American Experience (1988)

American Experience

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David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers
as Narrator (voice)
David McCullough
David McCullough
as Narrator (voice) as Host
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy
as Narrator (voice)
Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt
as Narrator (voice)
Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt
as Narrator (voice)
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
as Narrator (voice)
Joe Morton
Joe Morton
as Narrator (voice)
Julian Bond
Julian Bond
as Narrator (voice)
Jason Robards
Jason Robards
as Narrator (voice)
Blair Brown
Blair Brown
as Narrator (voice) as Ellen Wilson (voice)
Frances Sternhagen
Frances Sternhagen
as (voice) as Self (voice)
David Morse
David Morse
as Abraham Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter
as Mary Lincoln (voice) as Mary Todd (voice)
Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott
as Narrator (voice)
Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher
as Narrator as Robert Carter (voice) as Narrator (voice)
George Plimpton
George Plimpton
as (voice) as Self (voice)
Stacy Keach
Stacy Keach
as Narrator (voice)
Russell Baker
Russell Baker
as Narrator (voice)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek
as Self
Dion Graham
Dion Graham
as Self - Narrator (voice)
René Auberjonois
René Auberjonois
as Woodrow Wilson (voice) as Alexander Hamilton (voice)
Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon
as Narrator (voice)
Richard Ben Cramer
Richard Ben Cramer
as Narrator (voice)
David Margulies
David Margulies
as (voice) as Self (voice)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Self (archive footage) as Self
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt
as Narrator (voice) as Narrator
Corey Stoll
Corey Stoll
as Narrator (voice) as Narrator
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
as Narrator (voice)
Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard
as Narrator (voice)
Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid
as Narrator (voice)
Héctor Elizondo
Héctor Elizondo
as Narrator (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
as Narrator (voice)
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn
as Narrator (voice)
Laura Linney
Laura Linney
as Narrator (voice)
Irv Drasnin
Irv Drasnin
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Redford
Robert Redford
as Self - Narrator (voice)
James Avery
James Avery
as Charles Hamilton Houston (voice) as Narrator (voice)
Eric Sevareid
Eric Sevareid
as Self as Self - Narrator (voice)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Himself (archive footage)
Kate Burton
Kate Burton
as Narrator
Peter Krause
Peter Krause
as Narrator
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Regan
Donald Regan
as Self
Dina Titus
Dina Titus
as Self
Lois Smith
Lois Smith
as (voice)
Morley Safer
Morley Safer
as Narrator (voice) as Self (archive footage)
Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates
as Narrator as Narrator (voice)
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
as Self as Self (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
as Self (voice) (archive footage) as Self (archive footage)
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
as Self (archive footage) as Self
Wes Studi
Wes Studi
as Warrior in Canoe as Major Ridge
Ronnie Dugger
Ronnie Dugger
as Self
Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
as Self
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
as Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
as Self (archive footage)
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
as Self as Self (archive footage)
Tim Naftali
Tim Naftali
as Self
Robert A. Caro
Robert A. Caro
as Self as Self - Writer
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
as Self (archive footage)
Don Hahn
Don Hahn
as Self
Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
as Self
Don Lusk
Don Lusk
as Self
Ruthie Tompson
Ruthie Tompson
as Self
Tom Sito
Tom Sito
as Self
Neal Gabler
Neal Gabler
as Self
Steven Watts
Steven Watts
as Self
Eric Smoodin
Eric Smoodin
as Self
Ron Suskind
Ron Suskind
as Self
F. Murray Abraham
F. Murray Abraham
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell
as Narrator (voice)
Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
as Narrator (voice)
Brian Dennehy
Brian Dennehy
as Aaron Burr (voice)
Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
as Narrator (voice)
Judith Light
Judith Light
as Narrator (voice)
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
as Narrator (voice)
Carl Lumbly
Carl Lumbly
as Narrator (voice)
Marion Ross
Marion Ross
as Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones
as Narrator (voice)
Keith Carradine
Keith Carradine
as Narrator (voice)
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
as Narrator (voice)
Glenn Close
Glenn Close
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Charles Kuralt
Charles Kuralt
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn
as Narrator (voice)
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
as Narrator (voice)
Philip Bosco
Philip Bosco
as Narrator (voice)
Sam Grey
Sam Grey
as Felix Frankfurter (voice)
