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/truman/ Truman] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/ The Kennedys] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/video/lbj_01.html#v226 LBJ] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/video/nixon_01.html#v296 Nixon] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/index.html Jimmy Carter] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/ Reagan] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bush41/ George H.W. Bush] "

Biographies

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ Citizen King] " – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/ The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/ The Rockefellers] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eads/ Secrets of a Master Builder] " – James Eads and the Mississippi
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hamilton/index.html/ Alexander Hamilton] "
* " [http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=43381/ The Sins of Our Mothers] " – Emeline Gurney
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/clemente/] " Roberto Clemente
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/whitman/ Walt Whitman] "

War and Politics

Politics

* " [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/254559/American-Experience-Chicago-1968/overview Chicago 1968] " – 1968 Democratic National Convention

World War II

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bataan/ Bataan Rescue] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/ D-day] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/ Battle of the Bulge] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/ America and the Holocaust] "

The Cold War

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/index.html/ The Berlin Airlift] "

Civil Rights

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/ Marcus Garvey: Look For Me In the Whirlwind] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/ Scottsboro: An American Tragedy] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/ Emmett Till] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/malcolmx/ Malcolm X: Make It Plain] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/ Eyes On the Prize] " - the story of the Civil Rights movement from 1950 through 1980
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/simplejustice/ Simple Justice] " - 1993, Dramatization of the struggle of Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall to achieve racial justice, based on the book of the same title by Richard Kluger.

Military Technology

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weapon/program/index.html The Living Weapon] " – History of biological weapons program in United States.
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/ Race for the Superbomb] "

Technology

American Business/Labor

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tupperware/ Tupperware] "

Aviation/Space

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/moon/ Race to the Moon] "

History of Medicine

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bubble/ The Boy in the Bubble] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/babies/ Test Tube Babies] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/fever/ The Great Fever] " – the search for the transmitter of Yellow Fever, and Walter Reed's contribution to that effort

Innovations

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/ Edison's Miracle of Light] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/cable/index.html/ The Great Transatlantic Cable] "

The American Landscape

Cities

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/ Chicago:City of the Century] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/ Golden Gate Bridge] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lasvegas/ Las Vegas: An Unconventional History] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/miami/ Mr. Miami Beach] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/index.html New Orleans] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/technology/nyunderground/ New York Underground] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/ New York: A Documentary Film] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/newyork/ New York: The Center of the World] " - Postwar New York -- told through the story of the rise and fall of the World Trade Center.

Natural Disasters

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flood/ Fatal Flood] " – focuses on 1927 Mississippi river flood
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hurricane38/ Hurricane of '38] " – focuses on 1938 Hurricane through the Northeastern states

The Environment

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hoover/ Hoover Dam] "

Westward Expansion

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/ Remember the Alamo] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/ Gold Rush] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/ Transcontinental Railroad] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/iron/ The Iron Road] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/ The Donner Party] "

Turning Points

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/ America 1900] " - Tells the story of the United States at the turn of century in 1900.

Popular Culture

Arts and Entertainment

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ansel/ Ansel Adams] "
* "Barnum's Big Top"
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kane2/ The Battle Over Citizen Kane] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/technology/bigdream/ Big Dream Small Screen] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carterfamily/ The Carter Family] " - Discusses the successes and failures of A.P. Carter and his singing partners during the Great Depression.
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/coney/ Coney Island] "
* "Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo"
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oneill/ Eugene O'Neill] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/houdini/ Houdini] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/singers/ Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pickford/ Mary Pickford] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rushmore/ Mount Rushmore] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/patriotsday/ Patriot's Day] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/ Miss America] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/quizshow/ The Quiz Show Scandal] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/ Steven Foster] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/sister/ Sister Aimee] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/ Summer of Love] " - Centers on San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district and the hippie movement during the summer of 1967.

Crime and Punishment

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/guerilla/ Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/ Jonestown: Life and Death of Peoples Temple] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/massie/ The Massie Affair] "
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/century/ Murder of the Century] " — Concerns the 1906 murder of architect Stanford White by wealthy heir Harry Thaw over singer/model Evelyn Nesbit

The Great Depression

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/ Seabiscuit] "

Immigrant Experience

piritualism

ports

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/fight/ The Fight] " - story of the boxing match and rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling
* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/clemente/] " Roberto Clemente

Miscellaneous

* " [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hijacked/filmmore/ Hijacked] " - Tells the story of the 1970 PFLP hijacking, and subsequent destruction, of four commercial airliners.

External links

* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ American Experience home page]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0094416/episodes Episode list at IMDB.com]