American Experience Movies

  • 2018
    The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

    82018HD

    In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, the population of the United States doubled in the...

    The Gilded Age
  • 2009
    The Civilian Conservation Corps

    The Civilian Conservation Corps

    The Civilian Conservation Corps

    102009HD

    American Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by Roosevelt during the Great Depression, the CCC put...

    The Civilian Conservation Corps
  • 1988
    Radio Bikini

    Radio Bikini

    Radio Bikini

    7.41988HD

    It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a nuclear test. Shows great footage from these...

    Radio Bikini
  • 2002
    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    02002HD

    As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president,...

    Ulysses S. Grant
  • 2001
    Fatal Flood

    Fatal Flood

    Fatal Flood

    02001HD

    In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, inundating...

    Fatal Flood
  • 1996
    The Wright Stuff

    The Wright Stuff

    The Wright Stuff

    01996HD

    On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine flight: a smooth take-off banking into a couple...

    The Wright Stuff
  • 2024
    Nazi Town, USA

    Nazi Town, USA

    Nazi Town, USA

    8.22024HD

    In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George...

    Nazi Town, USA
  • 2012
    Custer's Last Stand

    Custer's Last Stand

    Custer's Last Stand

    72012HD

    Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the...

    Custer's Last Stand
  • 2008
    Grand Central

    Grand Central

    Grand Central

    92008HD

    On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at New York City's newest landmark. A marvel of...

    Grand Central
  • 2015
    The Forgotten Plague

    The Forgotten Plague

    The Forgotten Plague

    6.52015HD

    Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits,...

    The Forgotten Plague
  • 2021
    The Codebreaker

    The Codebreaker

    The Codebreaker

    72021HD

    Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy...

    The Codebreaker
  • 1997
    New York Underground

    New York Underground

    New York Underground

    01997HD

    In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets and pokey transportation system were a source of...

    New York Underground
  • 1998
    Influenza 1918

    Influenza 1918

    Influenza 1918

    6.51998HD

    Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was over, the flu would kill more than 600,000...

    Influenza 1918
  • 1988
    The Great San Francisco Earthquake

    The Great San Francisco Earthquake

    The Great San Francisco Earthquake

    01988HD

    An account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.

    The Great San Francisco Earthquake
  • 2004
    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

    02004HD

    Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many...

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
  • 1993
    Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage

    Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage

    Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage

    81993HD

    Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage
  • 1988
    Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

    Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

    Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

    01988HD

    Legendary Apache warrior Geronimo was loved by his people for his fierce courage while pioneers feared him as a cold-blooded murderer. This program...

    Geronimo and the Apache Resistance
  • 1990
    The Satellite Sky

    The Satellite Sky

    The Satellite Sky

    01990HD

    Unaccompanied by narration or interviews, contemporary imagery drawn from science fiction films, government propaganda films, US Air Force films,...

    The Satellite Sky