Joe Mantegna
Joe Mantegna
as Narrator (voice)
Hal Linden
Hal Linden
as Narrator (voice)
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
as Narrator (voice)
William Stanley Merwin
William Stanley Merwin
as Narrator (voice)
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
as Narrator (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
as Narrator (voice)
Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider
as Narrator (voice)
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith
as Narrator (voice)
Harris Yulin
Harris Yulin
as Narrator (voice)
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
as John Adams (voice)
Lisa Emond
Lisa Emond
as Abigail Adams (voice)
Mitchell McCann
Mitchell McCann
as Jesse James
Brian Paulette
Brian Paulette
as Frank James
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
as Narrator
Marilyn Spanier
Marilyn Spanier
as Annie Oakley (voice)
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
as Narrator (voice)
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright
as Narrator (voice)
Colm Feore
Colm Feore
as Narrator (voice)
Ping Wu
Ping Wu
as Narrator (voice)
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper
as Narrator (voice)
Nicholas Purcell
Nicholas Purcell
as Charles Adams
Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy Siegel
as Self (archive footage)
Roger Rees
Roger Rees
as William Bradford
Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas
as Narrator (voice)
Sada Thompson
Sada Thompson
as Narrator (voice)
Len Cariou
Len Cariou
as Narrator (voice)
Stephen Ives
Stephen Ives
as Himself - Director
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
as Self
Hilmar Dressler
Hilmar Dressler
as Self
Jeremy Schaap
Jeremy Schaap
as Self
Professor Margaret MacMillan
Professor Margaret MacMillan
as Self
Theodor Michael
Theodor Michael
as Self
William Rhoden
William Rhoden
as Self
Harry Edwards
Harry Edwards
as Self
Volker Kluge
Volker Kluge
as Self
Guy Walters
Guy Walters
as Self
Rainer Rother
Rainer Rother
as Self
Iris Cummings Critchell
Iris Cummings Critchell
as Self
David Wallechinsky
David Wallechinsky
as Self
Louis Zamperini
Louis Zamperini
as Self
William J. Baker
William J. Baker
as Self
Susan Ware
Susan Ware
as Self
Rafael Medoff
Rafael Medoff
as Self
Marlene Owens Rankin
Marlene Owens Rankin
as Self
Beverly Owens Prather
Beverly Owens Prather
as Self
David Clay Large
David Clay Large
as Self
Louis Stokes
Louis Stokes
as Self
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Renée Elise Goldsberry
as Narrator
André Holland
André Holland
as Narrator
Joanna Rhinehart
Joanna Rhinehart
as Narrator
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
as Narrator
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams
as Narrator (voice)
Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin
as Zora Neale Hurston (voice)
J. Hunter
J. Hunter
as Self
Jim Jones
Jim Jones
as Self (archive footage)
Leo J. Ryan
Leo J. Ryan
as Self (archive footage)
Christine Jorgensen
Christine Jorgensen
as Self (archive footage)
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
as Self
Lee Wilkof
Lee Wilkof
as Dr. Walter Freeman (voice)
Joanna Merlin
Joanna Merlin
as Family Member (voice)
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch
as (voice)
Al Lewis
Al Lewis
as Self
Timothy Hutton
Timothy Hutton
as (voice)
Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage
as Self
William Hitchcock
William Hitchcock
as Self
Sarah Churchwell
Sarah Churchwell
as Self
Bradley Hart
Bradley Hart
as Self
Steven Ross
Steven Ross
as Self
Charles Coughlin
Charles Coughlin
as Self
Leah Wright Rigeur
Leah Wright Rigeur
as Self
Fritz Kuhn
Fritz Kuhn
as Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
as Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson
as Self (archive footage)
Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan
as Narrator
Ron Vawter
Ron Vawter
as Charles Guiteau
Bart Whiteman
Bart Whiteman
as James Garfield
Robert Fields
Robert Fields
as George Scoville
Adolph Mall
Adolph Mall
as Judge Cox
Marty McDonough
Marty McDonough
as District Attorney Cockhill
Kevin Murray
Kevin Murray
as Mr Jocelyn
Steven Conn
Steven Conn
as Self
Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger
as Self
Bradley Douglas Cook
Bradley Douglas Cook
as Alfred Kinsey
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
as Self
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
as Self
Jeanine Basinger
Jeanine Basinger
as Self
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
as Self
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
as Self
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
as Self
Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford
as Self
Lottie Pickford
Lottie Pickford
as Self
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Jackson
Robert Jackson
as Self
Benjamin Ferencz
Benjamin Ferencz
as Self
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
as Self
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow
as Self
John Thomas Scopes
John Thomas Scopes
as Self
Gutzon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum
as Self
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
as Self
Jackson Walker
Jackson Walker
as Daniel Ross
Josh Blaylock
Josh Blaylock
as Young John Ross
