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American Experience, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
directed by Barak Goodman, fl. 1996 and Daniel Anker, 1964-2014; produced by Barak Goodman, fl. 1996 and Daniel Anker, 1964-2014, WGBH Educational Foundation and Social Media Productions, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2001), 1 hour 23 mins
In March 1931, two white women stepped off a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama, with a shocking accusation of gang rape, by nine black teenagers on the train. So began the Scottsboro case, one of the 20th century's fieriest legal battles. The youths' trial generated the sharpest regional conflict since the Civil War,...
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directed by Barak Goodman, fl. 1996 and Daniel Anker, 1964-2014; produced by Barak Goodman, fl. 1996 and Daniel Anker, 1964-2014, WGBH Educational Foundation and Social Media Productions, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2001), 1 hour 23 mins
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In March 1931, two white women stepped off a box car in Paint Rock, Alabama, with a shocking accusation of gang rape, by nine black teenagers on the train. So began the Scottsboro case, one of the 20th century's fieriest legal battles. The youths' trial generated the sharpest regional conflict since the Civil War, led to momentous Supreme Court decisions, and helped give birth to the civil rights movement. High School College Adult
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Barak Goodman, fl. 1996, Daniel Anker, 1964-2014, WGBH Educational Foundation, Social Media Productions, Andre Braugher, 1962-
Author / Creator
Barak Goodman, fl. 1996, Daniel Anker, 1964-2014
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Andre Braugher, 1962-
Topic / Theme
Racism, Scottsboro Case, AL, 1931, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
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American Experience, Coney Island
produced by Coney Island Film Project, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 1 hour 11 mins
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's m...
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produced by Coney Island Film Project, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 1 hour 11 mins
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Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's most amazing amusement park, by night, an electric "Eden".
Date Written / Recorded
2006-03-21
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Coney Island Film Project, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2006-03-21
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Amusement parks, Popular culture, Family and Culture, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1991 WGBH Educational Foundation and Steeplechase Films
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American Experience, Geronimo and the Apache Resistance
produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 57 mins
For years, Apache tribes had resisted the advance of the pioneers and their threat to the traditional ways of life. But Geronimo fought the longest, becoming one of the most famous, feared and misunderstood Indian warriors in our history. Now at last, descendants of those Apaches who fought so long ago tell their...
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produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 57 mins
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For years, Apache tribes had resisted the advance of the pioneers and their threat to the traditional ways of life. But Geronimo fought the longest, becoming one of the most famous, feared and misunderstood Indian warriors in our history. Now at last, descendants of those Apaches who fought so long ago tell their story as it has never been told.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Apache people, Arabs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Public Broadcast Service
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American Experience, Summer of Love
directed by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010; produced by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 55 mins
In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descende...
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directed by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010; produced by Vicente Franco, fl. 1990 and Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2007), 55 mins
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In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descended into a maelstrom of drug abuse, broken dreams, and occasional violence. Through interviews with a broad range of individuals who live...
In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing. By 1968 the celebration of free love, music, and an alternative lifestyle had descended into a maelstrom of drug abuse, broken dreams, and occasional violence. Through interviews with a broad range of individuals who lived through the Summer of Love -- police officers walking the beat, teenage runaways who left home without looking back, non-hippie residents who resented the invasion of their community, and scholars who still have difficulty interpreting the phenomenon -- this American Experience offers a complex portrait of the notorious event that many consider the peak of the 1960s counter-culture movement.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Vicente Franco, fl. 1990, Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010, David Ogden Stiers, 1942-2018
Author / Creator
Vicente Franco, fl. 1990, Gail Dolgin, 1945-2010
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
David Ogden Stiers, 1942-2018
Topic / Theme
Counterculture, Recreational drugs, Social movements, Urban life, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
© 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, Civilian Conservation Corps
produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2010), 53 mins
Interweaving rich archival imagery with the personal accounts of Civilian Conservation Corps veterans, this film tells the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments, positioning it as a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief.
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produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2010), 53 mins
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Interweaving rich archival imagery with the personal accounts of Civilian Conservation Corps veterans, this film tells the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments, positioning it as a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Government aid
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by Public Broadcast Service
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American Experience, JFK: Part One
directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 54 mins
Part One follows JFK's rise to power. Jack Kennedy first bursts onto the national stage as a war hero, and with his congressional win, Kennedy rises in power and influence.
