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American Experience, Season 34, Episode 4, Plague at the Golden Gate
directed by Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984; produced by Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984 and James Q. Chan, fl. 2004-2016, Flash Cuts, in American Experience, Season 34, Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 1 hour 53 mins
Discover how the 1900 outbreak of bubonic plague set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. A fascinating medical mystery and timely examination of the relationship between the medical community, city powerbrokers and the Chinese American community, Plague at the Golden Gate tells the gripping story o...
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directed by Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984; produced by Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984 and James Q. Chan, fl. 2004-2016, Flash Cuts, in American Experience, Season 34, Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 1 hour 53 mins
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Discover how the 1900 outbreak of bubonic plague set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. A fascinating medical mystery and timely examination of the relationship between the medical community, city powerbrokers and the Chinese American community, Plague at the Golden Gate tells the gripping story of the race against time to save San Francisco and the nation from the deadly plague.
Field of Study
Health Policy
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984, James Q. Chan, fl. 2004-2016, Flash Cuts, Lea Salonga, 1971-
Author / Creator
Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Lea Salonga, 1971-
Person Discussed
Joseph J. Kinyoun, 1860-1919
Topic / Theme
Discrimination, Epidemics, Race relations, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2022 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, Season 35. Episode 4, The Movement and the Madman
directed by Stephen Talbot, 1949-; produced by Stephen Talbot, 1949-, in American Experience, Season 35. Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 1 hour 22 mins
The Movement and the “Madman” shows how two antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 — the largest the country had ever seen — pressured President Nixon to cancel what he called his “madman” plans for a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam, including a threat to use nuclear weapons. At the time, p...
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directed by Stephen Talbot, 1949-; produced by Stephen Talbot, 1949-, in American Experience, Season 35. Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 1 hour 22 mins
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The Movement and the “Madman” shows how two antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 — the largest the country had ever seen — pressured President Nixon to cancel what he called his “madman” plans for a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam, including a threat to use nuclear weapons. At the time, protestors had no idea how influential they could be and how many lives they may have saved.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stephen Talbot, 1949-
Author / Creator
Stephen Talbot, 1949-
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006, Anthony Lake, 1939-, Christian Appy, 1955-, Roger Morris, 1960-, Cora Weiss, fl. 1969-2002, David Hartsough, 1940-, Morton H. Halperin, 1938-, Daniel Ellsberg, 1931-
Person Discussed
Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006, Anthony Lake, 1939-, Christian Appy, 1955-, Roger Morris, 1960-, Cora Weiss, fl. 1969-2002, David Hartsough, 1940-, Morton H. Halperin, 1938-, Daniel Ellsberg, 1931-, Richard Milhous Nixon, 1913-1994, Henry Kissinger, 1923-
Topic / Theme
Peace activism and activists, War, Escalation (Conflict), Election campaigns, Nuclear weapons, Vietnam War Protest Movement, 1963-1975
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 Glen Park Films, LLC
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American Experience, Season 35. Episode 5, The Sun Queen
directed by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017; produced by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017 and Gene Tempest, fl. 2017, in American Experience, Season 35. Episode 5 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 53 mins
For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Maria Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun, including designing and building the world’s first successfully solar-heated modern residence. Along the way, she was undercut and thwarted by her male boss and colleagues at MIT,...
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directed by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017; produced by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017 and Gene Tempest, fl. 2017, in American Experience, Season 35. Episode 5 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2023), 53 mins
Description
For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Maria Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun, including designing and building the world’s first successfully solar-heated modern residence. Along the way, she was undercut and thwarted by her male boss and colleagues at MIT, but persevered despite these obstacles, holding more than 20 patents upon her death.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017, Gene Tempest, fl. 2017, Andia Winslow, fl. 2006
Author / Creator
Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Andia Winslow, fl. 2006
Person Discussed
Mária Telkes, 1900-1995
Topic / Theme
Innovation and invention, Renewable energy sources
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, Series 333. Episode 7, The Circus, Part One
directed by Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997; produced by Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997 and Melissa Martin Pollard, fl. 2015, Winter Pink Films, in American Experience, Series 333. Episode 7 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 52 mins
American Experience: The Circus This four-hour mini-series tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, The Circus follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era w...
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directed by Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997; produced by Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997 and Melissa Martin Pollard, fl. 2015, Winter Pink Films, in American Experience, Series 333. Episode 7 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 52 mins
Description
American Experience: The Circus This four-hour mini-series tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, The Circus follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country. For many Americans, the circu...
American Experience: The Circus This four-hour mini-series tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, The Circus follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country. For many Americans, the circus embodied the improbable and the impossible, the exotic and the spectacular. Through the intertwined stories of several of the most innovative and influential impresarios of the late nineteenth century, this series reveals the circus was a uniquely American entertainment created by a rapidly expanding and industrializing nation; that it embraced and was made possible by Western imperialism; that its history was shaped by a tension between its unconventional entertainments and prevailing standards of respectability; and that its promise for ordinary people was the possibility for personal reinvention. Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, The Circus brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town, its stars were among the most famous people in the country, and multitudes of Americans gathered to see the improbable and the impossible, the exotic and the spectacular.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997, Melissa Martin Pollard, fl. 2015, Winter Pink Films, Michael Murphy, 1938-
Author / Creator
Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Murphy, 1938-
Topic / Theme
The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Reconstruction (1866–1876), Civil War (1860–1865), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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American Experience, Series 333, Episode 8, The Circus, Part Two
directed by Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997; produced by Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997 and Melissa Martin Pollard, fl. 2015, Winter Pink Films, in American Experience, Series 333, Episode 8 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 54 mins
American Experience: The Circus This four-hour mini-series tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, The Circus follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era w...
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directed by Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997; produced by Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997 and Melissa Martin Pollard, fl. 2015, Winter Pink Films, in American Experience, Series 333, Episode 8 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 54 mins
Description
American Experience: The Circus This four-hour mini-series tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, The Circus follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country. For many Americans, the circu...
American Experience: The Circus This four-hour mini-series tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, The Circus follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country. For many Americans, the circus embodied the improbable and the impossible, the exotic and the spectacular. Through the intertwined stories of several of the most innovative and influential impresarios of the late nineteenth century, this series reveals the circus was a uniquely American entertainment created by a rapidly expanding and industrializing nation; that it embraced and was made possible by Western imperialism; that its history was shaped by a tension between its unconventional entertainments and prevailing standards of respectability; and that its promise for ordinary people was the possibility for personal reinvention. Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, The Circus brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town, its stars were among the most famous people in the country, and multitudes of Americans gathered to see the improbable and the impossible, the exotic and the spectacular.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997, Melissa Martin Pollard, fl. 2015, Winter Pink Films, Michael Murphy, 1938-
Author / Creator
Sharon Grimberg, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Murphy, 1938-
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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