TV American Experience - Season 1 Episode 1 : The Great San Francisco Earthquake American Experience - Season 1 Episode 1 : The Great San Francisco Earthquake 6.6/10 by 43 users From Enrico Caruso to the ordinary San Franciscan, this film presents vivid memories of those trapped in the terrifying event of 1906. Four hundred eighty square blocks were reduced to rubble; thousands were killed, tens of thousands left homeless. Then the heroic struggle to rebuild a city from the ashes began. Details Casts Posters Images Title American Experience - Season 1 Episode 1 : The Great San Francisco Earthquake Alternative Titles The American Experience First Air Date 1988-10-04 Last Air Date 2026-01-06 Number of Episodes 400 Number of Seasons 38 Genres Documentary, Networks PBS, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List American Experience Season 1 :Episode 1 The Great San Francisco Earthquake The Great San Francisco Earthquake 1988-10-04 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 2 Radio Bikini Radio Bikini 1988-10-11 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 3 Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo 1988-10-18 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 4 Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild A Dream Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild A Dream 1988-10-25 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 5 The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter 1988-11-01 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 6 Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys? Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys? 1988-11-08 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 7 Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close 1988-11-15 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 8 Geronimo and the Apache Resistance Geronimo and the Apache Resistance 1988-11-22 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 9 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited 1988-11-29 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 10 That Rhythm, Those Blues That Rhythm, Those Blues 1988-12-06 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 11 The Radio Priest The Radio Priest 1988-12-13 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 12 Hearts and Hands Hearts and Hands 1988-12-20 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 13 Views of a Vanishing Frontier Views of a Vanishing Frontier 1988-12-27 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 14 Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings 1989-01-03 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 15 The World That Moses Built The World That Moses Built 1989-01-10 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 1 :Episode 16 Sins of Our Mothers Sins of Our Mothers 1989-01-17 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.