Season 14
(2001)
Cast
Episodes
New York (6): The City of Tomorrow 0.0
September 10, 2001
"City of Tomorrow (1929-45)" focuses on Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who used his close ties to FDR to make the city "a gi…
New York (7): The City and the World 0.0
September 17, 2001
Conclusion. "The City and the World" begins in 1945, with New York "at the pinnacle," says historian David McCullough. …
War Letters 0.0
November 1, 2001
War letters from the American Revolution to the Gulf War are read by 15 actors (including Joan Allen, Edward Norton, Ke…
Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man 0.0
January 6, 2002
A two-part profile of Woodrow Wilson in which news clips, atmospheric re-creations and readings (Rene Auberjonois and B…
Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World 0.0
January 13, 2002
Woodrow Wilson reluctantly enters World War I in an effort to "make the world safe for democracy" as this two-part prof…
Mount Rushmore 0.0
January 20, 2002
Chronicling the 16-year struggle (1925-41) to fashion Mount Rushmore in South Dakota's Black Hills, and profiling sculp…
Miss America 0.0
January 27, 2002
Recalling the 80-year history of the Miss America Pageant and what narrator Cherry Jones calls "a barometer of America'…
Zoot Suit Riots 0.0
March 1, 2002
"Zoot Suit Riots" recalls a week of violence that rocked Los Angeles in June 1943, pitting Mexican-Americans against An…
Monkey Trial 0.0
February 23, 2002
Recalling the "epic battle" over evolution waged in 1925 by fundamentalist titan William Jennings Bryan and freethinkin…
Public Enemy #1 0.0
February 17, 2002
John Dillinger may have been "Public Enemy No. 1" in 1933 and '34, but Americans didn't reflexively hate him, and this …
Ansel Adams 0.0
April 21, 2002
Ric Burns' profile of the photographer whose connection to Yosemite is such that a mountain near the park is named for …
A Brilliant Madness 0.0
April 28, 2002
Mathematics genius John Nash recalls his bout with schizophrenia (the subject dramatized in the Oscar-winning film "A B…
Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior 0.0
April 1, 2002
A moody two-part biography of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85). Part 1, "Warrior," quickly sketches his largely unsuccessful …
Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President 0.0
April 2, 2002
The conclusion of this biography of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) covers the last 20 years of the life of "the most popula…