Tập
American Experience: Episode 30
Tóm tắt
TR is just 46 years old when he is inaugurated as president. He builds the Panama Canal, wins the Nobel Prize for Peace, and combatively introduces widesweeping social reforms. As his presidency draws to a close, TR names his best friend, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, as his successor. Taft wins the 1908 election.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- American Experience
- Mùa
- Mùa 9
- Tập
- Tập 30
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1996-10-07
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 30 là tập 30 trong Season 9 của American Experience. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1996-10-07. Thời lượng là 55 min.
Tập trước / tập sau
Tập 20
"Vietnam: A Television History" concludes with "The End of the Tunnel," which recalls the 1973 Paris accords and the subsequent collapse of South Vietnam. Included: vivid footage of helicopter evacuations in Saigon during the final hours before the Communists took the city on April 30, 1975.
Tập 31
TR opposes his old friend Taft for the 1912 Republican nomination. When Taft wins, TR runs for president with his own Progressive Party. Despite enormous popular support, he loses to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. TR, now 55, retreats to the jungles of Brazil for two years for what becomes the most harrowing expedition of his life. His four sons join the World War I effort; shatters TR. Nearly six months later, he dies in his sleep at Sagamore Hill.
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Tập 17
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Tập 14
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Tập 13
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Tập 12
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Tập 11
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