American Experience Season 7 Episodes

Episode 1

FDR: Part I

Tue, Oct 11, 199455 mins

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the first of two parts.

Episode 2

FDR: Part II

Wed, Oct 12, 199469 mins

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the second of two parts.

Episode 3

Telegrams from the Dead

Wed, Oct 19, 1994

Nineteenth-century Spiritualism. Life after death proved by "science."

Episode 4

Midnight Ramble

Wed, Oct 26, 199460 mins

A documentary about the history of African American race films during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Episode 5

The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle

Wed, Nov 9, 199490 mins

Documentary chronicling the history of World War II's "Battle of the Bulge", when the German army launched a major surprise counteroffensive against the American forces that caught them almost completely off-guard, sweeping away major portions of the front line, pushing deep into the rear areas and causing tens of thousands of casualties before it was finally halted.

Episode 6

One Woman, One Vote

Wed, Feb 15, 1995

Episode 7

The Way West: Part I

Mon, May 8, 1995

A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was settled, subdued, exploited and incorporated into the American empire. Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Poncas, Apaches, Nez Perces and Utes fought back, then watched as everything they had was taken from them, their way of life all but destroyed.

Episode 8

The Way West: Part II

Tue, May 9, 1995