American Experience Season 31

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31x01 The Circus (1) aired Oct 08, 2018

The history of the Everglades is a dramatic yet little known story of humanity’s attempt to conquer nature.

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31x02 The Circus (2) aired Oct 09, 2018

On a February day in 1969, off the shore of northern California, a US Navy crane carefully lowered 300 tons of metal into the Pacific Ocean. The massive tubu... read more

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31x03 The Eugenics Crusade aired Oct 16, 2018

Part 1 of a three-part history of the space race. First up: America's struggle to catch up with the Soviet Union and the enormous stakes in the quest to reac... read more

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31x04 The Swamp aired Jan 15, 2019

Part 2 of 3 details what it took to beat the Soviet Union to the moon in the space race. In the turbulent and troubled '60s, the U.S. space program faced tra... read more

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31x05 Sealab aired Feb 12, 2019

Conclusion. The triumph of the first moon landing, witnessed by the largest TV audience in history. But dreams of space dramatically intersect with dreams of... read more

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31x06 Chasing the Moon (1): A Place Beyond the Sky aired Jul 08, 2019

In August, 1969, half a million people from all walks of life and every corner of the country converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York. They came ... read more

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31x07 Chasing the Moon (2): Earthrise aired Jul 09, 2019

The feud between the Hatfields and McCoys is perhaps the most famous family conflict in American history. As legend has it, two neighboring families in the b... read more

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31x08 Chasing the Moon (3): Magnificent Desolation aired Jul 10, 2019

In the chaotic decade following the Civil War, a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, set out on a mission to save their financially troubled sc... read more

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31x09 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation aired Aug 06, 2019

In the spring of 1905, the first group of fresh-faced graduates of Yale’s Forestry School began to arrive in the bawdy frontier towns of the West. These firs... read more

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31x10 The Feud aired Sep 10, 2019

On August 1, 1884, a rescue vessel pulled into the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire carrying First Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and the five other remaining... read more

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31x11 Jubilee Singers aired Oct 10, 2019

On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke to the crowd at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, giving one of the most powerful and memorable speeches... read more

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31x12 Amelia Earhart aired May 07, 2019

The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was one of America’s first celebrities. After only a few years as a pilot she became the best... read more

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31x13 Annie Oakley aired May 14, 2019

She was the toast of Victorian London, New York, and Paris. She was "adopted" by Indian chief Sitting Bull, charmed the Prince of Prussia, and entertained th... read more

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