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Influenza 1918
Influenza 1918
Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was over, the flu would kill more than 600,000 Americans - more than all the combat deaths of this century combined.
Air date: 01/19/2010 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1378322117/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was over, the flu would kill more than 600,000 Americans - more than all the combat deaths of this century combined. /episodes/get/682 /episode/682 American Experience: Influenza 1918 /episode-player/682
The Greely Expedition
The Greely Expedition
An epic story of adventure, abandonment and human tragedy, The Greely Expedition tells of an 1881 scientific mission to the Arctic that ended with death and rumors of cannibalism.
Air date: 01/31/2011 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1773964253/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false An epic story of adventure, abandonment and human tragedy, The Greely Expedition tells of an 1881 scientific mission to the Arctic that ended with death and rumors of cannibalism. /episodes/get/699 /episode/699 American Experience: The Greely Expedition /episode-player/699
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
Celebrated as a man who took control of his own destiny, Wyatt Earp came to epitomize the town-taming marshal responsible for bringing the forces of law, order and civilization to the Wild West.
Air date: 01/26/2009 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1390089466/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Celebrated as a man who took control of his own destiny, Wyatt Earp came to epitomize the town-taming marshal responsible for bringing the forces of law, order and civilization to the Wild West. /episodes/get/715 /episode/715 American Experience: Wyatt Earp /episode-player/715
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World
The history of the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift-and-shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.
Air date: 03/20/2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1485863181/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The history of the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift-and-shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War. /episodes/get/683 /episode/683 American Experience: Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World /episode-player/683
The Hurricane of '38
The Hurricane of '38
As the storm made its way across the Atlantic and up the eastern seaboard, there was little warning. Radar had not been invented. The National Weather Bureau predicted it would blow itself out at North Carolina, but it didn't. No one had ever seen a storm like this.
Air date: 05/17/2010 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1497381366/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false As the storm made its way across the Atlantic and up the eastern seaboard, there was little warning. Radar had not been invented. The National Weather Bureau predicted it would blow itself out at North Carolina, but it didn't. No one had ever seen a storm like this. /episodes/get/700 /episode/700 American Experience: The Hurricane of '38 /episode-player/700