American Experience
Season 13 Episode 1 - The Rockefellers (1)
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
A dramatic two-part profile of the Rockefellers, a family whose name is synonymous with wealth, begins. Part 1 traces how John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) struck oil (figuratively) in the 1860s and parlayed it into a corporate behemoth that the Supreme Court had to break up in 1911. It also examines how he and his son John D. Jr. (1874-1960) lived with that money -- and the hatred it engendered. The family's strategy: philanthropy. David Ogden Stiers narrates.
Episodes in Season 13
1
The Rockefellers (1)
55 min
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2
The Rockefellers (2)
55 min
3
Secrets of a Master Builder
55 min
4
Return with Honor
55 min
5
Streamliners: America's Last Trains
55 min
6
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
55 min
7
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I
55 min
8
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II
55 min
9
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part III
55 min
10
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
55 min
11
Fatal Flood
55 min
12
Stephen Foster
55 min
