American Experience · SEASON 12
New York (5): Cosmopolis
Episode 5 · 1999-11-18
- Documentary
Episode overview
"Cosmopolis: 1914-1931" recalls the WWI years and the "Roaring '20s" in the city that F. Scott Fitzgerald called "the land of ambition and success." Of course, an egg was laid on Wall Street in 1929, but before that happened the city gave rise, narrator David Ogden Stiers says, "to a new culture, a mass culture" that was broadcast live on radio networks headquartered in New York.
55 minutes
Season 12 episodes
1. New York (1): The Country and the City1999-11-14
2. New York (2): Order and Disorder1999-11-15
3. New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow1999-11-16
4. New York (4): The Power and the People1999-11-17
5. New York (5): Cosmopolis1999-11-18
6. Eleanor Roosevelt2000-01-10
7. Houdini2000-01-24
8. Nixon's China Game2000-01-31
9. The Duel2000-02-14
10. John Brown's Holy War2000-02-28
11. George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1)2000-04-23
12. George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2)2000-04-24
13. Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory2000-05-01
14. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life2000-05-08
15. The Wizard of Photography2000-05-23
