American Experience
Season 13 Episode 5 - Streamliners: America's Last Trains
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
Recalling the stainless steel trains that crisscrossed the country in high style (and at speeds of greater than 100 mph) during the 1930s and '40s. The streamliners -- most notably the Union Pacific's "Little Zip" and the Burlington Railroad's Zephyr -- increased railroad ridership (and profits) dramatically, led to a sleek-is-chic design revolution and even offered a measure of psychological uplift during the Depression.
Episodes in Season 13
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The Rockefellers (1)
55 min
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
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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
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10
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
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12
Stephen Foster
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