Episode guide
American Experience: Season 7
12 episodes · first aired Oct 12, 1994
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- 1 FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921) Oct 12, 1994 · 55m Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered the United States through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II…
- 2 FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933) Oct 12, 1992 · 55m In this second episode, the subject is FDR's courageous fight with polio. With his wife Eleanor Roosevelt at his side, FDR, wins the Democratic nomination for president. He takes office at…
- 3 FDR (3): The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940) Oct 13, 1994 · 55m In episode 3, the subject is FDR's leadership of America during the Great Depression. The nation turned to this son of great wealth for a host of social programs that promised a New Deal…
- 4 FDR (4): The Juggler (1940-1945) Oct 13, 1994 · 55m The portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt concludes with his years as preside (1932 until his death in 1945), how he dealt with the Great Depression, and his link with Winston Churchill…
- 5 Telegrams from the Dead Oct 19, 1994 · 55m For 40 years, a new religion called spiritualism affected the nation as no other ever had. Abraham Lincoln, P.T. Barnum, Frederick Douglass, senators, and scientists argued over the…
- 6 Midnight Ramble Oct 26, 1994 · 55m The little-known story of a black independent film industry that thrived outside of Hollywood and produced close to 500 feature movies for African American audiences between 1910 and 1940…
- 7 Battle of the Bulge Nov 9, 1994 · 55m The history of World War II's "Battle of the Bulge", when the German army launched a major surprise counteroffensive against the American forces that caught them almost completely…
- 10 One Woman, One Vote Feb 15, 1995 · 2h From Elizabeth Cady Stanton's electrifying call to arms at Seneca Falls in 1848, to the last battle for passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, a recounting of the infighting, the…
- 11 The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864) May 8, 1995 · 55m A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was…
- 12 The Way West (2): The Approach of Civilization (1865-1869) May 9, 1995 · 55m A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was…
- 13 The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876) May 16, 1995 · 55m A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was…
- 14 The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893) May 17, 1995 · 55m A six-hour documentary of how the West was lost and won, from the time of the Gold Rush in 1848 until after the last gasp of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1893, when the West was…