1988

S3.E1 ∙ Lindbergh

Sun, Sep 30, 1990

After his famous flight, Charles Lindbergh becomes known to all the world but struggles with life in the limelight.

5.6 /10

Richard M. Nixon was one of American history's most powerful figures. Recalling events etched in U.S. memory, this three-hour program explores a fateful mix of strength and weakness that made him president, and then brought him down. Events revealing Nixon's distinctive signature in American politics, from a meteoric rise to Congress to the presidency and the morass of Watergate, unfold in three parts: The Quest, Triumph, and The Fall. This is the first of three parts.

7.9 /10

S3.E3 ∙ Richard Nixon: Part II

Sun, Oct 14, 1990

Richard M. Nixon was one of American history's most powerful figures. Recalling events etched in U.S. memory, this three-hour program explores a fateful mix of strength and weakness that made him president, and then brought him down. Events revealing Nixon's distinctive signature in American politics, from a meteoric rise to Congress to the presidency and the morass of Watergate, unfold in three parts: The Quest, Triumph, and The Fall. This is the second of three parts.

7.7 /10

S3.E4 ∙ Nixon: Part III

Sun, Oct 14, 1990

Richard M. Nixon was one of American history's most powerful figures. Recalling events etched in U.S. memory, this three-hour program explores a fateful mix of strength and weakness that made him president, and then brought him down. Events revealing Nixon's distinctive signature in American politics, from a meteoric rise to Congress to the presidency and the morass of Watergate, unfold in three parts: The Quest, Triumph, and The Fall. This is the third of three parts.

7.9 /10

S3.E5 ∙ God Bless America and Poland, Too

Sun, Oct 21, 1990

Polish immigration in the 1910s and the contributions of Poles to the United States.

5.7 /10

S3.E6 ∙ Insanity on Trial

Sun, Oct 28, 1990

The assassination of President James Garfield in 1880 by Charles Guiteau, who believed his actions were ordained by God, resulted in a trial where the plea "innocent by reason of insanity" was used for the first time.

6.3 /10