American Experience · SEASON 18
Two Days in October
Episode 1 · 2005-10-17
- Documentary
Episode overview
"Two Days in October" recalls two 1967 events -- a Vietcong ambush and a violent antiwar demonstration at the University of Wisconsin -- that together marked a turning point in America's Vietnam tragedy. The ambush, on Oct. 17, killed 64 of the 142 U.S. troops attacked, and showed, maybe for the first time, that the war might not be winnable. And the protest, a day later against Dow Chemical Co., is believed to be the first antiwar demonstration to turn violent.
55 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Two Days in October2005-10-17
2. Race to the Moon2005-10-31
3. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City2005-11-14
4. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca2005-11-15
5. John and Abigail Adams2006-01-23
6. The Nuremberg Trials2006-01-30
7. Jesse James2006-02-06
8. Hijacked2006-02-25
9. Eugene O'Neill2006-03-21
10. The Boy in the Bubble2006-04-10
11. The Alaska Pipeline2006-04-24
12. Annie Oakley2006-05-08
13. The Man Behind Hitler2006-05-22
