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American Experience
Full episodes
30 VIDEOS

Henry Ford
1:52:10 Air Date 06/25/13 Expires 01/29/16

The Rockefellers
3:01:20 Air Date 06/18/13 Expires 02/10/16

Annie Oakley
56:46 Air Date 05/14/13 Expires 01/30/15

Jesse James
56:46 Air Date 05/08/13 Expires 01/30/15

Billy the Kid
53:08 Air Date 02/19/13 Expires 01/07/15

Silicon Valley
1:23:11 Air Date 02/05/13 Expires 02/05/16

Clinton
3:35:19 Air Date 05/08/12 Expires 02/19/15

Jesse Owens
52:10 Air Date 05/01/12 Expires 04/30/15

Grand Coulee Dam
1:22:10 Air Date 04/03/12 Expires 04/01/15

The Panama Canal
1:23:11 Air Date 04/03/12 Expires 01/23/14

Triangle Fire
53:10 Air Date 03/27/12 Expires 03/01/14

The Amish
1:51:47 Air Date 02/27/12 Expires 02/27/15
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Previews
98 VIDEOS

Mount Rushmore Preview
0:30 Air Date 07/02/13

Jesse James - preview
0:30 Air Date 05/06/13

John D. Rockefeller
0:30 Air Date 02/12/13

The Rockefellers Chapter One
9:37 Air Date 02/12/13

Silicon Valley Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/05/13

Henry Ford Chapter 1
12:39 Air Date 01/29/13

Henry Ford Preview
0:30 Air Date 01/29/13

The Abolitionists, Part 3, Chapter 1
12:38 Air Date 01/22/13

The Abolitionists, Part 2, Chapter 1
14:05 Air Date 01/15/13

Map History With Us!
1:55 Air Date 01/14/13

The Abolitionists Extended Preview
2:00 Air Date 01/08/13

The Abolitionists, Chapter 1
10:16 Air Date 01/08/13
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Shorts
434 VIDEOS

Sculpting a National Monument
2:41 Air Date 07/02/13

Billy the Kid Ballad
1:58 Air Date 02/19/13

Billy the Kid Chapter 1
9:19 Air Date 02/19/13

Train Ride through the Wild West
1:32 Air Date 02/19/13

Robert Noyce Goes to Silicon Valley
3:03 Air Date 02/05/13

Silicon Valley and the Digital Revolution
1:23 Air Date 02/05/13

Silicon Valley Chapter 1
16:45 Air Date 02/05/13

Silicon Valley in the 60s
3:15 Air Date 02/05/13

The Wild West in Silicon Valley
2:57 Air Date 02/05/13

A Titan of American Industry Gives a Piggy Back Ride
1:42 Air Date 01/29/13

Henry Ford "Camping" with Edison and Firestone
1:23 Air Date 01/29/13

Henry Ford and Thomas Edison
0:36 Air Date 01/29/13
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