The Crash of 1929

Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was ov...

On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at Ne...

A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.

It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a...

In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of buildi...

The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassina...

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and...

In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets a...

On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signali...

American Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by R...

The remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brown...

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act...

Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the iso...

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...

Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journ...

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine...

The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader w...

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who help...

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...