American Experience - Season 18

Season 18

Episodes

Two Days in October
In October 1967, history turned a corner. In a jungle in Vietnam, a Viet Cong ambush nearly wiped out an American battalion, prompting some in power to question whether the war might be unwinnable. On a campus in Wisconsin, a student protest against the war spiraled out of control, marking the first time that a campus anti-war demonstration had turned violent.

Race to the Moon

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Sin City

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: American Mecca

John and Abigail Adams

The Nuremberg Trials

Jesse James

Hijacked

Eugene O'Neill

The Boy in the Bubble

The Alaska Pipeline

Annie Oakley
She was the toast of Victorian London, New York, and Paris. She was "adopted" by Indian chief Sitting Bull, charmed the Prince of Prussia, and entertained the likes of Oscar Wilde and Queen Victoria. Annie Oakley excelled in a man's world by doing what she loved and won fame and fortune as the little lady from Ohio who never missed a shot.

The Man Behind Hitler
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