American Experience
Season 4 Episode 5 - The Johnstown Flood
6.6 ?
1988
Documentary
By an abandoned earthen dam, at a mountain resort 14 miles up the valley, the leaders of industry and their families created an exclusive summer retreat. But the structure of the dam was fatally flawed. On May 31, 1889, after steady spring rains, it broke without warning, and this small city in Pennsylvania was swept away in a wall of water over 30 feet high. More than two thousand people lost their lives; thousands were left homeless.
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LBJ (1)
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2
LBJ (2)
55 min
3
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
55 min
4
Scandalous Mayor
55 min
5
The Johnstown Flood
55 min
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8
Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo
55 min
9
The Quiz Show Scandal
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10
Love in the Cold War
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