Watch Full Films | American Experience | Official Site

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.

Full Film Chapter 1 Trailer More

Rachel Carson

Aired July 1, 2023 | 113 min

An intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking writings revolutionized our relationship to the natural world and launched the modern environmental movement.

Full Film Chapter 1 Trailer More

Rachel Carson (español)

Aired July 1, 2023 | 113 min

Un retrato íntimo de la mujer cuyos innovadores escritos revolucionaron nuestra relación con el mundo natural y dieron inicio al movimiento ambiental moderno.

Full Film

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.

Full Film Chapter 1 Trailer More

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.

Full Film

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.

Full Film Chapter 1 Trailer More

Stonewall Uprising

Aired June 10, 2023 | 92 min

In 1969, homosexuality was illegal in almost every state... but that was about to change. The Stonewall riots marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement.

Full Film Chapter 1 More

My Lai

Aired April 21, 2015

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

Full Film Trailer More

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.

Full Film Chapter 1 More

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.

Full Film More

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Aired January 26, 2009 | 113 min

A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II.

Full Film Chapter 1 Teaser More

Victory in the Pacific

Aired May 2, 2005

The decisions made by leaders and the escalation of bloodletting that finally ended World War II. In this provocative, thorough examination of the final months of the war, American Experience looks at the escalation of bloodletting from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.

Full Film Trailer More