American Experience
Season 3 Episode 9 - The Iron Road
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
A tale of high adventure, enormous human effort and engineering brilliance. On May 2, 1869, when the last railroad spike was driven, bells in the churches of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Omaha and St. Louis rang in celebration. Six years in the making, the transcontinental railroad captured the imagination of the nation, symbolizing unification of the country after five years of Civil War.
Episodes in Season 3
1
Lindbergh
55 min
2
Nixon (1): The Quest
55 min
3
Nixon (2): Triumph
55 min
4
Nixon (3): The Fall
55 min
5
God Bless America and Poland, Too
55 min
6
Insanity on Trial
55 min
7
The Satellite Sky
55 min
8
The Crash of 1929
55 min
9
The Iron Road
55 min
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10
French Dance Tonight
55 min
11
After the Crash
55 min
12
Los Mineros
55 min
13
Coney Island
55 min
