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Season 17
192 :17x01 - RFK (Oct/04/2004)
Robert F. Kennedy's career in politics from serving as Attorney General in his brother's administration to being elected U. S. Senator from New York to his run for the presidency that ended in tragedy.
Guest Stars: Blair Brown as Narrator
Director: David Grubin
Writer: David Grubin
 
193 :17x02 - The Fight (Jan/24/2005)
The story of the heavyweight boxing match between American Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling in which both men were seen as being the symbols of their respective nations.
Guest Stars: Courtney B. Vance as Narrator
Director: Barak Goodman
Writer: Barak Goodman
 
194 :17x03 - Fidel Castro (Jan/31/2005)
Fidel Castro's long reign as dictator of Cuba is chronicled in this installment.
Guest Stars: David Ogden Stiers as Narrator
Director: Adriana Bosch
Writer: Adriana Bosch
 
195 :17x04 - Building the Alaskan Highway (Feb/07/2005)
The story of the construction of the Alaska Highway which connected the territory to the mainland of the United States.
Guest Stars: Joe Morton (1) as Narrator
Director: Tracy Heather Strain
Writer: Randall Maclowry
 
196 :17x05 - Kinsey (Feb/14/2005)
The controversial research of biologist Alfred Kinsey into human sexuality is this episode's subject.
Guest Stars: Campbell Scott as Narrator
Directors: Barak Goodman, John Maggio
Writer: Barak Goodman
 
197 :17x06 - Mary Pickford (Apr/04/2005)
Actress Mary Pickford became America's Sweetheart with her roles on-screen and was also a pioneering female businesswoman in Hollywood.
Guest Stars: Laura Linney as Narrator
Director: Sue Williams
Writer: Sue Williams
 
198 :17x07 - The Great Transatlantic Cable (Apr/11/2005)
The story of the laying of the Transatlantic Cable which allowed for almost instant communication between America and Europe.
Guest Stars: Linda Hunt as Narrator
Director: Peter Jones (3)
Writer: David Axelrod
 
199 :17x08 - The Fall of Saigon (Apr/25/2005)
The story of the fall of Saigon to Communist forces in 1975.
Guest Stars: Will Lyman as Narrator
Director: Elizabeth Deane
Writer: Elizabeth Deane
 
200 :17x09 - Victory in the Pacific (May/09/2005)
The story of victory in the Pacific Theater of World War II and how it affected the lives of both Americans and Japanese.
Guest Stars: David Ogden Stiers as Narrator
Director: Austin Hoyt
Writer: Austin Hoyt
 
201 :17x10 - The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (May/23/2005)
The life and times of the Carter Family, one of the pioneering groups of country music.
Guest Stars: Robert Duvall as Narrator
Director: Kathy Conkwright
Writer: Kathy Conkwright, Mary Makley
 
202 :17x11 - Guerilla: the Taking of Patty Hearst (May/30/2005)
The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst and her later becoming sympathetic to the cause of her captors.
Director: Robert Stone
Writer: Robert Stone
 
203 :17x12 - The Massie Affair (Jul/04/2005)
During the 1930's, five young native Hawaiians were falsely accused of raping the wife of a U.S. Naval officer. These accusations sparked racial unrest in the islands.
Guest Stars: Blair Brown as Narrator
Director: Mark Zwonitzer
Writer: Mark Zwonitzer
 
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