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The Vote

Aired October 28, 2023 | 3 hrs 46 min

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.

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Woodstock

Aired August 6, 2019 | 120 min

In August, 1969, half a million people from all walks of life and every corner of the country converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York. They came to hear the concert of their lives, but most experienced something far more profound: a moment that would change them and the country forever, and define a cultural revolution.

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Chasing the Moon

Aired July 10, 2019 | 5 hrs 36 min

Nearly 50 years ago, we took one small step. In 2019, join American Experience and PBS to relive the journey that defined a generation.

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The Eugenics Crusade

Aired October 16, 2018 | 114 min

The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.

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The Gilded Age

Aired February 6, 2018 | 120 min

Meet the titans and barons of the glittering late 19th century, whose materialistic extravagance contrasted harshly with the poverty of the struggling workers who challenged them. The vast disparities between them sparked debates still raging today.

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The Boys of '36

Aired August 1, 2017 | 53 min

The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by storm when they captured the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

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The Boys of '36 (español)

Aired August 1, 2017 | 53 min

Inspirada en el aclamado libro de no ficción de Daniel James Brown, Remando como un solo hombre: la historia del equipo de remo que humilló a Hitler, The Boys of '36 es la emocionante historia del equipo olímpico de remo estadounidense que triunfó contra todo pronóstico en la Alemania nazi.Inspirada en el aclamado libro de no ficción de Daniel James Brown, Remando como un solo hombre: la historia del equipo de remo que humilló a Hitler, The Boys of '36 es la emocionante historia del equipo olímpico de remo estadounidense que triunfó contra todo pronóstico en la Alemania nazi.

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The Perfect Crime

Aired April 10, 2018 | 52 min

The shocking story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two wealthy college students who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 1924 to prove they were smart enough to get away with it.

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JFK

Aired November 19, 2013 | 3 hrs 44 min

Forever enshrined in myth by an assassin's bullet, Kennedy's presidency long defied objective appraisal. Part of the award-winning Presidents collection.

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My Lai

Aired April 21, 2015

What drove a company of American soldiers to commit the worst atrocity in American military history?

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The Polio Crusade

Aired December 7, 2022 | 53 min

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.

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The Polio Crusade (español)

Aired December 7, 2022 | 53 min

La historia de THE POLIO CRUSADE rinde homenaje a una época en la que los estadounidenses se unieron para vencer una terrible enfermedad. El resultado fue un avance médico que salvó innumerables vidas y tuvo un gran impacto en la filantropía estadounidense, el cual sigue sintiéndose hoy en día.

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