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  • Endorsed by Seabiscuit Digital Short
    Digital Short

    Endorsed by Seabiscuit

    The unlikely horse that became a champion of endorsements.

    42 SEC
  • Coming in 2018 Clip
    Clip

    Coming in 2018

    Executive Producer Mark Samels on what's coming to American Experience in early 2018.

    30 SEC
  • Into the Amazon: Trailer Trailer
    Into the Amazon | Trailer

    Into the Amazon: Trailer

    The remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon in 1914.

    30 SEC
  • The Hippie Tour Digital Short
    Summer of Love | Digital Short

    The Hippie Tour

    In 1967, a sight-seeing company ran a bus down Haight Street, calling it the only foreign tour in the domestic United States.

    1 MIN 09 SEC
  • The Lost Battalion Behind the Scenes
    The Great War | Behind the Scenes

    The Lost Battalion

    Learn how an editor selects images, footage, and expert interviews to convey the desolation of the Lost Battalion.

    2 MIN 15 SEC
  • Free Love & Free Stuff Clip
    Summer of Love | Clip

    Free Love & Free Stuff

    In the summer of 1967, young people flooded into San Francisco and found what one thrill-seeker described as “wonderland.”

    2 MIN 41 SEC
  • The My Lai Massacre: A National Shame Clip
    My Lai | Clip

    The My Lai Massacre: A National Shame

    Was the price of winning the war a price worth paying?

    3 MIN 10 SEC
  • Mr. Pilates Digital Short
    The Great War | Digital Short

    Mr. Pilates

    There is no such thing as “Mr. Yoga,” but there was a “Mr. Pilates.” Explore the popular fitness regime’s surprising roots in WWI.

    2 MIN 38 SEC
  • Eugene Bullard: An American in France Digital Short
    The Great War | Digital Short

    Eugene Bullard: An American in France

    Filmmaker Stephen Ives introduces an American who escaped the racism of Georgia, and fought bravely on the battlefields of France.

    1 MIN 12 SEC
  • Deterrence and the Turn of a Key Clip
    Command and Control | Clip

    Deterrence and the Turn of a Key

    Lieutenant Allan Childers was a deputy commander of the Titan II Missile Combat Crew. He was on duty the night of the accident in Damascus, Arkansas.

    1 MIN 10 SEC
  • Woodrow Wilson: The Decider Digital Short
    The Great War | Digital Short

    Woodrow Wilson: The Decider

    Filmmaker Stephen Ives explains that for Woodrow Wilson, the Great War was a chance to for America to become a global citizen.

    1 MIN 12 SEC
  • "Where did Brooklyn go?" Clip
    Blackout | Clip

    "Where did Brooklyn go?"

    By 9:30 p.m. on July 14, 1977, New York City would be plunged into darkness for more than 24 hours.

    2 MIN 55 SEC