American Experience
Season 23 Episode 9 - The Great Famine
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
God in America (Parts 1–2)
55 min
God in America (Parts 3-4)
55 min
God in America (Parts 5-6)
55 min
Robert E. Lee
55 min
Dinosaur Wars
55 min
Panama Canal
55 min
The Greely Expedition
55 min
Triangle Fire
55 min
The Great Famine
55 min
Stonewall Uprising
55 min
Soundtrack for a Revolution
55 min
Freedom Riders
55 min