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American Experience

American Experience
Praised as the "finest documentary series on television," AMERICAN EXPERIENCE brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
For more info: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/

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Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Air date: 02-06-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2332168287/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Led by physicist Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor began as a start-up company whose radical innovations would help make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, changing the way the world works, plays, and communicates. Noyce's invention of the... /episodes/get/6825 /episode/6825 American Experience: Silicon Valley /episode-player/6825
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
Air date: 01-30-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2329934360/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The biography of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century, this documentary of Henry Ford offers an incisive look at the birth of the American auto industry with its long history of struggles between labor and management. /episodes/get/6815 /episode/6815 American Experience: Henry Ford /episode-player/6815
The Abolitionists
The Abolitionists
Air date: 01-09-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2323777396/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation. /episodes/get/6641 /episode/6641 American Experience: The Abolitionists /episode-player/6641
Death and the Civil War
Death and the Civil War
Air date: 09-19-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2280706814/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false How the young United States dealt with the unprecedented and overwhelming number of dead in the Civil War, premiering on PBS Sept 18, 8/7c. The Ric Burns film is based on the book "This Republic of Suffering" by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust. /episodes/get/675 /episode/675 American Experience: Death and the Civil War /episode-player/675
Clinton
Clinton
Air date: 05-08-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2195106954/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history, and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage. /episodes/get/673 /episode/673 American Experience: Clinton /episode-player/673
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
Air date: 05-01-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2229413590/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The most famous athlete of his time, his stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis. Despite the racial slurs he endured, Jesse Owens' grace and athleticism rallied crowds across the globe. But when the four-time Olympic gold medalist returned... /episodes/get/685 /episode/685 American Experience: Jesse Owens /episode-player/685
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The Donner Party
The Donner Party
Three years before the Gold Rush, 87 pioneers took a shortcut westward to California, only to get caught in the snows of the Sierra Nevada. The emigrants' fateful journey culminated in death and cannibalism.
Air date: 10/29/1992
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1401950336/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Three years before the Gold Rush, 87 pioneers took a shortcut westward to California, only to get caught in the snows of the Sierra Nevada. The emigrants' fateful journey culminated in death and cannibalism. /episodes/get/697 /episode/697 American Experience: The Donner Party /episode-player/697
The Rockefellers
The Rockefellers
John D. Rockefeller was the world's first billionaire and the most hated man in America. Watch the epic story of the man who monopolized oil. Broadcasting on many PBS stations February 12, 2013. Check your location listings.
Air date: 10/17/2000
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2334127894/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false John D. Rockefeller was the world's first billionaire and the most hated man in America. Watch the epic story of the man who monopolized oil. Broadcasting on many PBS stations February 12, 2013. Check your location listings. /episodes/get/8066 /episode/8066 American Experience: The Rockefellers /episode-player/8066
The Presidents: FDR
The Presidents: FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt restored hope after the Great Depression and led the nation during World War II.
Air date: 05/12/2008
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1049332797/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Franklin Delano Roosevelt restored hope after the Great Depression and led the nation during World War II. /episodes/get/703 /episode/703 American Experience: The Presidents: FDR /episode-player/703
The Presidents: LBJ
The Presidents: LBJ
Sworn in after the assassination of JFK, Lyndon Johnson pushed progressive programs like the Civil Rights Act through Congress and won a term as president before the Vietnam War eroded his support.
Air date: 10/09/2008
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1049331248/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Sworn in after the assassination of JFK, Lyndon Johnson pushed progressive programs like the Civil Rights Act through Congress and won a term as president before the Vietnam War eroded his support. /episodes/get/706 /episode/706 American Experience: The Presidents: LBJ /episode-player/706
The Presidents: Nixon
The Presidents: Nixon
From ending the Vietnam War and improving relations with China and the Soviet Union, and finally, his resignation in the face of impeachment, Richard Nixon was a tragically insecure man with a bold vision.
Air date: 12/30/2008
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/979746298/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false From ending the Vietnam War and improving relations with China and the Soviet Union, and finally, his resignation in the face of impeachment, Richard Nixon was a tragically insecure man with a bold vision. /episodes/get/707 /episode/707 American Experience: The Presidents: Nixon /episode-player/707
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