Carla-Rae
Carla-Rae
as Suzanna Ridge
Kelly Finley
Kelly Finley
as Sara
William J. Finley
William J. Finley
as Elias Boudinot
Wesley French
Wesley French
as John Ridge
Robert Hatch
Robert Hatch
as Missionary
Ryan Lewis
Ryan Lewis
as Wealthy Plantation Owner
Emily Podleski
Emily Podleski
as Sarah Northrup
Brad D. Smith
Brad D. Smith
as Senator
Frederick Stuart
Frederick Stuart
as John Ross
Steve Warren
Steve Warren
as Missionary
Hans Bethe
Hans Bethe
as Self
Peter Haydu
Peter Haydu
as Russian voices (voice)
Curtis LeMay
Curtis LeMay
as Self (archive footage)
Curtis LeMay
Curtis LeMay
as Self
Edward Teller
Edward Teller
as Self
Richard Rhodes
Richard Rhodes
as Self
Robert Lansing
Robert Lansing
as Narrator
Marc Seifer
Marc Seifer
as Self
Jane Alcorn
Jane Alcorn
as Self
Harold Clark
Harold Clark
as Self
Peter Fisher
Peter Fisher
as Self
Samantha Hunt
Samantha Hunt
as Self
Jill Jonnes
Jill Jonnes
as Self
John M. Staudenmaier
John M. Staudenmaier
as Self
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Self - Narrator
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
as Self - Narrator
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
as Jack Binns (voice)
Stephanie Castellarin
Stephanie Castellarin
as Hallie Davis (voice)
Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Guilfoyle
as James Connolly (voice)
John Maxtone-Graham
John Maxtone-Graham
as Self
Susan Douglas
Susan Douglas
as Self
Phil Petersen
Phil Petersen
as Self
Charles A. Haas
Charles A. Haas
as Self
Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton
as Self - Reader (voice)
Blaine Hamann
Blaine Hamann
as Self - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Ila Clements
Ila Clements
as Self - Worker's Daughter
Tommy Nelson
Tommy Nelson
as Self - Worker
John Mahoney
John Mahoney
as (voice)
Mary Bacon
Mary Bacon
as Sally Thorpe
Samuel Barnett
Samuel Barnett
as Philip's Schoolmate
Gerry Bamman
Gerry Bamman
as Peter Fenner
Lauren Bloom
Lauren Bloom
as Young Eliza Schuyler
John Ellison Conlee
John Ellison Conlee
as Shopkeeper Evans
John Curless
John Curless
as David Hosack
Michael Cumpsty
Michael Cumpsty
as James Callender
Richard Easton
Richard Easton
as George Washington
Peter Gerety
Peter Gerety
as Robert Bartlett
Daniel Gerroll
Daniel Gerroll
as Thomas Jefferson
Neal Huff
Neal Huff
as Ephraim Slattery
Neil McGarry
Neil McGarry
as Aaron Burr
Julia Morrison
Julia Morrison
as Mary Paget
Brian Murray
Brian Murray
as Gouverneur Morris
Mark Nelson
Mark Nelson
as Nathaniel Pendleton
Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare
as Henry Lee
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara
as Maria Reynolds
Jamie Parker
Jamie Parker
as Philip Hamilton
Brandon Reilly
Brandon Reilly
as Young Hamilton in St. Croix
Bridget Regan
Bridget Regan
as Angelica Shippen
Henry Strozier
Henry Strozier
as John Adams
Michael Stuhlbarg
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Officer Stephen Colden
Angela Thornton
Angela Thornton
as Old Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Leonardo Cuesta
Leonardo Cuesta
as Plantation Slave St. Croix
Joanne Freeman
Joanne Freeman
as Self
Kevin R. Hershberger
Kevin R. Hershberger
as Continental Soldier
Brían F. O'Byrne
Brían F. O'Byrne
as Alexander Hamilton
John Pagano
John Pagano
as Continental Officer
Matthew Arkin
Matthew Arkin
as Alexander Bickel (voice)
Robin Miles
Robin Miles
as Self - Narrator (voice)
James Hite
James Hite
as Self
Jared Cohen
Jared Cohen
as Self
Dan Rather
Dan Rather
as Self (archive footage)
Kate Andersen Brower
Kate Andersen Brower
as Self
Ramesh Ponnuru
Ramesh Ponnuru
as Self
Joel K. Goldstein
Joel K. Goldstein
as Self
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
as Self
John D. Feerick
John D. Feerick
as Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
Hilary Brown
Hilary Brown
as Self
Carole Jerome
Carole Jerome
as Self
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
as Self
James Q. Roberts
James Q. Roberts
as Self
Barbara Rosen
Barbara Rosen
as Self
Barry Rosen
Barry Rosen
as Self
Gary Sick
Gary Sick
as Self
Alan Campbell
Alan Campbell
as Josephus Daniels / Other Voices
Keith David
Keith David
as W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Self
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd
as Self
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Powell
Dick Powell
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
David McCulloch
David McCulloch
as Narrator (voice)
Will Lyman
Will Lyman
as Narrator (voice)
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Helen Gahagan
Helen Gahagan
as Self (archive footage)
John Connally
John Connally
as Self
Lynda Johnson Robb
Lynda Johnson Robb
as Self (archive footage)
Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael
as Self (archive footage)
Clark Clifford
Clark Clifford
as Self
James Farmer
James Farmer
as Self
Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg
as Self
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
as Self
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
as Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
as Self (archive footage)
Nicholas Katzenbach
Nicholas Katzenbach
as Self
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
Robert McNamara
Robert McNamara
as Self (archive footage)
