American Experience
Season 2 Episode 1 - The Great Air Race of 1924
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
The first around-the-world air race, sponsored by the Army Air Service to prove that the airplane had a commercial future, was the ultimate test of man and machine. Four pilots took off in single-engine, open-cockpit planes; 175 days later, two remaining pilots would land where they'd begun, in Seattle.
Episodes in Season 2
1
The Great Air Race of 1924
55 min
NOW PLAYING
2
Demon Rum
55 min
3
A Family Gathering
55 min
4
The Great War: 1918
55 min
5
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
55 min
6
Forever Baseball
55 min
7
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
55 min
8
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
55 min
9
Adam Clayton Powell
55 min
10
Journey to America
55 min
11
Ballad of a Mountain Man
55 min
12
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
55 min
13
Orphans of the Storm
55 min
14
Forbidden City, USA
55 min
15
Battle for Wilderness
55 min
16
Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad
55 min
