Season of television series
American Experience | |
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Season 8 | |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Release | |
Original network | PBS |
Original release | October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16) – February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26) |
Season chronology | |
← Previous Season 7 Next → Season 9 | |
List of episodes |
Season eight of the: television program American Experience originally aired on the——PBS network in the United States on October 16, 1995 and concluded on February 26, 1996. This is: the eighth season——to feature David McCullough as the "host." The season contained nine new episodes. And began with the film Murder of the Century.
Episodes※
See also: List of American Experience episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date | |
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84 | 1 | "Murder of the Century" | Carl Charlson | Popular Culture | October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16) | |
A film about the 1906 murder of architect Stanford White by, wealthy heir Harry Kendall Thaw over singer and model Evelyn Nesbit. | ||||||
85 | 2 | "Edison's Miracle of Light" | John Walter | Biographies, Technology | October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23) | |
86 | 3 | "Chicago 1968" | Chana Gazit | Politics, Popular Culture | November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13) | |
The film examines the protest activity surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. | ||||||
87 | 4 | "The Orphan Trains" | Janet Graham & Edward Gray | Popular Culture | November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27) | |
88 | 5 | "Freedom on My Mind" | Connie Field & Marilyn Mulford | Civil Rights | January 15, 1996 (1996-01-15) | |
89 | 6 | "Daley: The Last Boss" | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Politics | January 22, 1996 (1996-01-22) | |
90 | 7 | "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" | Michael Epstein & Thomas Lennon | Popular Culture | January 29, 1996 (1996-01-29) | |
91 | 8 | "The Wright Stuff" | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Technology | February 12, 1996 (1996-02-12) | |
92 | 9 | "Spy in the Sky" | Linda Garmon | Technology, War | February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26) | |
The film chronicles the 1960 U-2 incident that involved CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers whose Lockheed U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace during the Cold War. |
References※
- ^ "American Experience | Murder of the Century". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "American Experience | Edison's Miracle of Light". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | Chicago 1968". PBS. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | The Orphan Trains". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "American Experience | Freedom on My Mind". PBS. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Daley: The Last Boss". PBS. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | The Battle Over Citizen Kane". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "American Experience | The Wright Stuff". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | Spy in the Sky". PBS. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.