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Tupperware!
Tupperware!
Using interviews with Tupperware executives and dealers from the early days and wonderful, little-seen footage of Tupperware Jubilees, this funny, probing program re-examines assumptions about American culture in the 1950s.
Air date: 02/14/2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2196104568/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Using interviews with Tupperware executives and dealers from the early days and wonderful, little-seen footage of Tupperware Jubilees, this funny, probing program re-examines assumptions about American culture in the 1950s. /episodes/get/711 /episode/711 American Experience: Tupperware! /episode-player/711
Earth Days
Earth Days
It is now all the rage, but can you remember when everyone in America was not "Going Green"? Earth Days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement through the extraordinary stories of the era's pioneers.
Air date: 04/19/2010 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1463378089/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false It is now all the rage, but can you remember when everyone in America was not "Going Green"? Earth Days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement through the extraordinary stories of the era's pioneers. /episodes/get/678 /episode/678 American Experience: Earth Days /episode-player/678
The Crash of 1929
The Crash of 1929
Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich.
Air date: 10/26/2009 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1308436568/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. /episodes/get/696 /episode/696 American Experience: The Crash of 1929 /episode-player/696
Victory in the Pacific
Victory in the Pacific
In this provocative, thorough examination of the final months of the war, American Experience looks at the escalation of bloodletting from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.
Air date: 03/29/2010 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1449123274/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In this provocative, thorough examination of the final months of the war, American Experience looks at the escalation of bloodletting from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans. /episodes/get/712 /episode/712 American Experience: Victory in the Pacific /episode-player/712
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders
The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South.
Air date: 02/07/2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1925571160/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders who in 1961 challenged segregation in the American South. /episodes/get/679 /episode/679 American Experience: Freedom Riders /episode-player/679