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We Shall Remain: Cassius Spears

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Producing this five-part series took the hard work and collaboration of hundreds of people - from filmmakers and actors to historians and cultural advisors. Cassius Spears, cultural consultant for After the Mayflower, discusses what the phrase "we shall remain" means to him.
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We Shall Remain: Wes Studi

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Producing this five-part series took the hard work and collaboration of hundreds of people - from filmmakers and actors to historians and cultural advisors. Actor Wes Studi discusses the historical accuracy of the series.
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Hurricane of '38 Home Movies

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Several families documented the destruction wrought by the Hurricane of '38 with their home movie cameras. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE acquired home movies from three families.
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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.
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Author Interview: Nat Philbrick

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Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, talks about his interest in the whaleship Essex and the history of whaling on Nantucket. Hear more about Philbrick's historical interests and other works he has written.
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Producer Interview: Ric Burns

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Into the Deep producer talks about life on the set of America, Whaling & the World. Hear more about Burns' background and other films he has produced for American Experience.
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31s / TV-PG
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.
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Merely Following Orders?

1m 20s
Lieutenant William Calley's 1971 conviction for crimes committed during the My Lai massacre set off protests in the U.S., with many feeling he was unfairly blamed for Vietnam mistakes.
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My Lai Preview

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March 16, 1968, a company of American soldiers entered the village of My Lai, located in Quang Ngai Province in central Vietnam. By the end of the day, they had shot and killed between 300 and 507 unarmed and unresisting men, women and children. What drove a company of American soldiers -- ordinary young men from around the country -- to commit the worst atrocity in American military history?
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