American Experience Season 11

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11x01 America 1900 (1): Spirit of the Age aired Nov 18, 1998

America in 1900 is explored. Examined are "emblematic events of the year," says producer David Grubin, including the mine disaster in Scofield, Utah; the reb... read more

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11x02 America 1900 (2): Change Is in the Air aired Nov 18, 1998

The United States and the Soviet Union work on weapons even more powerful than the earlier atomic bomb during the height of the Cold War.

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11x03 America 1900 (3): A Great Civilized Power aired Nov 25, 1998

The story behind building one of the greatest Depression-era projects, the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River.

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11x04 America 1900 (4): Anything Seemed Possible aired Nov 25, 1998

An account of Robert Byrd's adventures at the poles and his trials in Antarctica.

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11x05 Race for the Super Bomb aired Jan 11, 1999

The collision of two large ocean-going vessels in 1909 puts the new wireless telegraph to the test.

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11x06 Hoover Dam aired Jan 18, 1999

An account of the causes of the partial core meltdown at the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant in 1979 and the reactions of staff and the public.

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11x07 Alone on the Ice aired Feb 08, 1999

Geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell undertakes a dangerous water trip down the Colorado River with a crew of adventure-seekers.

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11x08 Rescue at Sea aired Feb 15, 1999

Part 1 of a two-part biography of Douglas MacArthur takes "America's first soldier" from his brilliant WWI service into WWII, when his knack for alienating s... read more

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11x09 Meltdown at Three Mile Island aired Feb 22, 1999

The conclusion of MacArthur focuses on his "return" to the Philippines in 1944, his years as Supreme Allied Commander in Japan after the war and his controve... read more

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11x10 Lost in the Grand Canyon aired Apr 05, 1999

The lives of the Women Air Service Pilots (WASPs) and their flying exploits within the US during World War II.

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11x11 MacArthur (1): Destiny aired May 17, 1999

The subculture of young hobos that sprang up during the Great Depression.

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11x12 MacArthur (2): The Politics of War aired May 18, 1999

The lives of the Women Air Service Pilots (WASPs) and their flying exploits within the US during World War II.

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11x13 Fly Girls aired May 24, 1999

Part 1 of a two-part biography of Douglas MacArthur takes "America's first soldier" from his brilliant WWI service into WWII, when his knack for alienating s... read more

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11x14 America 1900 (4): Anything Seemed Possible aired Nov 25, 1998

The conclusion of MacArthur focuses on his "return" to the Philippines in 1944, his years as Supreme Allied Commander in Japan after the war and his controve... read more

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