| American Experience | |
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| Season 26 | |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
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| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | January 7 (2014-01-07) – November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) |
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Season 26 of the television program American Experience was originally shown on the PBS network in the United States from January 7, 2014, and concluded on November 18, 2014. The season contained seven new episodes and began with the film The Poisoner's Handbook.[1]
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| 293 | 1 | "The Poisoner's Handbook"[3] | Rob Rapley | Teleplay by : Rob Rapley Story by : Michelle Ferrari | January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) | |
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Chronicles the pioneering work of medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander GettlerinNew York City during Prohibition and the Great Depression. By recounting their combined work of applying the scientific method to crimes and poisons, the documentary reveals their contribution to the emerging field of forensic toxicology. The film is in part based on the book, The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, by Deborah Blum.[2]
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| 294 | 2 | "1964"[5] | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) | |
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Recounts and examines pivotal events and personalities in politics, culture and sports during 1964 and their reverberations into the present time in the United States. The film is in part based on the book, The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, by Jon Margolis.[4]
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| 295 | 3 | "The Amish: Shunned"[7] | Callie T. Wiser | Callie T. Wiser | February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04) | |
| 296 | 4 | "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"[9] | John Maggio | John Maggio | February 11, 2014 (2014-02-11) | |
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Documents the life and crimes of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch.[8]
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| 297 | 5 | "The Rise and Fall of Penn Station"[11] | Randall MacLowry | Randall MacLowry | February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18) | |
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Examines the construction, demise, and eventual demolition of Pennsylvania StationinNew York City and its legacy for preservation efforts in the United States. The film is in part based on the book, Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels, by Jill Jonnes.[10]
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| 298 | 6 | "Freedom Summer"[13] | Stanley Nelson | Stanley Nelson | June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24) | |
| 299 | 7 | "Cold War Roadshow"[15] | Robert Stone & Tim B. Toidze | Unknown | November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) | |
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A documentary about a 12-day tour in the United States during September 1959byNikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union by invitation of Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States, during the Cold War. The documentary focuses on the reaction of the American media and the nations' citizens.[14]
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