American Presidents: Life Portraits (1999)

Genre

war & politics

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each episode of this series focuses on one U.S. president. It was filmed live from locations tied to that president. Historians and experts give interviews, and viewers call in with questions.

educationalpacedconversationalinformativenostalgicrespectfuldetailedreflective

What happens

American Presidents: Life Portraits is a series produced by C-SPAN in 1999. Each episode was aired live, and was a two- to three-hour look at the life and times of one particular president of the United States. Episodes were broadcast from locations of importance to the profiled president, featured interviews with historians and other experts, and incorporated calls from viewers. The series served as a commemoration of C-SPAN's 20th anniversary. The first program aired on March 15, 1999, and profiled George Washington. Subsequent programs featured each president in succession, concluding with the then current president Bill Clinton on December 20, 1999. (Despite serving two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland was only profiled on one program.) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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