American Experience Movies
- 2015
The Pilgrims
The Pilgrims7.72015HD
Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journey west across the Atlantic in the early 17th...
- 2017
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City6.92017HD
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. This...
- 2016
Murder of a President
Murder of a President7.62016HD
The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassination.
- 1992
The Donner Party
The Donner Party6.51992HD
Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey...
- 2020
Transhood
Transhood5.32020HD
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 – as they...
- 2016
Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll22016HD
One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were rivaled then only by Elvis Presley. With his...
- 2012
Custer's Last Stand
Custer's Last Stand72012HD
Follow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the...
- 2004
The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
The Rise & Fall of Penn Station9.52004HD
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East...
- 2022
Casa Susanna
Casa Susanna7.92022HD
In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first...
- 2016
The Trans List
The Trans List6.0712016HD
A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.
- 2010
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story62010HD
Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of Jewish Americans to the most American sport of...
- 2002
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)02002HD
As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president,...
- 2018
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age82018HD
In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, the population of the United States doubled in the...
- 2009
The Polio Crusade
The Polio Crusade02009HD
The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while...
- 1997
New York Underground
New York Underground01997HD
In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets and pokey transportation system were a source of...
- 2011
Panama Canal
Panama Canal02011HD
On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower.
- 2018
America
America6.92018HD
November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a deep dive into the heart of Arizona, meeting the...
- 2024
Nazi Town, USA
Nazi Town, USA8.52024HD
In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George...
- 1996
The Wright Stuff
The Wright Stuff01996HD
On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine flight: a smooth take-off banking into a couple...
- 1988
Radio Bikini
Radio Bikini7.41988HD
It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a nuclear test. Shows great footage from these...