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Browse the entire American Experience series featuring over 200 films. Watch full films online, download teacher’s guides, go behind the scenes, and learn more about your favorite films.
A fresh look at President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, the public's reaction, and the government investigations that lead to a widespread loss of trust in government institutions.
In 1775, local American militias routed the British at the Battle of Lexington and Concord. This film follows the 65 "British soldiers" and 67 "American rebels" who reenact the battle today.
The story of the polio crusade pays tribute to a time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease. The medical breakthrough saved countless lives and had a pervasive impact on American philanthropy that continues to be felt today.
The historic journey of Apollo 8 captivated the world in 1968 -- a bright spot in a year marked by the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, race riots, and the Vietnam War.
The life of the president who saw America as a "shining city on a hill" and himself as its heroic defender. Favoring deregulation and lower taxes, Reagan experienced wide popularity and controversy as well. Part of the award-winning The Presidents collection.
The stories of ordinary people in the tumultuous years after the Civil War, when America struggled to rebuild the Union and integrate former slaves into the life of the nation.
In the early 1830s Texas was home to more than 20,000 U.S. settlers, and 4,000 Mexican Tejanos. Still ruled by Mexico, the land was about to be mired in war. The Tejanos had to pick a side.
The remarkable and tragic life of the third Kennedy son, Robert F. Kennedy, who was the probable Democratic presidential candidate of 1968 when he was assassinated.
Born in Puerto Rico, Clemente was an exceptional baseball player and humanitarian whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change. He would die in a tragic plane crash.
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