American Experience

- Season 17

(2005)

Part One: The Garish Sun: Robert F. Kennedy devotes himself to his brother John, then deals with the pain of the assassination.

Documentary on the boxing match between American Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling, which captured the world's attention on June 22, 1938.

A biography of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

The creation of the 1,500-mile Alaska-Canada Highway.

Documentary examining the impact and continuing influence of 'Alfred Kinsey''s groundbreaking research on human sexuality.

Through interviews with film historians and biographers, and through archival footage, the rise and fall of the professional life of actress and businessperson Mary Pickford (1892-1979) - born Gladys Smith - and the associated ebbs and flows in her personal life, are presented. At the height of her fame, she was dubbed "America's Sweetheart" despite being born in Canada. Mary's widowed mother, Charlotte Smith, got herself, Mary and Mary's two siblings into the somewhat disreputable profession of acting - first on the stage, then into the emerging form of moving pictures - as a means of economic ...

The story of Cyrus Field and the creation of the transatlantic telegraph line.

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The life and times of The Carter Family, one of the earliest and most-influential group in American country and roots music.

A documentary on the curious American domestic terrorist group, infamous for the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst.

In 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made an allegation of rape against five islanders.