Personalizing the Past: Spring of Youth
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A family sips from a “spring of youth” ca. 1947.
A family sips from a “spring of youth” ca. 1947.
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Personalizing the Past: Spring of Youth
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A family sips from a “spring of youth” ca. 1947.
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Klansville: The film Birth of a Nation glorified the KKK
Clip: S29 | 59s | The film Birth of a Nation glorified the KKK (59s)
Klansville: Former North Carolina Klansman C.P. Ellis
Clip: S29 | 1m 12s | Former North Carolina Klansman C.P. Ellis recalls his initiation. (1m 12s)
Personalizing the Past: Vegas Mushroom Cloud
Clip: S29 | 25s | A mushroom cloud seen from Las Vegas in 1958. (25s)
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Clip: S29 | 29s | A family sips from a “spring of youth” ca. 1947. (29s)
Personalizing the Past: Jerome
Clip: S29 | 40s | Japanese Americans are released from the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas. (40s)
Clip: S29 | 14s | President Franklin Roosevelt walks down a ramp from his private railroad car ca. 1938. (14s)
Personalizing the Past: Celilo Falls
Clip: S29 | 1m 57s | Native fishermen at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River. (1m 57s)
Personalizing the Past: Baltimore
Clip: S29 | 1m 5s | Workers at the Baltimore Luggage Company making suitcases in 1957. (1m 5s)
From the Vault | Amelia Earhart
Clip: S29 | 48s | At age 23, Amelia Earhart took her first ride in an airplane and knew she had to fly. (48s)
Clip: S29 | 2m 31s | There’s more to this presidential piece of furniture than meets the eye. (2m 31s)
Preview: S29 | 2m 37s | Executive Producer Mark Samels previews our fall lineup. (2m 37s)
Preview: S29 Ep6 | 30s | The event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement. (30s)
Preview: S29 Ep11 | 30s | The dramatic story of the nation's first subway. (30s)
Clip: S29 Ep3 | 8m 59s | First chapter, “Rachel Carson” on American Experience PBS. (8m 59s)
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 1m 8s | 1967, a tour bus on Haight Street claimed to be the only foreign tour in the domestic U.S. (1m 8s)
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Clip: S29 Ep12 | 8m | Watch the opening scene of Summer of Love. (8m)
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 2m 24s | 1967, young people flooded into San Francisco to find what one described as “wonderland.” (2m 24s)
Clip: S29 Ep12 | 3m 5s | Visions of a utopian society took shape in the Haight-Ashbury district in the mid 1960s. (3m 5s)
Preview: S29 Ep12 | 30s | A portrait of the Haight Ashbury district at the height of the hippie movement. (30s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 2m 38s | There is no such thing as “Mr. Yoga,” but there was a “Mr. Pilates.” (2m 38s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 2m 2s | A composer's research process and the challenges he faced in creating music for the film. (2m 2s)
The Great War, Part 2: Trailer
Preview: S29 Ep9 | 30s | Follow America’s entry into the conflict. (30s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 1m 12s | For Woodrow Wilson, the Great War was a chance for America to become a global citizen. (1m 12s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 1m 38s | Private Ralph John’s training for the Great War was two days’ practice with a rifle. (1m 38s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 2m 15s | How an editor selects images, footage, and expert interviews to convey The Lost Battalion. (2m 15s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 2m 24s | American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels discusses the film and why we made it. (2m 24s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 30s | How WW1 to “make the world safe for democracy”—altered America’s place in the world. (30s)
Preview: S29 Ep8 | 2m 10s | The Great War tells the rich and complex story of World War I. (2m 10s)
The Great War, Part 1: Trailer
Preview: S29 Ep8 | 30s | Explore America’s tortured, nearly three-year journey to war. (30s)
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Clip: S29 Ep8 | 8m 28s | After more than two years, thousands of American soldiers boarded ships bound for France. (8m 28s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 1m 37s | George Creel — the man tasked with selling the Great War to the American people. (1m 37s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 1m 40s | How a race-car driver came to be one of the most famous fighters of the Great War. (1m 40s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 2m 30s | Creating music to reflect the mood and feelings of the film, without editorializing it. (2m 30s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 1m 46s | How could President Wilson call for democracy abroad while suppressing it at home? (1m 46s)
Clip: S29 Ep8 | 30s | How WWI transformed America through those whose participation has largely been forgotten. (30s)
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Clip: S29 Ep6 | 9m 18s | The event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement. (9m 18s)
Clip: S29 Ep6 | 2m | PBS and American Experience present an inside look at the new film Ruby Ridge. (2m)
Clip: S29 Ep11 | 2m 6s | MBTA’s Signal Shop, where workers maintain the equipment that keeps the trains on track. (2m 6s)
Preview: S29 Ep3 | 30s | Carson’s book Silent Spring revolutionized our relationship to the natural world. (30s)
Command and Control, Deterrence and the Turn of a Key
Clip: S29 Ep1 | 1m 10s | Deterrence and the Turn of a Key (1m 10s)
The Battle of Chosin, Web clip
Clip: S29 Ep4 | 1m 11s | Concern over the spread of Communist aggression (1m 11s)
Preview: S29 Ep4 | 30s | The story of a pivotal 1950 Korean War battle told through eyewitness accounts. (30s)
The Battle of Chosin, Chapter 1
Clip: S29 Ep4 | 9m 37s | First chapter, “The Battle of Chosin” premieres Nov. 1 at 9/8c on American Experience PBS. (9m 37s)
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Clip: S29 Ep7 | 6m 59s | The first chapter from “Tesla” premiering October 18 at 9/8c on American Experience PBS. (6m 59s)
Preview: S29 Ep7 | 30s | Meet the genius engineer and inventor whose technology helped create our wireless world. (30s)
George Westinghouse from Tesla
Clip: S29 Ep7 | 1m 7s | George Westinghouse set his sights on the future. Premieres 10/18 on PBS. (1m 7s)
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