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  • Why We Made The Great War Clip
    The Great War | Clip

    Why We Made The Great War

    American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels discusses the film and why we made it — explaining that you cannot understand the world we live in today without understanding the Great War.

    2 MIN 24 SEC
  • Ruby Ridge: Trailer Trailer
    Ruby Ridge | Trailer

    Ruby Ridge: Trailer

    The riveting account of a standoff in remote northern Idaho that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.

    30 SEC
  • Ruby Ridge: Chapter 1 Chapter
    Ruby Ridge | Chapter

    Ruby Ridge: Chapter 1

    Watch the opening scene of Ruby Ridge.

    9 MIN 18 SEC
  • Timothy McVeigh at Waco Clip
    Oklahoma City | Clip

    Timothy McVeigh at Waco

    In 1993, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh went to Waco, Texas to witness the stand-off between federal agents and the Branch Davidians. 

    1 MIN 53 SEC
  • Scene Breakdown: Connecting the Dots Behind the Scenes
    Oklahoma City | Behind the Scenes

    Scene Breakdown: Connecting the Dots

    Director Barak Goodman discusses the decision to open his film with the iconic image of the Murrah Federal Building just moments after the Oklahoma City bombing. 

    1 MIN 32 SEC
  • The Race Underground: Trailer Trailer
    The Race Underground | Trailer

    The Race Underground: Trailer

    It was Boston — a city of so many firsts — that overcame great engineering challenges and the fears of its citizenry to construct America’s first subway.

    30 SEC
  • The Race Underground: Chapter 1 Chapter
    The Race Underground | Chapter

    The Race Underground: Chapter 1

    Watch the opening scene of The Race Underground. 

    8 MIN 24 SEC
  • Scene Breakdown: Sprague's Sketches Behind the Scenes
    The Race Underground | Behind the Scenes

    Scene Breakdown: Sprague's Sketches

    Filmmaker Michael Rossi takes viewers behind-the-scenes of the production of The Race Underground, the story of building America’s first subway.

    2 MIN 59 SEC
  • MBTA Signal Shop Digital Short
    The Race Underground | Digital Short

    MBTA Signal Shop

    In this co-production with Retro Report, we visit the MBTA’s Signal Shop, where workers maintain the equipment that keeps the trains on track.

    2 MIN 06 SEC
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    Rachel Carson

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

    113 min
  • The Accident Report Clip
    Command and Control | Clip

    The Accident Report

    Bob Peurifoy and Bill Stevens were both engineers at Sandia National Laboratories. Both men were shocked when they realized how vulnerable the nation’s nuclear weapons were to accidents.

    1 MIN 08 SEC
  • Command and Control: Trailer Trailer
    Command and Control | Trailer

    Command and Control: Trailer

    A chilling nightmare plays out at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas in September, 1980.

    2 MIN 18 SEC