American Experience

  • Premiered: Oct 1988
  • Episodes: 481
  • Followers: 72
  • Running
  • PBS
  • Tuesday at 21
  • Documentary History

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Season 2
2x1
The Great Air Race of 1924
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Air date
Oct 03, 1989
Early American aviators try to cross the planet with primitive planes of limited range and under harsh conditions.
2x2
Demon Rum
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Air date
Oct 10, 1989
The story of how prohibition went from local preferences to national law, with specific reference to its application in Detroit, MI.
2x3
A Family Gathering
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Air date
Oct 17, 1989
An examination of a the story of a Japanese family in America from their arrival in the US to the days of suspicion during World War II.
2x4
The Great War: 1918
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Air date
Oct 24, 1989
America enters the fighting in what is now called World War I.
2x5
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
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Air date
Oct 31, 1989
The tale of mavericks whose risk-taking, sweat and dreams changed an American industry. Starting with Spindletop, the first Texas gusher in 1902, rare archival film and interviews with .. show full overview
2x5
Forever Baseball
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Air date
Nov 07, 1989
A nostalgic treatment of the national pastime and its meaning in history.
2x6
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
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Air date
Nov 14, 1989
The story behind the mail order tome that brought merchandise (or dreams of it) within reach of Americans far and wide.
2x7
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
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Air date
Nov 21, 1989
The story of Yosemite told through the diary of one of the first white Americans to visit the California valley.
2x8
Adam Clayton Powell
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Air date
Nov 28, 1989
Documentary on the life of civil rights advocate Powell, including his career as a Harlem minister and a US Congressman.
2x9
Journey to America
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Air date
Dec 05, 1989
Documentary on the great influx of immigrants between 1890 and the 1920s.
2x10
Ballad of a Mountain Man
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Dec 12, 1989
Story of a folklore historian who sought to preserve the traditional music of the Appalachians for posterity.
2x11
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
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Air date
Dec 19, 1989
The work of a notable civil rights crusader in the late 19th and early 20th century.
2x12
Orphans of the Storm
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Air date
Dec 26, 1989
A tale of British children sent to North America during the early World War II bombing of London.
2x13
Forbidden City, USA
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Air date
Jan 02, 1990
The Americanization of Chinese people in the 1920s and 30s, including public roles that ran counter to their cultural history.
2x14
Battle for Wilderness
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Air date
Jan 09, 1990
A profile of an early environmental dispute over the construction of a dam in California after the earthquake of 1906.
2x15 Season finale
Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad
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Air date
Jan 16, 1990
A chronicle of the organized efforts to help slaves find freedom in the north.

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