
American Experience — Season 22

At the heart of the New Deal's efforts to combat the Great Depression stood the Civilian Conservation Corps. This program provided employment for three million young men, who were tasked with conservation work in the nation’s forests and pa…

Countless films and television programs have depicted Wyatt Earp, brought to life by iconic actors such as Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, and more recently Kevin Costner. Yet, these popular portrayals often obscure the complexities and imperfe…

From Zvi Dor-Ner, the International Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producer of *Israel’s Next War* and *House of Saud*, comes *The Bombing of Germany*, a one-hour film charting the pivotal moments of the American bombing campaign. Interweav…

Dolley Madison witnessed the nation’s formative conflicts, maintained friendships with the nation's first twelve presidents, and observed America's transformation from a fledgling republic to the world's first modern democracy. Revered as "…

Earth Days traces the path toward April 22, 1970, charting the emergence and growth of the modern environmental movement through the remarkable narratives of the era's visionaries. These include Stewart Udall, former Secretary of the Interi…

What compelled a company of American soldiers—ordinary young men drawn from across the nation—to perpetrate the most horrific act in American military history? *American Experience* examines the 1968 My Lai massacre, the ensuing attempts to…

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, by James Earl Ray unfolded against a backdrop of profound social unrest in America. *Roads to Memphis* recounts the story of both assassin and victim, drawing upon firsthand …

The story of American whaling, spanning three centuries, unfolds from its beginnings along the New England coast, through the era of deep-sea voyages, and finally to its decline in the years after the Civil War.


