Circus: American Experience

Season 30, Episode 7 of 8

Travel back to 1793 Philadelphia, when America's first circus was established, and witness its crash into American culture. The arrival of P. T. Barnum in 1871 transformed the trade, and the five Ringling brothers created a spectacle of their own.

Previously Aired

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Time
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10/29/2020
2 p.m.
1/28/2021
3 p.m.
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