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Billy the Kid

American Experience

Billy the Kid

A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it.

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American Masters
Writer Hernan Diaz on “Ply” and the Limits of Identity
Special | 53m 27s
New
Secrets of the Dead
Saving Tangier Island
S23 Ep7 | 55m 15s
Road to Rome: World War II
Road to Rome: World War Ii
Special | 55m 59s
A Life Well Lived: An Account of David Kaufmann
A Life Well Lived: An Account of David Kaufmann
Special | 57m 17s
The Story of Us: Behind The Scenes With American Revolution Reenactors
The Story of Us: Behind The Scenes With American Reenactors
Special | 43m 47s
I Lied About My Age: A Marine in World War II
I Lied About My Age: a Marine in World War II
Special | 57m 55s
Daredevils of Niagara Falls
Daredevils of Niagara Falls
Special | 26m 15s
Monstrum
Is This England’s Scariest Witch?
S8 Ep811 | 9m 25s
Hopewell Earthworks - Stories Written On The Land
UNESCO Designation And Indigenous Legacy of Ohio’s Earthworks
Ep6 | 56m 49s
In Pursuit: Lessons of American Leadership
In Pursuit: Lessons of American Leadership
10/27/2026 | 55m 34s
Baseball: Echoes from the Bleachers
Baseball: Echoes from the Bleachers
10/22/2026 | 56m 12s
Rogue History
Early Americans Who Rioted Against Price Gouging
S3 Ep10 | 10m 18s
American Rebels in Cuba
American Rebels in Cuba
Special | 56m 10s
An Anthem to America: Ken Burns & Florentine Films Celebrate 50 Years
An Anthem to America: Ken Burns & Florentine Films Celebrate 50 Years
10/1/2026 | 57m 32s
A Nation Begins: The Maryland State House at 250
A Nation Begins: the Maryland State House at 250
Special | 56m
The Fisher People
The Stories We Tell
Ep104 | 26m 44s
Homegrown History
The Pine That Powered an Empire
Special | 13m 19s
Reading the World
Reading the World
Special | 56m 42s
World's Greatest Ships
Titanic
S2 Ep2 | 43m 29s
In the Margins
America’s Blood Obsession They Don’t Teach You About
S2 Ep9 | 16m 50s
New York: A Documentary Film
The Future of Cities
9/22/2026 | 1h 55m 21s
Vintage Roads Great and Small
Axmouth to Lincoln: On the Roman Way
S2 Ep4 | 46m 21s
Called Up: The Emmett Ashford Story
Called Up: The Emmett Ashford Story
Special | 57m 14s
Man in Red Bandana
Man in Red Bandana
Special | 57m 14s
The Real Prince Philip: A Royal Officer
The Real Prince Philip: A Royal Officer
8/28/2026 | 45m 52s
Frontier to Freedom
Frontier to Freedom
Special | 1h 59m 33s
Hiroshima Ground Zero: Eyewitness Accounts of 78 A-Bomb Survivors
Hiroshima Ground Zero: Eyewitness Accounts of 78 A-Bomb Survivors
Special | 59m 59s
Flight of Legends: The Quest to Conquer the Atlantic
Flight of Legends - the Quest to Conquer the Atlantic
Special | 54m 11s
The Orient Express: A Golden Era of Travel
Paris to Salzburg
7/27/2026 | 45m 44s
Columbus Neighborhoods
West Broad Street: A Neighborhood's Documentation
Special | 1m 11s
A People's History
The Independence Day History They Don't Teach You
S2 Ep9 | 15m 14s
Liberty of Conscience: The Founding of Maryland
Liberty of Conscience: The Founding of Maryland
Special | 57m 57s
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America
Special | 56m 46s
Centered: Joe Lieberman
Centered: Joe Lieberman
Special | 57m 35s
The War That Made America
A Country Between
6/30/2026 | 57m 56s
Diana's Decades
1970s
6/29/2026 | 46m 31s
Destination Detroit
Destination Detroit | Documentary
Special | 56m 49s
Becoming American: Philadelphia's Story
Becoming American: Philadelphia's Story
6/15/2026 | 55m 12s
General Dodge and the Transcontinental Railroad
General Dodge and the Transcontinental Railroad
6/15/2026 | 56m 48s
The Last Twins
My Mother's Eyes
Special | 6m 26s
Waal River Crossing: 1944
Waal River Crossing: 1944
Special | 57m 59s
Origin of the Dream
Origin of the Dream
Special | 56m 46s
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Women Of WWII: More Untold Stories
Ep2 | 58m 39s
The Unlikely Union: A Storytelling Symphony
The Unlikely Union: A Storytelling Symphony
Special | 1h 57m 28s
Before America
Before America
Special | 26m 46s
What I Want You To Know
What I Want You To Know
Special | 57m 25s
Rohna Classified
Rohna Classified
Special | 57m 28s
Upstate Attractions
Eisenhower Lock Visitors Center
Ep106 | 27m 58s
Creating the Erie Canal
Creating the Erie Canal
Special | 56m 23s
American Muslims: A History Revealed
Islam at the Nation’s Founding
Ep2 | 24m 45s

