American Experience

8.6
/10
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  • documentary
  • watched
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
  • 1hs
  • Seasons: 36
  • Episodes: 387
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American Experience

season 11

serie United States 1988

Episode rating

Season 11
8.2
E1
7.7
E2
7.0
E3
6.9
E4
6.6
E5
7.3
E6
6.4
E7
7.1
E8
0.0
E9
6.9
E10

Cast of season 11

In order of relevance in the season

Episodes of season 1110

  • 8.2
    /10

    America 1900
    episode S11.E1 november 1998
    Exploration of life in America in the first year of the 20th century, using archive film footage and photographs.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Race for the Superbomb
    episode S11.E2 january 1999
    History of the American and Soviet development of the H-bomb.
  • 7
    /10

    Hoover Dam
    episode S11.E3 january 1999
    Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, it was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. The Hoover Dam, built during the Great Depression, drew men desperate for work to a remote and rugged canyon near Las Vegas. There they struggled against heat, choking dust and perilous heights to build a colossus of concrete that brought electricity and water to millions and transformed the American Southwest.
  • 6.9
    /10

    Alone on the Ice
    episode S11.E4 february 1999
    Commander Richard Byrd's winter at the South Pole.
  • 6.6
    /10

    Rescue at Sea
    episode S11.E5 february 1999
  • 7.3
    /10

    Meltdown at Three Mile Island
    episode S11.E6 february 1999
    The worst nuclear-power-plant accident in U.S. history.
  • 6.4
    /10

    Lost in the Grand Canyon
    episode S11.E7 april 1999
  • 7.1
    /10

    MacArthur
    episode S11.E8 may 1999
    Biography of U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur. Part one looks at his early life and service in World War I.
  • 0
    /10

    MacArthur: Part 2
    episode S11.E9 may 1999
    Biography of U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur. Part two focuses on his return to the Philippines in 1944, his post WWII years in Japan as Supreme Allied Commander and his military command during the Korean War.
  • 6.9
    /10

    Fly Girls
    episode S11.E10 may 1999
    The story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II.