Skip to main content

Up Next

A Nation of Drunkards

A Nation of Drunkards

Season 1 Episode 1
1:36:00
A Nation of Scofflaws

A Nation of Scofflaws

Season 1 Episode 2
1:51:59
A Nation of Hypocrites

A Nation of Hypocrites

Season 1 Episode 3
1:46:36
Scofflaw

Scofflaw

Video
0:32
Two Americas

Two Americas

Video
7:57
A Genuine American

A Genuine American

Video
12:39
Whispering Wires

Whispering Wires

Video
9:35
Back to Show
Prohibition

Ken Burns: The Prohibition Idea

Ken Burns discusses Episode One of Prohibition, and what the United States was going through during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Support Provided By
A Nation of Hypocrites
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:46:36
By the late 1920s, many Americans believe that Prohibition has failed.
A Nation of Scofflaws
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:51:59
In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect and millions of citizens become lawbreakers.
A Nation of Drunkards
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:36:00
PROHIBITION tells the story of the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.
Active loading indicator