An Anthem to America: Ken Burns & Florentine Films Celebrate 50 Years
An Anthem to America: Ken Burns & Florentine Films Celebrate 50 Years
10/1/2026 | 57m 32s
Henry David Thoreau
Who are We?
Ep1 | 54m 19s
The American Revolution
The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)
Ep6 | 2h 10m 41s
Leonardo da Vinci
Part Two: Painter-God
11/19/2024 | 1h 46m 25s
Ken Burns UNUM
Atul Gawande on Leonardo's Scientific Genius
S2024 Ep13 | 19m 56s
The American Buffalo
Homecoming
Special | 18m 36s
The U.S. and the Holocaust
“The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed” (1942 - )
Ep3 | 2h 10m 51s
Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness
Resilience
Ep2 | 1h 52m 1s
Benjamin Franklin
“An American” (1775-1790)
Ep2 | 1h 54m 39s
Muhammad Ali
Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016)
9/22/2021 | 1h 40m 49s
The Gene
The Gene Explained | Is That a Banana in Your Genes?
Special | 3m 21s
Hemingway
The Blank Page (1944-1961)
Ep3 | 1h 44m 51s
East Lake Meadows
East Lake Meadows
3/24/2020 | 1h 45m 56s
College Behind Bars
Part 4: 'Home is a Work in Progress'
Ep4 | 56m 47s
Country Music
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” (1968 – 1972)
Ep6 | 1h 52m 55s
Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Revolution
Ep1 | 1h 33m 59s
Jackie Robinson
The Anderson Monarchs
Special | 4m 15s
The Civil War
Making The Civil War: 25 Years Later
Special | 28m 19s
The Vietnam War
The Weight of Memory (Explicit Language Version)
Ep30 | 1h 50m 58s
Defying The Nazis: The Sharps' War
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
9/20/2016 | 1h 19m 22s
The National Parks
Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
Ep6 | 1h 53m 40s
Jazz
Our Language
Ep3 | 1h 49m 19s
The Roosevelts
A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)
Ep7 | 1h 51m 33s
The Address
The Address
4/15/2014 | 1h 26m 56s
Central Park Five
After the Central Park Five
Special | 13m 5s
The Dust Bowl
Reaping the Whirlwind
Ep2 | 1h 55m 45s
The War
A World Without War
Ep7 | 2h 7m 27s
Prohibition
A Nation of Hypocrites
Ep3 | 1h 46m 53s
The Tenth Inning
Bottom of the Tenth
Ep2 | 2h 4m 58s
Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal
Seeing, Searching, Being - William Segal
8/3/2010 | 1h 14m 19s
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Part 2
1/19/2005 | 1h 43m 8s
Horatio's Drive
Horatio's Drive
10/6/2003 | 1h 48m
Mark Twain
Episode One
1/14/2002 | 1h 52m 14s
Frank Lloyd Wright
Part 2
11/10/1998 | 1h 13m 55s
Lewis & Clark
Episode 2
11/5/1997 | 1h 46m 34s
Thomas Jefferson
Part 2
2/1/1997 | 1h 24m 43s
The West
Death Runs Riot
Ep4 | 1h 24m 51s
Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton
11/1/1989 | 1h 26m 53s
The Congress
The Congress
3/20/1989 | 1h 30m 6s
Huey Long
Huey Long
10/15/1986 | 1h 28m 35s
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty
10/28/1985 | 1h 1m 13s
The Shakers
The Shakers
8/7/1985 | 59m 48s
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
5/24/1982 | 58m 32s

Finding Your Roots
Rags to Riches
S12 Ep10 | 52m 9s
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
Crossroads
2/17/2026 | 52m 55s
Great Migrations: A People on The Move
Coming to America
Ep4 | 52m 55s
Gospel
The Gospel Train
Ep1 | 52m 25s
GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
GOSPEL Live!
2/9/2024 | 52m 42s
The Black Church
Episode 2
Ep2 | 1h 49m 49s
RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Reconstruction | Part 2, Hour 1
Ep3 | 55m 53s
Africa's Great Civilizations
The Atlantic Age | Hour Five
Ep5 | 52m 11s
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise - Part 2
Ep2 | 1h 46m 37s

1982 World's Fair

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