American Experience

1. New York: Part I - The Country and the City

Episode one begins in 1609 and chronicles the arrival of the Dutch.

2. New York: Part II - Order and Disorder

Episode two looks at New York's rise as a burgeoning cultural center and mult...

3. New York: Part III - Sunshine and Shadow

Episode three turns the spotlight on greed and wealth.

4. New York: Part IV - The Power and the People

Episode four follows New York into a new century.

5. New York: Part V - Cosmopolis

Episode five tells the African-American experience and the birth of the new m...

6. Eleanor Roosevelt

For more than thirty years, Eleanor Roosevelt was America's most powerful wom...

7. Nixon's China Game

Mandy Patinkin narrates a biography of Harry Houdini (1874-1926) that focuses...

8. Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory

A group of former slaves tries to save its bankrupt school, Fisk University, ...

9. The Duel

This episode analyzes the reasons for and the consequences of the duel betwee...

10. John Brown's Holy War

Documentary on the life of American abolitionist John Brown.

11. Houdini

A haunting two-part profile of George Wallace, who, says narrator Randy Quaid...

12. George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part I

The conclusion of a two-part profile of George Wallace (1919-98) focuses on h...

13. George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part II

Former slaves spread the gospel of African-American music in an inspiring 200...

14. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life

An atmospheric profile of Joe DiMaggio (1914-99), baseball's "Yankee Clipper,...

15. George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography

Profiling George Eastman (1854-1932), whose Kodak and Brownie cameras "foreve...