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            Walt Disney's Big Gamble: "Snow White"
What Walt Disney was proposing for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" had never been done before: a feature-length, story-driven, animated film. His brother Roy was skeptical, but Walt insisted that the project would be a success. "Walt Disney" premieres September 14 & 15 on PBS American Experience.
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            The violent 1970 clash between student protestors and construction workers in downtown NY.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            The story of L.A.’s noxious smog problem and the creation of the EPA and Clean Air Act.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The story of Edwin Land, whose iconic Polaroid camera let everyone instantly chronicle their lives.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The story of one of the most influential yet forgotten civil rights figures, Walter White.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The little-known story of the deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’etat in Wilmington, NC.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            A look at the US vice presidency, from constitutional afterthought to position of political import.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The story of housewives who led a grassroots movement to galvanize the Superfund Bill.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The untold story of the people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The lively but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930s.
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    