American Experience
Season 23 Episode 9 - The Great Famine
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine is a documentary about the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Five million Soviet citizens died. Half a world away, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by Herbert Hoover, director of the American Relief Administration.
Episodes in Season 23
1
God in America (Parts 1–2)
55 min
2
God in America (Parts 3-4)
55 min
3
God in America (Parts 5-6)
55 min
4
Robert E. Lee
55 min
5
Dinosaur Wars
55 min
6
Panama Canal
55 min
7
The Greely Expedition
55 min
8
Triangle Fire
55 min
9
The Great Famine
55 min
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10
Stonewall Uprising
55 min
11
Soundtrack for a Revolution
55 min
12
Freedom Riders
55 min
