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Prohibition

Clip: Episode 1 | Intro

Watch the first minutes of episode one 'A Nation of Drunkards.'

Aired 10/02/2011 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

Prohibition

Clip: Episode 1 | Intro

Clip: Episode 1 | 4m 56sVideo has Closed Captions

Watch the first minutes of episode one 'A Nation of Drunkards.'

During the 1800's with the rise of whiskey and other hard liquors, alcoholism was a big problem.

Aired 10/02/2011 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

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.

Prohibition

Clip: Episode 1 | Intro

Clip: Episode 1 | 4m 56sVideo has Closed Captions

During the 1800's with the rise of whiskey and other hard liquors, alcoholism was a big problem.

Aired 10/02/2011 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

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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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