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Clip: Episode 1 | Intro

Season 1 Episode 1 | 4m 56s

During the 1800's with the rise of whiskey and other hard liquors, alcoholism was a big problem.

Funding is provided by Bank of America; PBS; CPB; The National Endowment for the Humanities; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; members of the Better Angels Society, including the Montrone Family through The Penates Foundation; and Park Foundation, Inc.
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Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss their film, Prohibition.
By the late 1920s, many Americans believe that Prohibition has failed.
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