
Ken Burns on Making Prohibition
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Ken Burns discusses episode one of Prohibition.
Ken Burns discusses Episode One of Prohibition, and what the United States was going through during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Ken Burns on Making Prohibition
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Ken Burns discusses Episode One of Prohibition, and what the United States was going through during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Lynn Novick on the Evolution of the Prohibition Idea
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Preview | 1m 40s | Lynn Novick discusses episode one of Prohibition. (1m 40s)
Ken Burns on Making Prohibition
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Preview | 1m 37s | Ken Burns discusses episode one of Prohibition. (1m 37s)
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Preview | 3m 1s | Prohibition explores the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment. (3m 1s)
Behind the Scenes | The Music of Prohibition
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Preview | 3m 6s | Ken Burns and Wynton Marsalis talk about putting together the score for Prohibition. (3m 6s)
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