American Experience (season 9)

American Experience (season 9)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06) – July 28, 1997 (1997-07-28)

Season nine of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on October 6, 1996 and concluded on July 28, 1997. The season contained 20 episodes and began with the first part of the film TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt. The 11-part Vietnam: A Television History miniseries was a rebroadcast of the production originally shown in 13 episodes during 1983. Episode two "The First Vietnam War" and episode 13 "Legacies" were dropped from the 1997 rebroadcast. Episode 12 "The End of the Tunnel (1973–1975)" was rebroadcast as "The Fall of Saigon" for the 1997 airing.

Episodes

* Denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
93	1	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)"^[1]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)
94	2	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 7, 1996 (1996-10-07)
95	3	"The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie"^[2]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies	January 20, 1997 (1997-01-20)
96	4	"Hawaii's Last Queen"^[3]	Vivian Ducat	Biographies	January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27)
97	5	"The Telephone"^[4]	Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon	Technology	February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)
98	6	"Big Dream, Small Screen"^[5]	David Dugan	Technology	February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10)
99	7	"New York Underground"^[6]	Elena Mannes	Technology	February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17)
100	8	"Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern"^[7]	Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan	Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment	April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)
101	9	"Around the World in 72 Days"^[8]	Christine Lesiak	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)
102	10	"Gold Fever"^[9]	Susan Steinberg	The American West	May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)
103	11*	"Vietnam: A Television History (Parts 1–2)"^[10]	Judith Vecchione (Part 1) Elizabeth Deane (Part 2)	Politics, War	May 26, 1997 (1997-05-26)
Part 1: "Roots of a War (1945–1953)" Part 2: "America's Mandarin (1954–1963)"
104	12	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 3)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02)
Part 3: "LBJ Goes to War (1964–1965)"
105	13	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 4)"	Andrew Pearson	Politics, War	June 9, 1997 (1997-06-09)
Part 4: "America Takes Charge (1965–1967)"
106	14	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 5)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16)
Part 5: "America's Enemy (1954–1967)"
107	15	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 6)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	June 23, 1997 (1997-06-23)
Part 6: "Tet 1968"
108	16	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 7)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	June 30, 1997 (1997-06-30)
Part 7: "Vietnamizing the War (1968–1973)"
109	17	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 8)"	Bruce Palling	Politics, War	July 7, 1997 (1997-07-07)
Part 8: "Cambodia and Laos"
110	18	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 9)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14)
Part 9: "Peace is at Hand (1968–1973)"
111	19	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 10)"	Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	July 21, 1997 (1997-07-21)
Part 10: "Homefront USA"
112	20	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 11)"	Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	July 28, 1997 (1997-07-28)
Part 11: "The Fall of Saigon"

References

↑ "American Experience | TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Hawaii's Last Queen". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | The Telephone". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Big Dream, Small Screen". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | New York Underground". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Troublesome Creek". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Around the World in 72 Days". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Gold Fever". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
↑ "American Experience | Vietnam: A Television History". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.

American Experience episodes

Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

"Radio Bikini" "The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter" "Family Gathering" "Adam Clayton Powell" "Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad" "Coney Island" "The Johnstown Flood" "Wild by Law" "The Donner Party" "Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II" "Malcolm X: Make It Plain" "D-Day" "Midnight Ramble" "Freedom on My Mind" "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" "Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern" "Vietnam: A Television History" "New York: A Documentary Film" "Nixon's China Game" "Return with Honor" "Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind" "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" "Woodrow Wilson" "Miss America" "Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film" "A Brilliant Madness" "The Murder of Emmett Till" "Daughter from Danang" "Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst" "Two Days in October" "Eyes on the Prize" "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" "The Mormons" "We Shall Remain" "Earth Days" "My Lai" "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World" "Dinosaur Wars" "Stonewall Uprising" "Soundtrack for a Revolution" "Freedom Riders" "Clinton" "The Amish" "Jesse Owens" "1964" "Freedom Summer" "Last Days in Vietnam" "Walt Disney" "Tesla" "The Battle of Chosin"

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