American Experience - Season 10

American Experience - Season 10

Season 10

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Episodes10
DatesOct 5, 1997 - Apr 13, 1998
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Episodes

Truman: An Accident of Democracy
Season 10Episode 160 min

Truman: An Accident of Democracy

A study of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president. Part 1 covers his service during World War I; his accomplishments as a small-time Kansas City politician; his two terms as a Missouri senator.
Oct 5, 1997
Truman: The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets
Season 10Episode 260 min

Truman: The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets

Harry S. Truman recalls his post-WWII economic policies; his 1948 presidential campaign; the Korean War; and his celebrated clash with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Oct 6, 1997
Truman: Hell
Season 10Episode 360 min

Truman: Hell

Oct 7, 1997
A Midwife's Tale
Season 10Episode 460 min

A Midwife's Tale

Jan 19, 1998
Mr. Miami Beach
Season 10Episode 560 min

Mr. Miami Beach

Feb 2, 1998
Influenza 1918
Season 10Episode 660 min

Influenza 1918

In September of 1918, soldiers at an army base near Boston suddenly began to die. The cause of death was identified as influenza, but it was unlike any strain ever seen. As the killer virus spread across the country, hospitals overfilled, death carts roamed the streets and helpless city officials dug mass graves. It was the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000 — until it disappeared as mysteriously as it had begun.

Feb 9, 1998
Reagan: Lifeguard
Season 10Episode 7120 min

Reagan: Lifeguard

The conclusion of a biography of Ronald Reagan focuses on the president's second term and includes his defense-spending policies and the Iran-Contra scandal.
Feb 23, 1998
Reagan: An American Crusade
Season 10Episode 8120 min

Reagan: An American Crusade

Feb 24, 1998
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Season 10Episode 960 min

Surviving the Dust Bowl

In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains — the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, western Kansas, and the eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico. Topsoil that had taken a thousand years per inch to build suddenly blew away in only minutes. One journalist traveling through the devastated region dubbed it the "Dust Bowl."

This episode is the remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease — even death — for nearly a decade. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the Dust Bowlers who stayed overcame an almost unbelievable series of calamities and disasters.

Mar 2, 1998
Riding the Rails
Season 10Episode 1060 min

Riding the Rails

Apr 13, 1998

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