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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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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was one of America's first celebrities. After only a few years as a pilot she became the best-known female flier in America, not only for her daring and determination but also for her striking looks and outspoken personality. Three...
Air date: 02/16/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1414964998/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was one of America's first celebrities. After only a few years as a pilot she became the best-known female flier in America, not only for her daring and determination but also for her striking looks and outspoken personality. Three... /episodes/get/670 /episode/670 American Experience: Amelia Earhart /episode-player/670
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
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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
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
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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
My Lai
My Lai
The 1968 My Lai massacre, its subsequent cover-up, and the heroic efforts of the soldiers who broke ranks to try to halt the atrocities, and then bring them to light.
Air date: 04/26/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1475790127/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The 1968 My Lai massacre, its subsequent cover-up, and the heroic efforts of the soldiers who broke ranks to try to halt the atrocities, and then bring them to light. /episodes/get/686 /episode/686 American Experience: My Lai /episode-player/686
Roads to Memphis
Roads to Memphis
The international manhunt for the killer of Martin Luther King.
Air date: 05/03/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1481821280/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The international manhunt for the killer of Martin Luther King. /episodes/get/688 /episode/688 American Experience: Roads to Memphis /episode-player/688
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