John W. McCormack
John W. McCormack
as Self (archive footage)
Hồ Chí Minh
Hồ Chí Minh
as Self (archive footage)
George Reedy
George Reedy
as Self
Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk
as Self (archive footage)
Richard B. Russell
Richard B. Russell
as Self (archive footage)
Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver
as Self
Jack Valenti
Jack Valenti
as Self
Andrew Young
Andrew Young
as Self
Sally Chapman
Sally Chapman
as Self
George Palmer Putnam
George Palmer Putnam
as Self (archive footage)
A. Peter Bailey
A. Peter Bailey
as Self - Harlem Resident
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
as Self - Author
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
as Self - Harlem Resident
Alex Haley
Alex Haley
as Self - Biographer
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
as Self (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom
King George V of the United Kingdom
as Self (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
H.L. Mencken
H.L. Mencken
as Self
Marcos Akiaten
Marcos Akiaten
as Massasoit
William Belleau
William Belleau
as Wampanoag man
Tonantzin Carmelo
Tonantzin Carmelo
as Awashunk
Mark S. Cartier
Mark S. Cartier
as John Easton
William Joseph Elk III
William Joseph Elk III
as Wampanoag man
Nicholas Irons
Nicholas Irons
as Edward Winslow
Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore
as Self
Jim Loutzenhiser
Jim Loutzenhiser
as Josiah Winslow
Zahn McClarnon
Zahn McClarnon
as Wampanoag man
Tatanka Means
Tatanka Means
as Nookau
Duncan B. Putney
Duncan B. Putney
as Miles Standish
Alan Francis Sullivan
Alan Francis Sullivan
as Governor John Carver
Lewis D. Wheeler
Lewis D. Wheeler
as Stephen Hopkins
Jerry Wolf
Jerry Wolf
as Wampanoag Man
Michael Greyeyes
Michael Greyeyes
as Tecumseh
Dwier Brown
Dwier Brown
as
Alex Meraz
Alex Meraz
as Warrior
Billy Merasty
Billy Merasty
as Warrior
Thosh Collins
Thosh Collins
as Warrior
Chevez Ezaneh
Chevez Ezaneh
as Young Tecumseh
Lawrence Santiago
Lawrence Santiago
as Warrior
Bob Boze Bell
Bob Boze Bell
as Self - Writer
Jim Dunham
Jim Dunham
as Self - Historian
Buffalo Bill Cody
Buffalo Bill Cody
as Self
Peter Dodson
Peter Dodson
as Self - Paleontologist
Jacques Gauthier
Jacques Gauthier
as Self - Paleontologist
Timothy Rowe
Timothy Rowe
as Self - Paleontologist
Robert Bakker
Robert Bakker
as Self
John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell
as Self
William F. Cody
William F. Cody
as Self
Josh Hamilton
Josh Hamilton
as
Carolyn McCormick
Carolyn McCormick
as
Paul Bosche
Paul Bosche
as Reenactor
Alfredo del Rio
Alfredo del Rio
as Reenactor
John DiGiacomo
John DiGiacomo
as Reenactor
Dana Gaiser
Dana Gaiser
as Reenactor
Noah Goldman
Noah Goldman
as Police Officer
Virginia Apuzzo
Virginia Apuzzo
as Self
Martin Boyce
Martin Boyce
as Self
David Carter
David Carter
as Self
Raymond Castro
Raymond Castro
as Self
William Eskridge
William Eskridge
as Self
Danny Garvin
Danny Garvin
as Self
Jerry Hoose
Jerry Hoose
as Self
Ed Koch
Ed Koch
as Self
Doric Wilson
Doric Wilson
as Self
Truman Capote
Truman Capote
as Self (archive footage)
Liberace
Liberace
as Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
John V. Lindsay
as Self (archive footage)
George Putnam
George Putnam
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Cabell
Charles Cabell
as Self - General, CIA Deputy Director (archive footage)
Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas
as Self - Writer
Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs
as Self
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
as Self (archive footage)
David Nasaw
David Nasaw
as Self
Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontz
as Self
Rick Perlstein
Rick Perlstein
as Self
Jann Wenner
Jann Wenner
as Self
Dan T. Carter
Dan T. Carter
as Self
Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky
as Self
Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly
as Self
Todd Gitlin
Todd Gitlin
as Self
Robert J. Thompson
Robert J. Thompson
as Self
Roy Edward Disney
Roy Edward Disney
as Self
Nancy Koehn
Nancy Koehn
as Self
Carmenita Higginbotham
Carmenita Higginbotham
as Self
Richard M. Sherman
Richard M. Sherman
as Self
Floyd Norman
Floyd Norman
as Self
Ron Miller
Ron Miller
as Self
Marty Sklar
Marty Sklar
as Self
Alice Davis
Alice Davis
as Self
Robert Givens
Robert Givens
as Self
Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter
as Self (archive footage)
Gordon Cooper
Gordon Cooper
as Self (archive footage)
John Glenn
John Glenn
as Self (archive footage)
Gus Grissom
Gus Grissom
as Self (archive footage)
Ken Hollings
Ken Hollings
as Self
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard
as Self (archive footage)
Deke Slayton
Deke Slayton
as Self (archive footage)
John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin
as
Jefferson Cowie
Jefferson Cowie
as Self
Adam Green
Adam Green
as Self
Linda Clifford
Linda Clifford
as Self
Ayana Contreras
Ayana Contreras
as Self
Darlene Jackson
Darlene Jackson
as Self
Felipe Rose
Felipe Rose
as Self
Paul Natkin
Paul Natkin
as Self
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
as Self (archive footage)
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Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    Chicago: city of the century extras

