Prohibition

Extended Look | The Eighteenth Amendment

Preview: Season 1 | 3m 1s  | Video has closed captioning.

Prohibition, from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.

Aired: 10/02/11

Rating: NR

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Funding is provided by Bank of America; PBS; CPB; The National Endowment for the Humanities; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; members of the Better Angels Society, including the Montrone Family through The Penates Foundation; and Park Foundation, Inc.

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