American Experience · SEASON 30

The Circus (1)

Episode 7 · 2018-10-08

★ 10.0
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Season 30Episode 7★ 10.0/10
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Episode overview

Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment during an era when master showmen P.T. Barnum, James Bailey and the Ringling Brothers transformed the nation’s popular culture.

55 minutes

Season 30 episodes

1. Into the Amazon2018-01-09 2. The Secret of Tuxedo Park2018-01-16 3. The Gilded Age2018-02-06 4. The Bombing of Wall Street2018-02-13 5. The Island Murder2018-04-17 6. The Chinese Exclusion Act2018-05-29 7. The Circus (1)2018-10-08 8. The Circus (2)2018-10-09 9. The Eugenics Crusade2018-10-16