American Experience (season 26)
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| Country of origin | United States |
|---|---|
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | January 7, 2014 – November 18, 2014 |
Season twenty-six of the television program American Experience originally aired on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States from January 7, 2014 and concluded on November 18, 2014.[1]
Episodes
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291 | 1 | "The Poisoner's Handbook"[3] | Rob Rapley | Popular Culture, Technology | January 7, 2014 |
| Chronicles the pioneering work of medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler in New York City during Prohibition and the Great Depression. By recounting their combined work the documentary reveals their contribution to the emerging field of forensic toxicology. The film is in part based on the book, The Poisoner's Handbook, by Deborah Blum.[2] | |||||
| 292 | 2 | "1964"[5] | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics, Popular Culture | January 14, 2014 |
| Recounts and examines pivotal events and personalities in politics, culture, and sports during 1964 and their reverberations into the present time in the United States. The film is in part based on the book, The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, by Jon Margolis.[4] | |||||
| 293 | 3 | "The Amish: Shunned"[7] | Callie T. Wiser | Popular Culture | February 4, 2014 |
| Examines the experience of several individuals that are former members of an Amish community and their response to the Amish practice of shunning.[6] | |||||
| 294 | 4 | "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"[9] | John Maggio | Biographies, The American West | February 11, 2014 |
| Documents the life and crimes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, members of the Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch.[8] | |||||
| 295 | 5 | "The Rise and Fall of Penn Station"[11] | Randall MacLowry | Popular Culture, Technology | February 18, 2014 |
| Examines the construction, demise, and eventual demolition of Pennsylvania Station in New York City and its legacy for preservation efforts in the United States. The film is in part based on the book, Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels, by Jill Jonnes.[10] | |||||
| 296 | 6 | "Freedom Summer"[13] | Stanley Nelson | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | June 24, 2014 |
| Chronicles the Mississippi Summer Project during the Civil Rights Movement.[12] | |||||
| 297 | 7 | "Cold War Roadshow"[15] | Robert Stone, Tim B. Toidze | Politics, Popular Culture | November 18, 2014 |
| A documentary about a 12 day tour in the United States during September 1959 by Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union by invitation of Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States during the Cold War. The documentary focuses on the reaction of the American media and the nations' citizens.[14] | |||||
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