S1 E1 • The Great San Francisco Earthquake

From Enrico Caruso to the ordinary San Franciscan, this film presents vivid memories of those trapped in the terrifying event of 1906. Four hundred eighty square blocks were reduced to rubble; thousands were killed, tens of thousands left homeless. Then the heroic struggle to rebuild a city from the ashes began.

Première diffusion : 4 octobre 1988

S1 E2 • Radio Bikini

The story of atomic bomb research after World War II and how above-ground testing led to the evacuation of a previously-populated atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

Première diffusion : 11 octobre 1988

S1 E3 • Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo

The US government attempts to claim lands that have value from Native American dwellers.

Première diffusion : 18 octobre 1988

S1 E4 • Not So Wild a Dream

Mid 20th century America through the eyes of famous journalist Eric Sevareid.

Première diffusion : 25 octobre 1988

S1 E5 • The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

A treatment of women's contributions to the World War II defense industry including interviews with women who participated.

Première diffusion : 1 novembre 1988

S1 E6 • Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?

A visit to working ranches in western Wyoming to examine the lifestyle of modern-day cowboys and compare it to the romantic historical notions.

Première diffusion : 8 novembre 1988

S1 E7 • Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up-Close

John Kennedy and George Wallace clash over questions of civil rights in early 1960s Alabama.

Première diffusion : 15 novembre 1988

S1 E8 • Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

Account of the famous Native American leader's battle against the US in the American southwest from the viewpoints of historians and modern Apaches.

Première diffusion : 22 novembre 1988

S1 E9 • Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited

Life on Alabama tenant farms in the 1930s with comparisons to the living situation today.

Première diffusion : 29 novembre 1988

S1 E10 • That Rhythm, Those Blues

The growth of rhythm and blues music and its eventual acceptance by mainstream audiences in the 1950s.

Première diffusion : 6 décembre 1988

S1 E11 • The Radio Priest

A Catholic priest (Charles Coughlin) takes to the radio airwaves in the 1930s and broadcasts his views on the condition of the country.

Première diffusion : 13 décembre 1988

S1 E12 • Hearts and Hands

An examination of the women of 19th century America - as suffragists, abolitionists, authors - and the record they and many others left through quilt-making.

Première diffusion : 20 décembre 1988

S1 E13 • Views of a Vanishing Frontier

A German prince and a Swiss painter interpret the United States in a new light during a visit to the American west during the 1830s.

Première diffusion : 27 décembre 1988

S1 E14 • Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings

The work of photographer and author Eudora Welty and her impressions of the south after the turn of the 20th century.

Première diffusion : 3 janvier 1989

S1 E15 • The World That Moses Built

A biography of Robert Moses, single-minded visionary behind many of New York City's largest and most expensive construction projects.

Première diffusion : 10 janvier 1989

S1 E16 • Sins of Our Mothers

A tale of a woman in the 1800s who risked scorn by marrying a man much younger than herself, and a person later found to be her biological son from long ago.

Première diffusion : 17 janvier 1989