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The great san francisco earthquake

  • 1x2

    Radio bikini

  • 1x3

    Indians, outlaws and angie debo

  • 1x4

    Eric sevareid's not so wild a dream

  • 1x5

    The life and times of rosie the riveter

  • 1x6

    Do you mean there are still real cowboys?

  • 1x7

    Kennedy vs. wallace: a crisis up close

  • 1x8

    Geronimo and the apache resistance

  • 1x9

    Let us now praise famous men: revisited

  • 1x10

    That rhythm, those blues

  • 1x11

    The radio priest

  • 1x12

    Hearts and hands

  • 1x13

    Views of a vanishing frontier

  • 1x14

    Eudora welty: one writer's beginnings

  • 1x15

    The world that moses built

  • 1x16

    Sins of our mothers

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    The great air race of 1924

  • 2x2

    Demon rum

  • 2x3

    A family gathering

  • 2x4

    The great war: 1918

  • 2x5

    Wildcatter: a story of texas oil

  • 2x6

    Forever baseball

  • 2x7

    Mr. sears' catalogue

  • 2x8

    Yosemite: the fate of heaven

  • 2x9

    Adam clayton powell

  • 2x10

    Journey to america

  • 2x11

    Ballad of a mountain man

  • 2x12

    Ida b. wells: a passion for justice

  • 2x13

    Orphans of the storm

  • 2x14

    Forbidden city, usa

  • 2x15

    Battle for wilderness

  • 2x16

    Roots of resistance: the story of the underground railroad

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Lindbergh

  • 3x2

    Nixon (1): the quest

  • 3x3

    Nixon (2): triumph

  • 3x4

    Nixon (3): the fall

  • 3x5

    God bless america and poland, too

  • 3x6

    Insanity on trial

  • 3x7

    The satellite sky

  • 3x8

    The crash of 1929

  • 3x9

    The iron road

  • 3x10

    French dance tonight

  • 3x11

    After the crash

  • 3x12

    Los mineros

  • 3x13

    Coney island

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Lbj (1)

  • 4x2

    Lbj (2)

  • 4x3

    The massachusetts 54th colored infantry

  • 4x4

    Scandalous mayor

  • 4x5

    The johnstown flood

  • 4x6

    Pearl harbor: surprise and remembrance

  • 4x7

    G-men: the rise of j. edgar hoover

  • 4x8

    Duke ellington: reminiscing in tempo

  • 4x9

    The quiz show scandal

  • 4x10

    Love in the cold war

  • 4x11

    Wild by law

  • 4x12

    Barnum's big top

  • 4x13

    In the white man's image

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    The kennedys (1): the father, 1900-61

  • 5x2

    The kennedys (2): the sons, 1961-80

  • 5x3

    The donner party

  • 5x4

    Liberators: fighting on two fronts in world war ii

  • 5x5

    George washington: the man who wouldn't be king

  • 5x6

    Last stand at little big horn

  • 5x7

    If you knew sousa

  • 5x8

    Simple justice

  • 5x9

    Knute rockne and his fighting irish

  • 5x10

    Sit down and fight

  • 5x11

    Rachel carson's silent spring

  • 5x12

    Goin' back to t-town

  • 5x20

    Ishi: the last yahi indian

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    Amelia earhart: the price of courage

  • 6x2

    The hunt for pancho villa

  • 6x3

    Ike (1): soldier

  • 6x4

    Ike (2): statesman

  • 6x5

    Malcolm x: make it plain

  • 6x6

    America and the holocaust: deceit and indifference

  • 6x7

    D-day remembered

  • 6x8

    The hurricane of '38

Episodes season 7

  • 7x1

    Fdr (1): the center of the world (1882-1921)

  • 7x2

    Fdr (2): fear itself (1922-1933)

  • 7x3

    Fdr (3): the grandest job in the world (1933-1940)

  • 7x4

    Fdr (4): the juggler (1940-1945)

  • 7x5

    Telegrams from the dead

  • 7x6

    Midnight ramble

  • 7x7

    Battle of the bulge

  • 7x10

    One woman, one vote (1)

  • 7x11

    One woman, one vote (2)

  • 7x12

    The way west (1): westward, the course of empire takes its way (1845-1864)

  • 7x13

    The way west (2): the approach of civilization (1865-1869)

  • 7x14

    The way west (3): the war for the black hills (1870-1876)

  • 7x15

    The way west (4): ghost dance (1877-1893)

