American Experience season 25
Season of television series
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Season twenty-five of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on January 8, 2013 and concluded on November 12, 2013. The show celebrated its 25th anniversary. The season contained eight new episodes and began with the first part of The Abolitionists film, "From Courage to Freedom".[1]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date | |
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| 285 | 1 | "The Abolitionists (Part 1)"[2] | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 8, 2013 | |
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| 286 | 2 | "The Abolitionists (Part 2)" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 15, 2013 | |
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| 287 | 3 | "The Abolitionists (Part 3)" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 22, 2013 | |
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| 288 | 4 | "Henry Ford"[3] | Sarah Colt | Biographies, Popular Culture | January 29, 2013 | |
| 289 | 5 | "Silicon Valley"[4] | Randall MacLowry | Biographies, Popular Culture, Technology | February 5, 2013 | |
| 290 | 6 | "War of the Worlds"[5] | Cathleen O'Connell | Popular Culture | October 29, 2013 | |
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Recounts and examines the impact of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) airing of the radio episode, "The War of the Worlds" on October 30, 1938 and its presenter Orson Welles. The radio episode was based on the science fiction novel of the same name by English author H. G. Wells. The radio series, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, broadcast a mock news report that claimed there was an alien invasion by Martians. The broadcast produced numerous news reports of listeners responding with panic and mass hysteria.[6] | ||||||
| 291 | 7 | "JFK (Part 1)"[7] | Susan Bellows | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 11, 2013 | |
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Chronicles the life, presidency, and murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States and the eighth president to die while in office. The film aired to coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination that occurred on November 22, 1963.[8] | ||||||
| 292 | 8 | "JFK (Part 2)" | Susan Bellows | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 12, 2013 | |
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Part two of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy biopic. The film aired to coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination that occurred on November 22, 1963. | ||||||