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American Experience Season 28

The Boys of '36

Season 28 Episode 7
52:55
Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson

Season 29 Episode 3
1:53:15
The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

Season 30 Episode 3
1:52:46
The Eugenics Crusade

The Eugenics Crusade

Season 30 Episode 11
1:53:12
Part 1 | The Vote | American Experience

Part 1 | The Vote | American Experience

Season 32 Episode 9
1:52:42
Part 2 | The Vote | American Experience

Part 2 | The Vote | American Experience

Season 32 Episode 10
1:52:47
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Season 33 Episode 3
1:52:23
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard, Spanish

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard, Spanish

Season 33 Episode 42
1:52:49
The Lie Detector

The Lie Detector

Season 35 Episode 1
52:45
Women in American History

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space

Season 35 Episode 2
1:52:24
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Season 35 Episode 3
52:17
The Movement and the "Madman"

The Movement and the "Madman"

Season 35 Episode 4
1:22:39
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American Experience

Space Men

Season 28 Episode 6

In the 1950s and early '60s, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the space age long before NASA's acclaimed Mercury 7 would make headlines. Though largely forgotten today, balloonists were the first to venture into the frozen near-vacuum on the edge of our world, exploring the very limits of human physiology and human ingenuity in this lethal realm.

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