American Experience
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American Experience (sometimes abbreviated AmEx) is a television program airing on the PBS network in the United States. The program airs documentaries about important events in American history, many of which have won impressive awards. The documentaries are extensively researched, often taking years to complete. Many programs are accompanied by websites that have more background information on the subjects covered. The show, which is produced by WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, began airing in 1988, and has had a presence on the Internet since 1995. Early on, the program was called The American Experience, although the "The" is commonly dropped in current usage.
Some programs now considered part of the American Experience collection were produced prior to the creation of the series. Vietnam: A Television History was one of them, airing in 1983 after taking six years to assemble.
American Experience topics in Wikipedia
The in-depth research conducted for each American Experience program means that the show has provided a good source for some significant contributions to Wikipedia. Some articles including information from the program are:
- Statue of Liberty
- Donner Party
- birth control pills
- Thomas Edison
- Golden Gate Bridge
- My Lai Massacre
- Streamliner
- Texas Revolution
- Emmett Till
- Jesse James
- Vivien Thomas
- Patty Hearst
- Vietnam War
- Alfred Kinsey
- Ronald Reagan
- Adolf Hitler
- Patriots Day
- Jimmy Carter
- History of Las Vegas
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- John Adams
- Reconstruction
- Eugene O'Neill
- 1906 San Francisco earthquake
- Annie Oakley
- Battle of the Alamo
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