Episodes season 8

  • 8x1

    Murder of the century

  • 8x2

    Edison's miracle of light

  • 8x3

    Chicago 1968

  • 8x4

    The orphan trains

  • 8x5

    Freedom on my mind

  • 8x6

    Daley: the last boss

  • 8x7

    The battle over citizen kane

  • 8x8

    The wright stuff

  • 8x9

    Spy in the sky

Episodes season 9

  • 9x1

    T.r.: the story of theodore roosevelt (1): the long campaign

  • 9x2

    T.r.: the story of theodore roosevelt (2): the bully pulpit

  • 9x3

    The richest man in the world: andrew carnegie

  • 9x4

    Hawaii's last queen

  • 9x5

    The telephone

  • 9x6

    Big dream, small screen

  • 9x7

    New york underground

  • 9x8

    Troublesome creek: a midwestern

  • 9x9

    Around the world in 72 days

  • 9x10

    Gold fever

  • 9x11

    Vietnam: a television history (part 1 & 2)

  • 9x12

    Vietnam: a television history (3): lbj goes to war

  • 9x13

    Vietnam: a television history (4): america takes charge

  • 9x14

    Vietnam: a television history (5): america's enemy

  • 9x15

    Vietnam: a television history (6): tet 1968

  • 9x16

    Vietnam: a television history (7): vietnamizing the war

  • 9x17

    Vietnam: a television history (8): cambodia and laos

  • 9x18

    Vietnam: a television history (9): peace is at hand

  • 9x19

    Vietnam: a television history (10): homefront usa

  • 9x20

    Vietnam: a television history (11): the end of the tunnel

  • 9x30

    T.r.: the story of theodore roosevelt (3): the good fight

  • 9x31

    T.r.: the story of theodore roosevelt (4): black care

Episodes season 10

  • 10x1

    Truman (1): an accident of democracy

  • 10x2

    Truman (2): the moon, the stars and all the planets

  • 10x3

    A midwife's tale

  • 10x4

    Mr. miami beach

  • 10x5

    Influenza 1918

  • 10x6

    Reagan (1): lifeguard

  • 10x7

    Reagan (2): an american crusade

  • 10x8

    Surviving the dust bowl

  • 10x9

    Riding the rails

Episodes season 11

  • 11x1

    America 1900

  • 11x2

    Race for the superbomb

  • 11x3

    Hoover dam

  • 11x4

    Alone on the ice

  • 11x5

    Rescue at sea

  • 11x6

    Meltdown at three mile island

  • 11x7

    Lost in the grand canyon

  • 11x8

    Macarthur (1): destiny

  • 11x9

    Macarthur (2): the politics of war

  • 11x10

    Fly girls

Episodes season 12

  • 12x1

    New york (1): the country and the city

  • 12x2

    New york (2): order and disorder

  • 12x3

    New york (3): sunshine and shadow

  • 12x4

    New york (4): the power and the people

  • 12x5

    New york (5): cosmopolis

  • 12x6

    Eleanor roosevelt

  • 12x7

    Houdini

  • 12x8

    Nixon's china game

  • 12x9

    The duel

  • 12x10

    John brown's holy war

  • 12x11

    George wallace: settin' the woods on fire (1)

  • 12x12

    George wallace: settin' the woods on fire (2)

  • 12x13

    Jubilee singers: sacrifice and glory

  • 12x14

    Joe dimaggio: the hero's life

  • 12x15

    The wizard of photography

Episodes season 13

  • 13x1

    The rockefellers (1)

  • 13x2

    The rockefellers (2)

  • 13x3

    Secrets of a master builder

  • 13x4

    Return with honor

  • 13x5

    Streamliners: america's last trains

  • 13x6

    Marcus garvey: look for me in the whirlwind

  • 13x7

    Abraham and mary lincoln: a house divided, part i

  • 13x8

    Abraham and mary lincoln: a house divided, part ii

  • 13x9

    Abraham and mary lincoln: a house divided, part iii

  • 13x10

    Scottsboro: an american tragedy

  • 13x11

    Fatal flood

  • 13x12

    Stephen foster

  • 13x13

    Abraham and mary lincoln: a house divided, part iv

  • 13x14

    Abraham and mary lincoln: a house divided, part v

  • 13x15

    Abraham and mary lincoln: a house divided, part vi

Episodes season 14

  • 14x1

    New york (6): the city of tomorrow

  • 14x2

    New york (7): the city and the world

  • 14x3

    War letters

  • 14x4

    Woodrow wilson (1): a passionate man

  • 14x5

    Woodrow wilson (2): the redemption of the world

  • 14x6

    Mount rushmore

  • 14x7

    Miss america

  • 14x8

    Zoot suit riots

  • 14x9

    Monkey trial

  • 14x10

    Public enemy #1

  • 14x11

    Ansel adams

  • 14x12

    A brilliant madness

  • 14x13

    Ulysses s. grant (1): the warrior

  • 14x14

    Ulysses s. grant (2): the president

Episodes season 15

  • 15x1

    Jimmy carter (1): jimmy who?

