American Experience: LBJ

Season 1 Episode 1: LBJ: Beautiful Texas

Award winning filmmaker David Grubin profiles one of the most controversial U.S. presidents, Lyndon Baines Johnson, who rose from obscurity to the pinnacle of power, only to suffer disillusionment and defeat. Witness the events that brought LBJ from Texas to Washington, the White House, and a landslide election in 1964. Follow his triumphs in passing a wave of social legislation then his downward spiral which ends in withdrawal from politics. This is the first of two parts.

Genre:

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

2

Actor:

David McCullough

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1991

IMDb:

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