America: The Story of the US Boom (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, Drama, History

America: The Story of the US

Boom (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, Drama, History

America strikes oil and the boom time begins. Henry Ford brings the motorcar to the masses; the nation hits the road. Massive engineering projects modernize the West. Intended to cure vice, Prohibition fuels the growth of organized crime.

Directors

Clare Beavan | Marion Milne (series)

Producer

Clare Beavan

Composers

Stuart Fox | John E.R. Hardy

Cinematographer

Richard Numeroff

Production Designer

Sylvain Gingras

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Edit Released

Updated May 16, 2010

Release date

May 16, 2010 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 6 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Daniel Webb Narrator (voice) (version: International) (as Danny Webb) Narrator (voice) (version: International) (as Danny Webb) See fewer	America: The Story of the US (2010)
H.W. Brands Self Self See fewer	The American West (2016)
Jimmy Wales Self Self See fewer	Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017)
James Meigs Self Self See fewer	Popular Mechanics: Saturday Mechanic (2012)
David M. Kennedy Self Self See fewer	The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
John Lasseter Self Self See fewer	Toy Story 2 (1999)
Tim Gunn Self Self See fewer	Project Runway (2004)
Bob Lutz Self Self See fewer	Wolf Hound (2022)
I.M. Pei Self Self See fewer	Une nuit, le Louvre avec Lambert Wilson (2017)
Alberto Camarillo Self (as Al Camarillo) Self (as Al Camarillo) See fewer	California and the American Dream (2005)
Brian Williams Self Self See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas (1970)
Al Sharpton Self (as Rev. Al Sharpton) Self (as Rev. Al Sharpton) See fewer	Mr. Deeds (2002)
Beverly Gage Self Self See fewer	MLK/FBI (2020)
Bill Maher Self Self See fewer	Politically Incorrect (1993)
Annette Gordon-Reed Self Self See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Morné du Toit Bob Barnett Bob Barnett See fewer	Vuil Wasgoed (2017)
Liev Schreiber Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)