  • 15x2

    Jimmy carter (2): hostage

  • 15x3

    Chicago: city of the century (1): mudhole to metropolis

  • 15x4

    Chicago: city of the century (2): the revolution has begun

  • 15x5

    Chicago: city of the century (3): battle for chicago

  • 15x6

    The murder of emmett till

  • 15x7

    Transcontinental railroad

  • 15x8

    Partners of the heart

  • 15x9

    The pill

  • 15x10

    Daughter from danang

  • 15x11

    Seabiscuit

  • 15x12

    Bataan rescue

  • 15x13

    Murder at harvard

Episodes season 16

  • 16x1

    New york (8): the center of the world

  • 16x2

    Reconstruction: the second civil war (1): revolution

  • 16x3

    Reconstruction: the second civil war (2): retreat

  • 16x4

    Citizen king

  • 16x5

    Remember the alamo

  • 16x6

    Tupperware!

  • 16x7

    Emma goldman

  • 16x8

    Patriots day

  • 16x9

    Golden gate bridge

Episodes season 17

  • 17x1

    Rfk (part 1 & 2)

  • 17x2

    The fight

  • 17x3

    Fidel castro

  • 17x4

    Building the alaska highway

  • 17x5

    Kinsey

  • 17x6

    Mary pickford

  • 17x7

    The great transatlantic cable

  • 17x8

    The massie affair

  • 17x9

    Victory in the pacific

  • 17x10

    The carter family: will the circle be unbroken?

  • 17x11

    Guerilla: the taking of patty hearst

Episodes season 18

  • 18x1

    Two days in october

  • 18x2

    Race to the moon

  • 18x3

    Las vegas: an unconventional history (1): sin city

  • 18x4

    Las vegas: an unconventional history (2): american mecca

  • 18x5

    John and abigail adams

  • 18x6

    The nuremberg trials

  • 18x7

    Jesse james

  • 18x8

    Hijacked

  • 18x9

    Eugene o'neill

  • 18x10

    The boy in the bubble

  • 18x11

    The alaska pipeline

  • 18x12

    Annie oakley

  • 18x13

    The man behind hitler

Episodes season 19

  • 19x1

    Eyes on the prize (1 & 2): awakenings 1954-1956 / fighting back 1957-1962

  • 19x2

    Eyes on the prize (3 & 4): ain't scared of your jails 1960-1961/no easy walk 1961-1963

  • 19x3

    Eyes on the prize (5 & 6): is this america? 1963-1964 / bridge to freedom 1965

  • 19x4

    Test tube babies

  • 19x5

    The great fever

  • 19x6

    The gold rush

  • 19x7

    The berlin airlift

  • 19x8

    The living weapon

  • 19x9

    New orleans (1 & 2)

  • 19x10

    Sister aimee

  • 19x11

    Jonestown: the life and death of peoples temple

  • 19x12

    Summer of love

  • 19x13

    The mormons (1): history

  • 19x14

    The mormons (2): church and state

  • 19x15

    Alexander hamilton

Episodes season 20

  • 20x1

    Oswald's ghost

  • 20x2

    The lobotomist

  • 20x3

    Eyes on the prize (7 & 8): the time has come/two societies

  • 20x4

    Grand central

  • 20x5

    Eyes on the prize (9 & 10): power!/the promised land

  • 20x6

    Eyes on the prize (11 & 12): ain't gonna' shuffle no more/a nation of law?

  • 20x7

    Eyes on the prize (13 & 14): the keys to the kingdom/back to the movement

  • 20x8

    Kit carson

  • 20x9

    Buffalo bill

  • 20x10

    Minik: the lost eskimo

  • 20x11

    Walt whitman

  • 20x12

    Roberto clemente

  • 20x13

    George h.w. bush (1)

  • 20x14

    George h.w. bush (2)

Episodes season 21

  • 21x1

    The trials of j. robert oppenheimer

  • 21x2

    The polio crusade

  • 21x3

    The assassination of abraham lincoln

  • 21x4

    A class apart

  • 21x5

    We shall remain (1): after the mayflower

  • 21x6

    We shall remain (2): tecumseh's vision

  • 21x7

    We shall remain (3): trail of tears

  • 21x8

    We shall remain (4): geronimo

  • 21x9

    We shall remain (5): wounded knee

Episodes season 22

  • 22x1

    The civilian conservation corps

  • 22x2

    Wyatt earp

  • 22x3

    The bombing of germany

  • 22x4

    Dolley madison

  • 22x5

    Earth days

  • 22x6

    My lai

  • 22x7

    Roads to memphis

  • 22x8

    Into the deep: america, whaling and the world

Episodes season 23

  • 23x1

    God in america (parts 1–2)

  • 23x2

    God in america (parts 3-4)

  • 23x3

    God in america (parts 5-6)

