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ID #	Title	Film Type	Playing Time	Release Date	Color or BW	Description	Keywords	Volume
280	American Experience: Goin' Back to T-Town				N/A		U.S. history, United States
130	American Experience: In the White Man's Image				N/A	In 1875, Captain Richard Pratt escorted 72 Indian warriors suspected of murdering white settlers at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. Once there, Pratt began an ambitious experiment which involved teaching the Indians to read and write English, etc.	19th century, colonization, Florida, Great Britain, Indians, Native Americans, Richard Pratt, St. Augustine	2 of 9
281	American Experience: In the White Man's Image				N/A		U.S. history, United States
136	American Experience: Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo				N/A	Film outlines the heroic life and unique experience of historian Angie Debo.	Angie Debo, historians, U.S. history, United States	8 of 9
131	American Experience: Los Mineros				N/A	Much of the history of the western United States centers on the mining of precious metals. The search for gold, silver, and copper ore dominated the lives of prospectors and the small communities they founded.	gold rush, precious metals, prospectors, U.S. history, United States, Western history	3 of 9
129	American Experience: Love in the Cold War				N/A	The Cold War was often waged at great personal cost. In the Soviet Union, many families suffered under Stalin's rule and in America, more than a few had to contend with the McCarthy anti-Communist witch hunts.	20th century, anti-communism, Cold War, McCarthyism, Red Scare, Soviet Union, Stalin, U.S. history, United States	1 of 9
274D	American Experience: Miss America	DVD		2002	Color	The country's oldest beauty contest, Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation. The pageant is about commercialism and sexual politics, and big business and small towns. But beyond the symbolism lies a human story--at once moving, inspiring, infuriating, and poignant, complete with interviews with former contestants and fabulous behind-the-scenes footage.	contemporary culture, North America, pageants, United States
134	American Experience: Mr. Sear's Catalog				N/A	Issued in the late 1800s and weighing nearly four pound, the early Sears Roebuck catalogue was the link to civilization and the good life for generations of rural Americans.	19th century, catalog, consumr market, rural America, Sears Roebuck, social history, United States	6 of 9
221	American Experience: Radio Bikini	documentary			N/A	Almost immediately after World War II, the United States began to drop a series of atomic bomb tests on the Bikini Islands.This documentary tells the story of America's first unclassified testing.	atomic bomb, Bikini Islands, Pacific Ocean, Radio Bikini, U.S. history, unclassified testing, United States, World War II
516	American Experience: That Rhythm, Those Blues	documentary	60 min.		N/A	Documents the black rhythm-and-blues singers of the 1940s and 1950s. Their performances, the endless one-night stands, makeshift housing and inadequate transportation were all a gig step toward the big time at the famed Apollo Theatre on 125th Street in Harlem. The story of the Apollo reflects the era of sanctioned American segregation and carries a message about the relationship between black and white Americans.	20th century, Harlem, R&B music, social history, the Apollo, United States	vol 1
135	American Experience: That Rhythm, Those Blues				N/A	In the 1940s and 1950's, when American musicians faced racial segregation, black rhythm-and-blues singers toured the South performing in clubs, etc. The film tells the story of those premier performers.	20th century, blues, Music, racism, segregation, Southern history, U.S. history, United States	7 of 9
132	American Experience: The Crash of 1929				N/A	The year 1929 put the roar in the roaring twenties. Here is the story of the time when playing the stock market epitomized a national faith in a booming economy and almost everyone believes the permanent prosperity in the American dream.	1929, 20th century, American dream, Roaring twenties, stock market crash, U.S. history, United States	4 of 9
226	American Experience: The Home Fronts	documentary			N/A		U.S. history, United States, war
224	American Experience: The Jacksonian Persuasion	documentary			N/A		19th century, Andrew Jackson, president, U.S. history, United States
223	American Experience: The Rural Republic	documentary			N/A		Republic, rural America, U.S. history, United States
220	American Experience: The Sins of Our Mother				N/A	Gothic tale about sin and redemption in the 19th century New England and the impact of a legend on one very small town in Maine.	19th century, legends, Maine, New England, U.S. history, United States
517	American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots	documentary	60 min.		N/A	Story about a young Mexican-American murdered in Los Angeles in August of 1942. Tension had been building up for years between Mexican and white Los Angelenos. "Zoot-Suiters" is what the press used to refer to the clothes worn by the young Mexican youth who were terrorizing the city with a rave of crime. 600 "zoo-suiters" were arrested. Seventeen went to trial and were convicted with little or no evidence.This sparked riots between servicemen and the Mexican American community	1942, 20th century, Los Angeles, Mexican-American, social history, United States, Zoot suits	vol 2
554	American Vision Volume 5: A Wave From the Atlantic		60 min		Color and B&W	Waves of immigrants in the early 20th century brought both their old culture and a thirst for the new. In this video their tenements are documented by photographer Jacob Riis and the socially conscious Ashcan School	20th century, Ashcan School, immigration, Jacob Riis, photography, social history, tenements, United States	vol 5
555	American Vision Volume 6: Streamlines and Breadlines		60 min		Color and B&W	Jacob Lawrence tells stories of black America, and ambitious New Deal projects like Hoover Dam project self-confidence in hard times.	20th century, African American, Franklin Roosevelt, Hoover Dam, New Deal, United States	vol 6
556	American Vision Volume 7: The Empire of Signs		60 min		Color and B&W	Hosted by Robert Hughes he considers the impact of Hiroshima on art, traces the development of abstract expressionism and the life of Jackson Pollack, and explores how artists as different as James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns reacted to the new consumer culture.	20th century, abstract art, Andy Warhol, art, atomic bomb, Claes Oldenburg, consumer culture, expressionist, Hiroshima, Jackson Pollack, James Rosenquist, Jasper Johns, Joseph Cornell, modern art, United States	vol 7

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