PBS Previews | Prohibition
A 30 minute preview of Prohibition and a Q&A with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Episodes
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A Nation of Hypocrites
S1 E3 - 1h 46m
Gangsters make huge profits and wreak havoc in cities across the country. By the late 1920s, many Americans believe that Prohibition has failed. After the election of FDR in 1932, Prohibition is repealed
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A Nation of Scofflaws
S1 E2 - 1h 51m
In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect and millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight. Drys had hoped Prohibition would make the country a safer place, but the law has many victims
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A Nation of Drunkards
S1 E1 - 1h 36m
The story of Prohibition's rise and fall is a compelling saga that goes far beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, flappers, and speakeasies, to reveal a complicated and divided nation in the throes of momentous transformation.
Extras + Features
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Wayne Wheeler
S1 - 5m 2s
Wayne Wheeler, the gen. counsel for the Anti-Saloon League was the most powerful man in Washington, D.C.
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Rum Row
S1 - 3m 46s
Rum Row started at the tip of Maine and continued down to the coast of Florida. Boats would wait three miles off the coastline then bring in illegal alcohol at night.
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The Roots of Prohibition
S1 - 6m 4s
A review of alcohol's influence in America. Beer and Wine are overtaken by hard liquors.
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Whispering Wires
S1 - 9m 35s
Roy Olmstead is caught in a wiretap and sentenced to four years hard labor. His convicition is upheld by the Supreme Court, but Olmstead receives a pardon in 1935.
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Extended Look | The Jazz Age
S1 - 3m 6s
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Wynton Marsalis discuss what it takes to put together the score for Prohibition, and how the music takes on a life of it's own.
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America, A Multi-Ethnic Nation
S1 - 9m 14s
At the beginning of the 20th century most of the population shifted from rural to urban through immigration.
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Extended Look | The Eighteenth Amendment
S1 - 3m 1s
Prohibition, from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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George Remus The Primrose Path
S1 - 8m 41s
George Remus, King of the Bootleggers, is caught by the government, then put on trial for murdering his wife.
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Official Trailer 3
S1 - 32s
Watch Prohibition, where lofty goals trumped common sense, and average citizens became lawbreakers.
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Al Capone Murder to Massacre
S1 - 7m 31s
Feb. 14, 1929: George Moran's gang is gunned down in cold blood and Capone is thought to have ordered the hit.
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The Time is Now
S1 - 13m 20s
With the passage of the 16th Amendment, the Goverment no longer needed taxes from Alcohol. By 1914 a prohibition amendment seemed within reach.
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The Immigrant Invasion
S1 - 1m 53s
Tensions emerged between native born Americans and the newly arrived immigrants.
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