American Experience
Season 9 Episode 5 - The Telephone
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
At first rented only "to persons of good breeding," seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, within a decade the telephone had begun to transform American life. Trees gave way to telephone poles as operators known as "hello girls" began to connect a sprawling continent.
Episodes in Season 9
1
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1): The Long Campaign
55 min
2
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (2): The Bully Pulpit
55 min
3
The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie
55 min
4
Hawaii's Last Queen
55 min
5
The Telephone
55 min
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11
Vietnam: A Television History (Part 1 & 2)
55 min
12
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55 min
13
Vietnam: A Television History (4): America Takes Charge
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14
Vietnam: A Television History (5): America's Enemy
55 min
15
Vietnam: A Television History (6): Tet 1968
55 min
16
Vietnam: A Television History (7): Vietnamizing the War
55 min
17
Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos
55 min
18
Vietnam: A Television History (9): Peace is at Hand
55 min
19
Vietnam: A Television History (10): Homefront USA
55 min
20
Vietnam: A Television History (11): The End of the Tunnel
55 min
30
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (3): The Good Fight
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31
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (4): Black Care
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