American Experience Season 13 Episode 1 The Rockefellers (1) 2000
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A dramatic two-part profile of the Rockefellers, a family whose name is synonymous with wealth, begins. Part 1 traces how John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) struck oil (figuratively) in the 1860s and parlayed it into a corporate behemoth that the Supreme Court had to break up in 1911. It also examines how he and his son John D. Jr. (1874-1960) lived with that money -- and the hatred it engendered. The family's strategy: philanthropy. David Ogden Stiers narrates.
- Released: 2000-10-17
- Runtime: 55 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars:
- Director: Cameo George