  • 23x4

    Robert e. lee

  • 23x5

    Dinosaur wars

  • 23x6

    Panama canal

  • 23x7

    The greely expedition

  • 23x8

    Triangle fire

  • 23x9

    The great famine

  • 23x10

    Stonewall uprising

  • 23x11

    Soundtrack for a revolution

  • 23x12

    Freedom riders

Episodes season 24

  • 24x1

    Billy the kid

  • 24x2

    Custer's last stand

  • 24x3

    Clinton: the comeback kid (1)

  • 24x4

    Clinton: the survivor (2)

  • 24x5

    The amish

  • 24x6

    Grand coulee dam

  • 24x7

    Jesse owens

  • 24x8

    Death and the civil war

Episodes season 25

  • 25x1

    The abolitionists: 1820s-1838

  • 25x2

    The abolitionists: 1838-1854

  • 25x3

    The abolitionists: 1854-emancipation and victory

  • 25x4

    Henry ford

  • 25x5

    Silicon valley

  • 25x6

    War of the worlds

  • 25x7

    Jfk (part 1)

  • 25x8

    Jfk (part 2)

Episodes season 26

  • 26x1

    The poisoner's handbook

  • 26x2

    1964

  • 26x3

    The amish: shunned

  • 26x4

    Butch cassidy & the sundance kid

  • 26x5

    The rise and fall of penn station

  • 26x6

    Freedom summer

  • 26x7

    Cold war roadshow

Episodes season 27

  • 27x1

    Ripley: believe it or not

  • 27x2

    Klansville, usa

  • 27x3

    Edison

  • 27x4

    The big burn

  • 27x5

    The forgotten plague

  • 27x6

    Last days in vietnam

  • 27x7

    Blackout

  • 27x8

    Walt disney (1)

  • 27x9

    Walt disney (2)

  • 27x10

    American comandante

  • 27x11

    The pilgrims

Episodes season 28

  • 28x1

    Bonnie & clyde

  • 28x2

    The mine wars

  • 28x3

    Murder of a president

  • 28x4

    The perfect crime

  • 28x5

    Space men

  • 28x6

    The boys of '36

  • 28x7

    Tesla

  • 28x8

    The battle of chosin

Episodes season 29

  • 29x1

    Command and control

  • 29x2

    Rachel carson

  • 29x3

    The race underground

  • 29x4

    Oklahoma city

  • 29x5

    Ruby ridge

  • 29x6

    The great war: part 1

  • 29x7

    The great war: part 2

  • 29x8

    The great war: part 3

Episodes season 30

  • 30x1

    Into the amazon

  • 30x2

    The secret of tuxedo park

  • 30x3

    The gilded age

  • 30x4

    The bombing of wall street

  • 30x5

    The island murder

  • 30x6

    The chinese exclusion act

  • 30x7

    The circus (1)

  • 30x8

    The circus (2)

  • 30x9

    The eugenics crusade

Episodes season 31

  • 31x1

    The swamp

  • 31x2

    Sealab

  • 31x3

    Chasing the moon - a place beyond the sky

  • 31x4

    Chasing the moon - earthrise

  • 31x5

    Chasing the moon - magnificent desolation

  • 31x6

    Woodstock

  • 31x7

    The feud

Episodes season 32

  • 32x1

    Mccarthy

  • 32x2

    The poison squad

  • 32x3

    The man who tried to feed the world

  • 32x4

    George w. bush (part 1)

  • 32x5

    George w. bush (part 2)

  • 32x6

    Mr. tornado

  • 32x7

    The vote (part 1)

  • 32x8

    The vote (part 2)

Episodes season 33

  • 33x1

    The codebreaker

  • 33x2

    Voice of freedom

  • 33x3

    The blinding of isaac woodard

  • 33x4

    American oz

  • 33x5

    Billy graham

  • 33x6

    Sandra day o'connor: the first

  • 33x7

    Citizen hearst (1)

  • 33x8

    Citizen hearst (2)

Episodes season 34

  • 34x1

    Riveted: the history of jeans

  • 34x2

    The american diplomat

  • 34x3

    Flood in the desert

  • 34x4

    Plague at the golden gate

  • 34x5

    Taken hostage (1)

  • 34x6

    Taken hostage (2)

Episodes season 35

  • 35x1

    The lie detector

  • 35x2

    Zora neale hurston: claiming a space

  • 35x3

    Ruthless: monopoly's secret history

  • 35x4

    The movement and the "madman"

  • 35x5

    The sun queen

  • 35x6

    Casa susanna

  • 35x7

    The busing battleground

  • 35x8

    The harvest: integrating mississippi's schools

  • 35x9

    The war on disco

Episodes season 36

  • 36x1

    Nazi town, usa

  • 36x2

    Fly with me

  • 36x3

    The cancer detectives

  • 36x4

    Poisoned ground: the tragedy at love canal

  • 36x5

    The riot report

  • 36x6

    The american vice president

  • 36x7

    American coup: wilmington 1898

Episodes season 37

  • 37x1

    Forgotten hero: walter white and the naacp

  • 37x2

    Change, not charity

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