Season 11
(1998)
Cast
Episodes
America 1900 0.0
November 18, 1998
Over one hundred years ago, Americans looked forward to the uncertainty of a new century with a mixture of confidence, …
Race for the Superbomb 0.0
January 11, 1999
At the dawn of the Cold War, the United States initiated a top secret program in New Mexico to build a weapon even more…
Hoover Dam 0.0
January 18, 1999
Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, it was called one of the greatest engineering …
Alone on the Ice 0.0
February 8, 1999
In June 1934, Richard Byrd lay alone in a small hut within the polar ice, hovering near death. No one before Byrd had e…
Rescue at Sea 0.0
February 15, 1999
On January 23, 1909, two ships -- one carrying Italian immigrants to New York City, the other, American tourists to Eur…
Meltdown at Three Mile Island 0.0
February 22, 1999
At 4:00am on March 28, 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania su…
Lost in the Grand Canyon 0.0
April 5, 1999
In the summer of 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran led the first expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand…
MacArthur (1): Destiny 0.0
May 17, 1999
Part 1 of a two-part biography of Douglas MacArthur takes "America's first soldier" from his brilliant WWI service into…
MacArthur (2): The Politics of War 0.0
May 18, 1999
The conclusion of "MacArthur" focuses on his "return" to the Philippines in 1944, his years as Supreme Allied Commander…
Fly Girls 0.0
May 24, 1999
During WWII, more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the U.S. military. Wives, mothers, actresses and debutant…