David Grubin
Director
American Experience (1988)
Season 29
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Released Oct. 4, 1988
Episode 74 min
12+
Genres: Biography, Documentary, History
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Watch Providers: PBS, PBS, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, YouTube TV
Production Companies: WGBH Boston
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
8.7
S29E1 - Command and Control
An account of an incident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Ark., in 1980 that almost caused the explosion of a ballistic missile carrying a nuclear warhead 600 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The near-calamity was kicked off when a socket fell from the wrench of an airman performing maintenance in a Titan II silo and punctured the missile, releasing a stream of highly explosive rocket fuel.
Jan. 10, 2017, midnight
9.3
S29E2 - Rachel Carson
She set out to save a species...us. An intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.
Jan. 24, 2017, midnight
10.0
S29E3 - The Race Underground
The dramatic story of the country's first subway.
Jan. 31, 2017, midnight
S29E4 - Oklahoma City
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a former soldier deeply influenced by literature and ideas of the radical right, killed 168, and injured 675 others.
Feb. 7, 2017, midnight
10.0
S29E5 - Ruby Ridge
A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.
Feb. 14, 2017, midnight
9.0
S29E6 - The Great War: Part 1
Part 1 of 3. President Woodrow Wilson vowed to keep the U.S. out of World War I after hostilities erupted in Europe in August 1914. It was a promise he kept until 1917, when the Germans resumed "unrestricted submarine warfare"— a policy it had started and then stopped in 1915 — and began sinking U.S. ships. An intercepted telegram also showed Germany trying to convince Japan and Mexico to declare war on America.
April 10, 2017, midnight
S29E7 - The Great War: Part 2
Part 2 of 3. America's entry into World War I is recalled, including the breathtaking speed of mobilization and the profound transformations required for America to play a central role in the conflict.
April 11, 2017, midnight
S29E8 - The Great War: Part 3
Part 3 of 3. In the fall of 1918: a major American offensive that could bring a swift end to the war, a lost U.S. battalion surrounded by German forces, a deadly flu epidemic on the homefront.
April 12, 2017, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 74 min.
Season Runtime: 518 min.
Released: Oct. 4, 1988
Last Air Date: Oct. 28, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Jan. 6, 2026, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 12+
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