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directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 54 mins
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Part One follows JFK's rise to power. Jack Kennedy first bursts onto the national stage as a war hero, and with his congressional win, Kennedy rises in power and influence.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, Oliver Platt, 1960-
Author / Creator
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Oliver Platt, 1960-
Person Discussed
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, 1929-1994, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., 1888-1969, John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
Topic / Theme
Elections, Politicians, Political life
Copyright Message
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American Experience, JFK, Part Two
directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 51 mins
JFK's campaign for president is the first to be waged on television, a distinct advantage for the telegenic candidate.
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directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 51 mins
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JFK's campaign for president is the first to be waged on television, a distinct advantage for the telegenic candidate.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, Oliver Platt, 1960-
Author / Creator
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Oliver Platt, 1960-
Person Discussed
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, 1929-1994, John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
Topic / Theme
International relations, Presidents, Politicians, Political life, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Copyright Message
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American Experience, Silicon Valley
directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Randall MacLowry, 1963- and Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991, Film Posse, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 23 mins
SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley. The film spotlights the creativity of the young men who founded Fairchild Semiconductor and in particular the brilliant, charismatic young phys...
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directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Randall MacLowry, 1963- and Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991, Film Posse, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 23 mins
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SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley. The film spotlights the creativity of the young men who founded Fairchild Semiconductor and in particular the brilliant, charismatic young physicist Robert Noyce. Their radical innovations would include the integrated circuit that helped make the United States a leader in both...
SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley. The film spotlights the creativity of the young men who founded Fairchild Semiconductor and in particular the brilliant, charismatic young physicist Robert Noyce. Their radical innovations would include the integrated circuit that helped make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, transforming the way the world works, plays and communicates, making possible everything from the Apollo program to smart phones, from pacemakers to microwaves.
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Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991, Film Posse, Michael Murphy, 1938-
Author / Creator
Randall MacLowry, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Murphy, 1938-
Person Discussed
Robert Noyce, 1927-1990
Topic / Theme
Electronics industry, Innovation and invention, Computers, Science and Technology
Copyright Message
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American Experience, 1964
directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017, Insignia Films, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 1 hour 55 mins
Based on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, by award-winning journalist Jon Margolis, this film follows some of the most prominent figures of the time, and bring out from the shadows the actions of ordinary Americans whose frustrations, ambitions, and anxieties began to turn the country onto a different cour...
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directed by Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017; produced by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017, Insignia Films, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 1 hour 55 mins
Description
Based on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, by award-winning journalist Jon Margolis, this film follows some of the most prominent figures of the time, and bring out from the shadows the actions of ordinary Americans whose frustrations, ambitions, and anxieties began to turn the country onto a different course.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017, Insignia Films, Oliver Platt, 1960-
Author / Creator
Stephen Ives, fl. 1988-2017
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Oliver Platt, 1960-
Person Discussed
Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016, Barry Goldwater, 1909-1998, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1908-1973
Topic / Theme
Social movements, Intergenerational conflict, Social conflict, Social reforms, Political and Social Movements, Americans
Copyright Message
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American Experience, Edison
directed by Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998; produced by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017 and Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, Insignia Films, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 1 hour 53 mins
By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light. Born on the threshold of...
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directed by Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998; produced by Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017 and Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, Insignia Films, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 1 hour 53 mins
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By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light. Born on the threshold of America’s burgeoning industrial empire, Edison’s curiosity led him to its cutting edge. With just three months of formal schooling,...
By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and electric light. Born on the threshold of America’s burgeoning industrial empire, Edison’s curiosity led him to its cutting edge. With just three months of formal schooling, he took on one seemingly impossible technical challenge after another, and through intuition, persistence, and a unique team approach to innovation, invariably solved it. Driven and intensely competitive, Edison was often neglectful in his private life and could be ruthless in business. Challenged by competition in the industry he’d founded, Edison launched an ugly propaganda campaign against his rivals, and used his credibility as an electrical expert to help ensure that high-voltage electrocution became a form of capital punishment. Edison explores the complex alchemy that accounts for the enduring celebrity of America’s most famous inventor, offering new perspectives on the man and his milieu, and illuminating not only the true nature of invention, but its role in turn-of-the-century America’s rush into the future.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Amanda Pollak, fl. 1992-2017, Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, Insignia Films, Michael Murphy, 1938-
Author / Creator
Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Murphy, 1938-
Person Discussed
Thomas Edison, 1847-1931
Topic / Theme
Electric chair, Electricity, Innovation and invention, Science and Technology
Copyright Message
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