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American Experience
Season 11
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkPBS
Original releaseNovember 18, 1998 (1998-11-18) –
May 24, 1999 (1999-05-24)
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Season eleven of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on November 18, 1998 and concluded on May 24, 1999. This is the eleventh season to feature David McCullough as the host, and the winner of the Primetime Emmy Awards. The season contained ten new episodes and began with all four parts of the film America 1900.

Episodes

See also: List of American Experience episodes
 *  Denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byCategoriesOriginal air date
122 1* "America 1900 (Parts 1–4)"[1]
David GrubinPolitics, Popular Culture, TechnologyNovember 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)

  • Part 1: "Winter, Spirit of the Age"
  • Part 2: "Spring, Change Is In the Air"
  • Part 3: "Summer, A Great Civilized Power"
  • Part 4: "Fall, Anything Seemed Possible"
1232"Race for the Superbomb"[2]Thomas OttTechnology, WarJanuary 11, 1999 (1999-01-11)
1243"Hoover Dam"[3]Stephen SteptTechnology, The American WestJanuary 18, 1999 (1999-01-18)
1254"Alone on the Ice"[4]Nancy PorterBiographies, Technology, The Natural EnvironmentFebruary 8, 1999 (1999-02-08)
1265"Rescue at Sea"[5]Ben LoetermanTechnologyFebruary 15, 1999 (1999-02-15)
1276"Meltdown at Three Mile Island"[6]Chana GazitTechnologyFebruary 22, 1999 (1999-02-22)
1287"Lost in the Grand Canyon"[7]Mark DavisBiographies, The American West, The Natural EnvironmentApril 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)
1298"MacArthur (Part 1)"[8]
Sarah Holt & Austin HoytBiographies, WarMay 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)

  • Part 1: "Destiny"
1309"MacArthur (Part 2)"Sarah Holt & Austin HoytBiographies, WarMay 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)

  • Part 2: "The Politics of War"
13110"Fly Girls"[9]Laurel LadevichBiographies, Technology, WarMay 24, 1999 (1999-05-24)

References

  1. ^ "American Experience | America 1900". PBS. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "American Experience | Race for the Superbomb". PBS. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "American Experience | Hoover Dam". PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  4. ^ "American Experience | Alone on the Ice". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "American Experience | Rescue at Sea". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  6. ^ "American Experience | Meltdown at Three Mile Island". PBS. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "American Experience | Lost in the Grand Canyon". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "American Experience | MacArthur". PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  9. ^ "American Experience | Fly Girls". PBS. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
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