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American Experience : Season 29
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Air date: 18 Oct '16 - 10 episodesTV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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List of Episodes (10)
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American Experience (1988)
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1. Tesla
18 Oct '16A profile of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), the genius engineer who developed a way to distribute electricity over vast distances; and who envisioned a world linked by wireless technology.
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American Experience (1988)
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2. The Battle of Chosin
01 Nov '16Revisit this pivotal 1950 Korean War battle through the eyewitness accounts of participants. A harrowing story of bloody combat and heroic survival in the first major military clash of the Cold War.
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American Experience (1988)
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3. Command and Control
10 Jan '17A chilling nightmare plays out at a Titan II Missile Complex in Arkansas in September 1980.
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American Experience (1988)
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4. Rachel Carson
24 Jan '17She set out to save a species...us. An intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.
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American Experience (1988)
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5. The Race Underground
31 Jan '17The dramatic story of the country's first subway.
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American Experience (1988)
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6. Oklahoma City
07 Feb '17On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a former soldier deeply influenced by literature and ideas of the radical right, killed 168, and injured 675 others.
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American Experience (1988)
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7. Ruby Ridge
14 Feb '17A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.
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American Experience (1988)
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8. The Great War: Part 1
10 Apr '17The Great War, a six-hour documentary presented over three nights, explores how World War I changed America and the world.
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American Experience (1988)
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9. The Great War: Part 2
11 Apr '17The Great War, a six-hour documentary presented over three nights, explores how World War I changed America and the world.
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American Experience (1988)
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10. The Great War: Part 3
12 Apr '17The Great War, a six-hour documentary presented over three nights, explores how World War I changed America and the world.
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