American Experience season 9
Season nine of American Experience originally aired between October 6, 1996 and June 28, 1997, and contains twenty episodes, beginning with "TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)." The 11 part "Vietnam: A Television History" was a rebroadcast of the production originally shown in 13 episodes during 1983 (episodes 2 "The First Vietnam War" and 13 "Legacies" were dropped from the 1997 rebroadcast). Episode "The End of the Tunnel (1973–1975)", was rebroadcast as "The Fall of Saigon".
Episodes
* denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 1 | "TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)"[1] | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | October 6, 1996 |
| 95 | 2 | "TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | October 7, 1996 |
| 96 | 3 | "The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie"[2] | Austin Hoyt | Biographies | January 20, 1997 |
| 97 | 4 | "Hawaii's Last Queen"[3] | Vivian Ducat | Biographies | January 27, 1997 |
| 98 | 5 | "The Telephone"[4] | Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon | Technology | February 3, 1997 |
| 99 | 6 | "Big Dream, Small Screen"[5] | David Dugan | Technology | February 10, 1997 |
| 100 | 7 | "New York Underground"[6] | Elena Mannes | Technology | February 17, 1997 |
| 101 | 8 | "Troublesome Creek"[7] | Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan | Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment | April 14, 1997 |
| 102 | 9 | "Around the World in 72 Days"[8] | Christine Lesiak | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 28, 1997 |
| 103 | 10 | "Gold Fever"[9] | Susan Steinberg | The American West | May 12, 1997 |
| 104 | 11* | "Vietnam: A Television History: Roots of a War (1945–1953) (Part 1)" "Vietnam, A Television History: America's Mandarin (1954–1963) (Part 2)"[10] | Judith Vecchione, Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | May 26, 1997 |
| 105 | 12 | "Vietnam, A Television History: LBJ Goes to War (1964–1965) (Part 3)" | Austin Hoyt | Politics, War | June 2, 1997 |
| 106 | 13 | "Vietnam, A Television History: America Takes Charge (1965–1967) (Part 4)" | Andrew Pearson | Politics, War | June 9, 1997 |
| 107 | 14 | "Vietnam, A Television History: America's Enemy (1954–1967) (Part 5)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | June 16, 1997 |
| 108 | 15 | "Vietnam, A Television History: Tet 1968 (Part 6)" | Austin Hoyt | Politics, War | June 23, 1997 |
| 109 | 16 | "Vietnam, A Television History: Vietnamizing the War (1968–1973) (Part 7)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | June 30, 1997 |
| 110 | 17 | "Vietnam, A Television History: Cambodia and Laos (Part 8)" | Bruce Palling | Politics, War | July 7, 1997 |
| 111 | 18 | "Vietnam, A Television History: "Peace is at Hand" (1968–1973) (Part 9)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | July 14, 1997 |
| 112 | 19 | "Vietnam, A Television History: Homefront USA (Part 10)" | Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | July 21, 1997 |
| 113 | 20 | "Vietnam, A Television History: The Fall of Saigon (Part 11)" | Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | July 28, 1997 |
References
- ^ "American Experience | TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Hawaii's Last Queen". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | The Telephone". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Big Dream, Small Screen". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | New York Underground". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Troublesome Creek". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Around the World in 72 Days". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Gold Fever". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Vietnam, A Television History". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.