American Experience Season 18 Episodes

Episode 1

Two Days in October

Mon, Oct 17, 200582 mins

A documentary about the Battle of Ong Thanh and the protest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the Vietnam War.

Episode 2

Race to the Moon

Mon, Oct 31, 2005

The story of the Apollo 8 mission to the moon.

Episode 3

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1

Mon, Nov 14, 2005

Episode 4

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2

Tue, Nov 15, 2005

Episode 5

John & Abigail Adams

Mon, Jan 23, 2006110 mins

Episode 6

The Nuremberg Trials

Mon, Jan 30, 2006

The story of the Nuremberg Trials and Robert Jackson, the chief prosecutor.

Episode 7

Jesse James

Mon, Feb 6, 200655 mins

The true story of the legendary outlaw Jesse James.

Episode 8

Hijacked

Mon, Feb 27, 200660 mins

Sept 6, 1970 the Popular Front for the Liberation hijacked four planes to attract attention to the Palestinian cause and secure the release of several of their comrades, then they blew them up.

Episode 9

Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film

Mon, Mar 27, 2006120 mins

Eugene O'Neill tells the haunting story of the life and work of America's greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright -- set within the context of the harrowing family dramas and personal upheavals that shaped him, and that he in turn struggled all his life to give form to in his art. More than a biography of the greatest literary genius the American theater has produced, this American Experience production is a moving meditation on loss and redemption, family and memory, the cost of being an artist, and the inescapability of the past. It is also a penetrating exploration of the masterpieces O'Neill created only at the very end of his career -- "The Iceman Cometh" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night" pre-eminent among them -- brought to life in mesmerizing scenes performed especially for the production by some of the most gifted actors working in theater today, including Al Pacino, Zoe Caldwell, Christopher Plummer, Robert Sean Leonard, Liam Neeson, and Vanessa Redgrave. (taken from the Pbs.org website)

Episode 10

The Boy in the Bubble

Mon, Apr 10, 2006

Episode 11

The Alaska Pipeline

Mon, Apr 24, 200660 mins

Episode 12

Annie Oakley

Mon, May 8, 200654 mins

This one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wild West performer, Annie Oakley from her birth in mid nineteenth century rural Pennsylvania to her death in 1926. Many myths are overturned and the program also features a little known trial when Annie Oakley had to sue The Hearst Newspaper chain all throughout the country for libel when they reported the activities of someone who was impersonating the famed sharpshooter and besmirching her reputation.

Episode 13

The Man Behind Hitler

Mon, May 22, 2006