The dramatic story of the nation's first subway

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“Rachel carson” premieres Jan. 24 at 8/7c on American Experience PBS.

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Meet the genius engineer and inventor whose technology helped create our wireless world.

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The United States Air Force brought men up 19 miles, testing the limits of human endurance

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The story of James Garfield, one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president.

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Go inside the coal miners' bitter battle for dignity at the dawn of the 20th century.

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Tuberculosis was once the deadliest killer in human history.

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In the summer of 1910, the largest fire in American history raged in the Northern Rockies.

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Watch the opening scene of Summer of Love.

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1967, young people flooded into San Francisco to find what one described as “wonderland.”

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At age 23, Amelia Earhart took her first ride in an airplane and knew she had to fly.

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Visions of a utopian society took shape in the Haight-Ashbury district in the mid 1960s.

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There is no such thing as “Mr. Yoga,” but there was a “Mr. Pilates.”

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A composer's research process and the challenges he faced in creating music for the film.

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How a race-car driver came to be one of the most famous fighters of the Great War.

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An American who escaped the racism of Georgia, and fought on the battlefields of France.

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A portrait of the Haight Ashbury district at the height of the hippie movement.

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The climactic struggle and ensuing peace that forever changed a president and a nation.

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Follow America’s entry into the conflict.

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The Great War promo

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The Great War tells the rich and complex story of World War I.

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Explore America’s tortured, nearly three-year journey to war.

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An inside look at the making of The Great War, premiering April 10 at 9/8c.

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The event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.

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