American Experience

Season 24 Episode 2: Custer's Last Stand

36 SeasonsJan 17, 2012TV-PG1h 53m7.5

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the West. On June 26, 1876, Custer, a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage ordered...

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Season 24 Episodes:

Episode 1 Billy the Kid

1. Billy the Kid

Aired: Jan 10, 2012

On April 28, 1881, just days from being hanged for murder, 21-year-old Henry ...

Episode 2 Custer's Last Stand

2. Custer's Last Stand

Aired: Jan 17, 2012

Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Get...

Episode 3 Clinton, Part 1

3. Clinton, Part 1

Aired: Feb 20, 2012

Hour 1 follows their bumpy road to the 1992 presidential victory, an amazing ...

Episode 4 Clinton, Part 2

4. Clinton, Part 2

Aired: Feb 21, 2012

Clinton wins the 1996 election in a landslide, pulling off one of the greates...

Episode 5 The Amish

5. The Amish

Aired: Feb 28, 2012

Lyrical and meditative, The Amish answers many questions Americans have about...

Episode 6 Grand Coulee Dam

6. Grand Coulee Dam

Aired: Apr 3, 2012

When Grand Coulee Dam was being built during the depths of the Great Depressi...

Episode 7 Jesse Owens

7. Jesse Owens

Aired: May 1, 2012

On April 2, 1936, when the 22-year-old son of a sharecropper entered the Olym...


Info about American Experience

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography

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