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Season 1
1 :01x01 - The Great San Francisco Earthquake (Oct/04/1988)
The story of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and its effect on the city both present and future.
Guest Stars: F. Murray Abraham as Narrator
Director: Tom Weidlinger
Writer: Tom Weidlinger
 
2 :01x02 - Radio Bikini (Oct/11/1988)
The story of atomic bomb testing on the Bikini atoll after World War II.
Director: Robert Stone
Writer: Robert Stone
 
3 :01x03 - Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo (Oct/18/1988)
The federal government attempts to claim lands from their Native American dwellers.
Guest Stars: Rhonda Coullet as Narrator
Director: Martha Sandlin
Writer: Martha Sandlin
 
4 :01x04 - Not So Wild a Dream (Oct/25/1988)
The story of mid-20th century America as seen through the eyes of renowned journalist Eric Sevareid.
Guest Stars: Eric Sevareid as Narrator
Directors: Anthony Potter, Frank J. Demeo
Writer: Eric Sevareid
 
5 :01x05 - The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (Nov/01/1988)
During World War II, when the men went off to fight, the women stayed behind and worked in America's manufacturing and defense industries. This episode details their story.
Director: Connie Field
Writer: Connie Field
 
6 :01x06 - Do You Mean There are Still Real Cowboys? (Nov/08/1988)
Working ranches are visited to detail the lifestyles of modern day cowboys as opposed to their historical counterparts.
Guest Stars: Glenn Close as Narrator, Robert Redford as Narrator
Director: John Blair (2)
Writer: John Blair (2)
 
7 :01x07 - Kennedy vs. Wallace: a Crisis Up Close (Nov/15/1988)
The conflict between President John F. Kennedy and Alabama governor George Wallace over Civil Rights in the early 1960's.
Director: Robert Drew
Writer: Robert Drew
 
8 :01x08 - Geronimo and the Apache Resistance (Nov/22/1988)
The story of Apache chief Geronimo's battles against the United States government in the latter part of the 19th century.
Guest Stars: Neil Goodwin as Narrator
Director: Neil Goodwin
Writer: Neil Goodwin
 
9 :01x09 - Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited (Nov/29/1988)
The plight of Alabama tenant farmers during the 1930's is compared with their situation in recent times.
Directors: Alan Yentob, Carol Bell
Writer: Alan Yentob
 
10 :01x10 - That Rhythm, Those Blues (Dec/06/1988)
The story of rhythm and blues music and its acceptance by mainstream musical audiences in the 1950's.
Director: George Nierenberg
Writer: George Nierenberg
 
11 :01x11 - The Radio Priest (Dec/13/1988)
The story of Father Charles E. Coughlin, a Catholic priest who became a controversial radio broadcaster during the Great Depression of the 1930's.
Guest Stars: Irv Drasnin as Narrator
Director: Irv Drasnin
Writer: Irv Drasnin
 
12 :01x12 - Hearts and Hands (Dec/20/1988)
An examination of the lives of women in 19th century America through records they left by quilt making.
Director: Pat Ferrero
Writer: Beth Ferris
 
13 :01x13 - Views of a Vanishing Frontier (Dec/27/1988)
A German prince and a Swiss artist visited America during the 1830's. This is the story of their interpretation of the nation.
Guest Stars: Sam Waterston as Narrator, Werner Klemperer as Prince Maximillian
Directors: Craig T. Fisher, Helen Ashton
Writer: Helen Ashton
 
14 :01x14 - Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings (Jan/03/1989)
Author/photographer Eudora Welty and her views of the South immediately after the turn of the 20th century.
Guest Stars: Charles Kuralt as Narrator
Director: Patchy Wheatley
Writer: Michael Flynn (2)
 
15 :01x15 - The World That Moses Built (Jan/10/1989)
Master planner/builder Robert Moses and his impact upon the growth of New York City during the 20th century.
Directors: Mark Obenhaus, Edward Gray
Writer: Mark Obenhaus, Edward Gray
 
16 :01x16 - Sins of Our Mothers (Jan/17/1989)
The story of a 19th century woman who was scorned for marrying a man much younger than herself and later discovered that hubby was her biological son from many years prior.
Guest Stars: Amanda Plummer as Narrator
Director: Matthew Collins
Writer: Matthew Collins
 
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