American Experience Season 9 Episodes

Episode 1

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I)

Sun, Oct 6, 1996110 mins

An assassin's bullet ended the life of William McKinley in 1901, making his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, an "accidental" president at the age of 42.

Episode 2

T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part II)

Mon, Oct 7, 1996

The film of the ships in New York harbor at the time of T.R.'s return is run backwards, as the smoke is seen going back into the smoke stacks.

Episode 3

The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie

Mon, Jan 20, 1997

Episode 4

Hawaii's Last Queen

Mon, Jan 27, 1997

Episode 5

The Telephone

Mon, Feb 3, 199760 mins

The telephone was first introduced at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and was an instant success. Although first rented only to "persons of good breeding" and seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, the telephone soon transformed American life. Trees gave way to telephone poles as operators known as "hello girls" began to connect a sprawling continent.

Episode 6

Big Dream, Small Screen

Mon, Feb 10, 199760 mins

A biography of Philo Farnsworth, an inventor of the television.

Episode 7

New York Underground

Mon, Feb 17, 1997

Follows the construction of the New York City subway system in the early 1900s.

Episode 8

Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern

Mon, Jan 16, 199588 mins

The Jordan family has farmed in Iowa for generations. But the farm crisis of the 1980s and 1990s catches up with them, and they are in danger of losing the farm. One of the daughters, a documentary filmmaker, comes back home to document the extraordinary efforts the family makes to keep their farm.

Episode 9

Around the World in 72 Days

Mon, Apr 28, 1997

The story of the female investigative reporter, Nellie Bly and her race around the world in less than 80 days.

Episode 10

Gold Fever

Mon, May 12, 1997

Episode 11

Vietnam: Parts I & II - Roots of War/America's Mandarin

Mon, May 26, 1997

Episode 12

Vietnam: Parts III & IV - LBJ Goes to War/America Takes Charge

Mon, Jun 2, 1997

Episode 13

Vietnam: Parts V & VI - America's Enemy/Tet 1968

Mon, Jun 16, 1997

Episode 14

Vietnam: Parts VII & VIII - Vietnamizing the War/Cambodia and Laos

Mon, Jun 30, 1997

Episode 15

Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USA

Mon, Jul 14, 1997