The BEST episodes written by Charles Guggenheim
#1 - The Making of Liberty
PBS Specials - Season 1986 - Episode 1
The history of America's most famous symbol from its conception by her creator, August Bartholdi, through her construction in 1886 and the restoration for her re-dedication in New York harbor on the Fourth of July in 1986. The film documents an intimate view about the Statue of Liberty, from the dazzling heights of the tallest freestanding scaffold ever erected, to the gold leaf on her torch. It is the story of the building and rebuilding of a monument embodying the American experience, as seen through the eyes of artisans and laborers whose tasks are separated by a hundred years, but whose vision transcends time
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American Experience - Season 2 - Episode 9
Documentary on the great influx of immigrants between 1890 and the 1920s.
#3 - The Johnstown Flood
American Experience - Season 4 - Episode 5
Documentary of the 1889 disaster caused by a broken dam.
#4 - D-Day
American Experience - Season 6 - Episode 9
Archival footage and the voices of people who participated provide a unique perspective on the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy.