American Experience

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

season 19

serie United States 1988

Episode rating

7.4
E1
7.1
E2
6.9
E3
6.7
E4
6.6
E5
6.6
E6
7.0
E7
7.0
E8
6.2
E9
7.0
E10
8.2
E11
7.5
E12
6.6
E13
6.6
E14
7.6
E15

Cast of season 19

In order of relevance in the season

Episodes of season 1915

  • 7.4
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  • 6.7
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    Test Tube Babies

    episode S19.E4 october 2006
    The world's first successful in-vitro fertilization takes place in Great Britain resulting in a live birth on July 25,1978.
  • 6.6
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    The Great Fever

    episode S19.E5 october 2006
  • 6.6
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    The Gold Rush

    episode S19.E6 november 2006
  • 7
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    The Berlin Airlift

    episode S19.E7 january 2007
  • 7
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    The Living Weapon

    episode S19.E8 february 2007
    Soon after the United States entered World War II, President Roosevelt received information that Germany and Japan were developing biological weapons. In response, the U.S. and its allies rushed to develop their own germ warfare program, enlisting some of America's most promising scientists in the effort. This program examines the race to develop biological weapons in the 40s and 50s, and the challenges and moral dilemmas the scientists faced
  • 6.2
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    New Orleans

    episode S19.E9 february 2007
  • 7
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    Sister Aimee

    episode S19.E10 april 2007
    Sister Aimee tells the dramatic life story Aimee Semple McPherson, the controversial, charismatic, wildly popular evangelist who was instrumental in bringing conservative Protestantism into mainstream culture and American politics.
  • 8.2
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    Todays theme is Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple.
  • 7.5
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    Summer of Love

    episode S19.E12 april 2007
    Thousands of young people flock to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in the summer of 1967.
  • 6.6
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    The Mormons: Part I

    episode S19.E13 april 2007
    The following topics are covered: history of Joseph Smith based almost entirely on 2nd and 3rd person accounts, Haun's Mill massacre, early polygamy, modern polygamy as practiced by excommunicated Mormons, Mountain Meadows massacre with arguments blaming church leadership, the action-less Mormon militia, and the burning of an anti-Mormon press, and delay in giving the priesthood to non-whites until the 1970's.What isn't covered: 1st person accounts by members of the early days of the church, percentages of how many were involved in the topics covered, building of the Nauvoo (the largest city in Illinois) out of a swamp, 1000+ deaths that resulted from building Nauvoo (mostly malaria), the extermination from Kirtland, the extermination from Nauvoo, the 1000's that died on the trek to Salt Lake City as required by the Extermination Order by Gov. Boggs, the ensuing volunteer-staffed Mormon battalion of the US Government and their 2000 mile march, the rape and expulsion of nearly all Mormons and repossession of their property in the mid-west, the influx of 100,000's of Mormons from England where most of the converts originated, the church welfare system that abolished poverty among Mormons during the great depression, and anything about the years from 1900 through 1970 or from 1980 to present.
  • 6.6
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    The Mormons: Part II

    episode S19.E14 may 2007
    Somewhat different than part 1, which was a selective treatment of Mormon history, part 2 explores the lives of many different kinds of Mormons, going for more breadth than depth. As such only one family interviewed represented the bulk of actively participating Mormons, while the rest of those interviewed represented mostly fringe members, inactive members, ex-members.
  • 7.6
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    Alexander Hamilton

    episode S19.E15 may 2007
    From his humble beginnings as an immigrant, to his infamous death, the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton is explored.