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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Season 21 Episode 1
1:49:38
The Polio Crusade

The Polio Crusade

Season 21 Episode 2
52:01
My Lai

My Lai

Season 22 Episode 6
52:21
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Stonewall Uprising

Season 23 Episode 9
1:20:50
The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime

Season 28 Episode 5
52:03
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
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Test Tube Babies

Season 19 Episode 4

Pioneering researchers attempting to conceive babies through in vitro fertilization faced daunting obstacles and much controversy before the world's first test tube baby was born on July 25, 1978.

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