S3 E1 • Lindbergh

After his famous flight, Charles Lindbergh becomes known to all the world but struggles with life in the limelight.

Première diffusion : 1 octobre 1990

S3 E2 • Nixon (1): The Quest

Chronicle of the 37th President - from his earliest ambitions to his innovative foreign policy and paranoia of perceived rivals.

Première diffusion : 8 octobre 1990

S3 E3 • Nixon (2): Triumph

Chronicle of the 37th President - from his earliest ambitions to his innovative foreign policy and paranoia of perceived rivals.

Première diffusion : 15 octobre 1990

S3 E4 • Nixon (3): The Fall

Chronicle of the 37th President - from his earliest ambitions to his innovative foreign policy and paranoia of perceived rivals.

Première diffusion : 22 octobre 1990

S3 E5 • The Crash of 1929

The unbounded optimism of the Jazz Age and the shocking consequences when reality finally hit on October 29th, ultimately leading to the Great Depression.

Première diffusion : 12 novembre 1990

S3 E6 • The Iron Road

America is spanned when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific join track and enable a railroad system that is truly transcontinental.

Première diffusion : 26 novembre 1990

S3 E7 • The Satellite Sky

The story behind orbiting satellites, the "space race," and the proliferation and uses of man-made satellites.

Première diffusion : 3 décembre 1990

S3 E8 • Insanity on Trial

The trial of Charles Guiteau, a seeming madman who killed President James Garfield.

Première diffusion : 17 décembre 1990

S3 E9 • After the Crash

After the stock market crashed in 1929, thousands suffered unemployment and poverty in the Great Depression. The most desperate year, 1932, brought World War I veterans' Bonus March, the election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the New Deal.

Première diffusion : 7 janvier 1991

S3 E10 • Los Mineros

A story of Mexican-American workers in early 20th century copper mines in the southwest.

Première diffusion : 28 janvier 1991

S3 E11 • Coney Island

A history of the three major amusement parks that made Coney Island one of America's favorite recreational diversions in the early to mid 20th century and the ultimate fate of Coney Island.

Première diffusion : 4 février 1991

S3 E12 • Journey to America

Documentary on the great influx of immigrants between 1890 and the 1920s.

Première diffusion : 22 avril 1991

S3 E13 • Orphans of the Storm

A tale of British children sent to North America during the early World War II bombing of London.

Première diffusion : 6 mai 1991

S3 E14 • Love in the Cold War

The story of Eugene Dennis and his wife Peggy, communist activists in the post-World War II era.

Première diffusion : 18 février 1991