American Experience: George H.W. Bush

Season 1

This film reveals George H.W. Bush as a pivotal player during a critical moment in U.S. and world history and in a powerful political dynasty, drawing upon unparalleled access to figures in George H.W. Bush’s private and public life, his personal letters, and interviews with his advisors and critics, including First Lady Barbara Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Mikhail Gorbachev, and more.

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S1 E1 - Part 1
May 4, 2008
1 h 50 min
TV-PG
Follow George H.W. Bush from his childhood in Greenwich, CT, into WWII as the youngest combat pilot in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from Yale, lured by a post-war oil boom, the Bushes moved to the oil fields of West Texas where he became a leader of the Texas Republican party, the party that he would lead - and struggle with - as President.
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S1 E2 - Part 2
May 5, 2008
1 h 53 min
TV-PG
As president, Bush was a pivotal player during a critical moment in American and world history and in a powerful political dynasty. When Bush left the Oval Office in 1992, his 30-year career in public service came to an abrupt and unexpected end. Despite soaring approval ratings following victory in the Persian Gulf, his years as president after the war were marked by almost unrelieved decline.
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