American Experience Season 28

January. 19,2016      TV-PG
Rating:
8.6
Trailer Synopsis

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Episode 8 : The Battle of Chosin
November. 01,2016
View the intense battle in intimate detail in this vivid narrative of combat and survival in the first major military clash of the Cold War.
Episode 7 : Tesla
October. 18,2016
Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world.
Episode 6 : The Boys of '36
August. 02,2016
The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by storm when they captured the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Their unexpected victory, against not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast but Adolf Hitler's elite German rowers, gave hope to a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Great Depression.
Episode 5 : Space Men
March. 01,2016
In the 1950s and early '60s, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the space age long before NASA's acclaimed Mercury 7 would make headlines. Though largely forgotten today, balloonists were the first to venture into the frozen near-vacuum on the edge of our world, exploring the very limits of human physiology and human ingenuity in this lethal realm.
Episode 4 : The Perfect Crime
February. 09,2016
The shocking story of Richard Leopold and Nathan Loeb, two wealthy college students who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 1924 to prove they were smart enough to get away with it.
Episode 3 : Murder of a President
February. 02,2016
The story of James Garfield, one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president, and his assassination by a deluded madman named Charles Guiteau. The story follows Garfield's unprecedented rise to power, his shooting only four months into his presidency, and its bizarre and heartbreaking aftermath.
Episode 2 : The Mine Wars
January. 26,2016
The story of small people going up against very big forces for a better nation. In the first two decades of the 20th century, coal miners and coal companies in West Virginia clashed in a series of brutal conflicts over labor conditions and unionization.
Episode 1 : Bonnie & Clyde
January. 19,2016
Though their exploits were romanticized, the Barrow gang was believed responsible for at least 23 murders, including two policemen, as well as numerous robberies and kidnappings. Discover the true story of the most famous outlaw couple in U.S. history -- Bonnie and Clyde.

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Season 36 2024
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Season 35 2023
Season 34
Season 34 2022
Season 33
Season 33 2021
Season 32
Season 32 2020
Season 31
Season 31 2019
Season 30
Season 30 2018
Season 29
Season 29 2017
Season 28
Season 28 2016
Season 27
Season 27 2015
Season 26
Season 26 2014
Season 25
Season 25 2013
Season 24
Season 24 2012
Season 23
Season 23 2010
Season 22
Season 22 2009
Season 21
Season 21 2009
Season 20
Season 20 2008
Season 19
Season 19 2006
Season 18
Season 18 2005
Season 17
Season 17 2004
Season 16
Season 16 2003
Season 15
Season 15 2002
Season 14
Season 14 2001
Season 13
Season 13 2000
Season 12
Season 12 1999
Season 11
Season 11 1998
Season 10
Season 10 1997
Season 9
Season 9 1996
Season 8
Season 8 1995
Season 7
Season 7 1994
Season 6
Season 6 1993
Season 5
Season 5 1992
Season 4
Season 4 1991
Season 3
Season 3 1990
Season 2
Season 2 1989
Season 1
Season 1 1988

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