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Chasing the Moon: Teaser

Join American Experience and PBS to relive the journey that defined a generation. “Chasing the Moon” recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama, utilizing a feast of previously overlooked and lost archival material.

Preview Season 31 Episode 3 Length 01:03 Premiere: 07/08/19

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Clips & Previews

Teaser #1: Countdown | Chasing the Moon

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 07/08/19

Chasing the Moon: Teaser

Preview Length 01:03 Premiere Date 07/08/19

Teaser #2: Chasing | Chasing the Moon

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 07/08/19

Chapter 1 | Chasing the Moon, Part 1

Clip Length 08:31 Premiere Date 07/03/19

The Moon’s Lasting Pull

Clip Length 04:20 Premiere Date 07/01/19

The Desegregation of Huntsville

Clip Length 09:24 Premiere Date 06/27/19

Space Law, The Next Generation: Chasing the Moon

Clip Length 05:56 Premiere Date 06/25/19

How NASA Sold Us a Trip to the Moon: Chasing the Moon

Clip Length 06:06 Premiere Date 06/25/19

Ed Dwight: First African American Candidate for Space

Clip Length 01:09 Premiere Date 05/17/19

Valerie Anders

Clip Length 01:13 Premiere Date 04/18/19

Poppy Northcutt: Return to Earth Specialist

Clip Length 01:16 Premiere Date 03/15/19

Wernher Von Braun: Rocket Scientist

Clip Length 01:27 Premiere Date 03/15/19

Trailer: Extended | Chasing the Moon

Preview Length 03:41 Premiere Date 01/30/19

Specials

Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act [ASL]

Length 53:02 Premiere Date 03/25/25

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FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech

Length 01:10 Premiere Date 12/06/16

Olympian Profile: Andrew Campbell

Length 03:06 Premiere Date 08/02/16

Olympian Profile: Katelin Snyder

Length 02:53 Premiere Date 08/02/16

Radio Coverage of the 1936 Olympics

Length 05:28 Premiere Date 08/02/16

Olympian Profile: Bryan Volpenhein

Length 03:25 Premiere Date 07/18/16

Olympian Profile: Caryn Davies

Length 03:23 Premiere Date 07/11/16

Grand Central: Crisis Leads to Opportunity

Length 02:19 Premiere Date 02/04/08

Grand Central: Breaking Ground

Length 01:51 Premiere Date 02/04/08

The Design of Grand Central

Length 01:07 Premiere Date 02/04/08

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