Watch the opening scene of Grand Coulee Dam.
For the making of the film Grand Coulee Dam, dam operators agreed to open the spillway. Associate Producer Lauren DeFilippo tells the story.
Last year, a University of Michigan grad student applied for an internship at American Experience. He ended up with a Story By credit on War of the Worlds.
Many Americans could not fathom that some people heard War of the Worlds and actually believed that Martians had landed in New Jersey.
By the time Thomas Edison was 23, his passion to experiment and develop new inventions had earned him a number of patents.
On April 22, 1970, more than 20 million Americans gathered on college campuses and in city squares to celebrate the first Earth Day.
