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American Experience

Season 8 Episode 8: The Wright Stuff

36 SeasonsFeb 12, 1996TV-PG55m7.6

Theirs is a quintessential American story of two midwestern boys who believed they could break the barrier of the air, succeeding where others with government grants and engineering educations had failed. Their remarkable breakthroughs in design and engineering shaped the course of the twentieth century.

American Experience background

Season 8 Episodes:

Episode 1 Murder of the Century

1. Murder of the Century

Aired: Oct 16, 1995

A documentary chronicling the events surrounding the murder of famed architec...

Episode 3 Chicago 1968

3. Chicago 1968

Aired: Nov 13, 1995

American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chica...

Episode 4 The Orphan Trains

4. The Orphan Trains

Aired: Nov 27, 1995

In the 1850s, thousands of homeless children roamed New York City streets in ...

Episode 5 Freedom on My Mind

5. Freedom on My Mind

Aired: Jan 15, 1996

In the summer of 1964, two groups converged in Mississippi: one mostly young,...

Episode 8 The Wright Stuff

8. The Wright Stuff

Aired: Feb 12, 1996

Theirs is a quintessential American story of two midwestern boys who believed...

Episode 9 Spy in the Sky

9. Spy in the Sky

Aired: Feb 26, 1996

The story of America's high-altitude U-2 spy plane.


Info about American Experience

Current Status: Currently Airing

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography