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This series, directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the era it encompassed.

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Prohibition
Previews
6 VIDEOS

Introducing PROHIBITION
0:32 Air Date 10/02/11

PBS Previews: PROHIBITION
22:35 Air Date 10/02/11

PROHIBITION Preview
3:01 Air Date 10/02/11

Prohibition Sneak Peek
2:19 Air Date 10/02/11

Prohibition-Preview 1
0:32 Air Date 10/02/11

Prohibition: American Folly
0:32 Air Date 10/02/11
Shorts
50 VIDEOS

Adolphus Busch
3:57 Air Date 10/02/11

Al Capone Beer Wars
5:04 Air Date 10/02/11

Al Capone Downfall
5:04 Air Date 10/02/11

Al Capone Murder to Massacre
7:31 Air Date 10/02/11

Eliza Jane Thompson
7:12 Air Date 10/02/11

Fiorella LaGuardia
3:30 Air Date 10/02/11

George Remus The Circle
7:58 Air Date 10/02/11

George Remus The Primrose Path
8:41 Air Date 10/02/11

Georgetown Bootlegging
1:40 Air Date 10/02/11

Hyperpartisan Politics A Genuine American
12:39 Air Date 10/02/11

Hyperpartisan Politics Two Americas
7:57 Air Date 10/02/11

Immigration in PROHIBITION America Multi Ethnic Nation
9:14 Air Date 10/02/11
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