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The Secret of Tuxedo Park: Trailer
The Secret of Tuxedo Park tells the story of Wall Street tycoon Alfred Lee Loomis and his team of scientists who developed radar technology that played a decisive role in winning World War II.
The Gilded Age: Trailer
Meet the titans and barons of the glittering late 19th century, whose materialistic extravagance contrasted harshly with the poverty of the struggling workers who challenged them. The vast disparities between them sparked debates still raging today.
Escape from Saigon
As North Vietnamese forces swept into Saigon in April of 1975, one family risked everything to escape.
Coming in 2018
2018 kicks off American Experience's 30th season. Series Executive Producer Mark Samels introduces four new documentaries: Into the Amazon (January 9), The Secret of Tuxedo Park (January 16), The Gilded Age (February 6), and The Bombing of Wall Street (February 13).
Le Chemin des Dames
“Word of this place and this graffiti had been passed down from generation to generation. A hundred years on, it has sort of taken on the air of legend,” says writer Richard Rubin. “You hear that it’s out there and you set off in search of it.”
Richard Rubin is the author of The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War and Back Over There.
The Bombing of Wall Street: Trailer
Explore the story behind the first terrorist attack in the U.S., a mostly-forgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center that left 38 dead – a crime that remains unsolved today.
The Women of Avenger Fields
At the height of WWII, American male pilots were sent into combat duty, creating a severe shortage of pilots at home. Between 1942 and 1944, more than a thousand women left homes and jobs to become the first females in history to fly for the United States Military.
Napalm in Vietnam
In 1965, The Dow Company — best known at that time for making Saran Wrap — began making Napalm, a jellied gas used in warfare in Vietnam.
Death of a Colonel
In October 1967, a Viet Cong ambush nearly wiped out an American battalion, prompting some in power to question whether the war might be unwinnable.
The Demonstration that Sparked
In 1967, a demonstration at the University of Wisconsin was the first violent campus protest of the antiwar movement.
Police Tactics at the DOW Demonstration
In October of 1967, a massive protest at the University of Wisconsin turned violent when police arrived on the scene.
Klansville: The film Birth of a Nation glorified the KKK
The film Birth of a Nation glorified the KKK and became an integral part of the group’s revival in the 1920s.
Klansville: Former North Carolina Klansman C.P. Ellis
Former North Carolina Klansman C.P. Ellis recalls his initiation.
Personalizing the Past: Baltimore
Workers at the Baltimore Luggage Company making suitcases in 1957.
Personalizing the Past: Jerome
Japanese Americans are released from the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas. This film was shot in Kodachrome in 1944, likely by an Army employee.
Personalizing the Past: FDR
President Franklin Roosevelt walks down a ramp from his private railroad car ca. 1938.
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