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The Gilded Age: Trailer

30s
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.
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Endorsed by Seabiscuit

42s
In the late 1930s, a champion racehorse lent his name to countless products. Here’s a handful of unlikely products endorsed by Seabiscuit.
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Coming in 2018

3m
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).
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Le Chemin des Dames

5m 42s
“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.
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The Women of Avenger Fields

1m 17s
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.
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Napalm in Vietnam

1m 37s
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.
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Death of a Colonel

2m 32s
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.
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