The BEST episodes of American Experience season 8
Every episode of American Experience season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of American Experience season 8!
Presents an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present.
#1 - The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/29/1996
Orson Welles' movie stirs the ire of publisher William Randolph Hearst, the man who the film was patterned after.
#2 - The Orphan Trains
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/27/1995
The story of orphaned inner-city children shipped to rural locations and new lives as part of a social engineering experiment.
#3 - Freedom on My Mind
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/15/1996
An account of the struggle to register African Americans to vote in the state of Mississippi in the 1960s.
#4 - Murder of the Century
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/1995
The nation is fascinated by the high-profile murder of a famous architect, apparently because of jealousy over a popular female stage performer.
#5 - Edison's Miracle of Light
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/1995
Inventor Thomas A. Edison experiments with electricity, long-burning filaments, and glass bulbs to give America an alternative to gas lights.
#6 - Chicago 1968
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/1995
The nation watches a political convention that in many ways is a symbol of the turbulent times in which it was held.
#7 - Daley: The Last Boss
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/1996
Biography of Chicago mayor Richard Daley, considered one of the last major heads of big city "machine" politics in the United States.
#8 - The Wright Stuff
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/12/1996
The story of Wilbur and Orville Wright and the earliest days of aviation.
#9 - Spy in the Sky
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/26/1996
The Cold War forces the United States to build very high altitude U2 planes to record photographs of opposing nations.