American Experience
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Season 9 · Episode 9 ·
Around the World in 72 Days
At the age of nineteen, Nellie Bly talked her way into an improbable job on a newspaper, then went on to become "the best reporter in America." She was serious and spunky. To expose abuse of the mentally ill, she had herself committed. But when she travelled around the world in just 72 days, beating Jules Verne's fictional escapade, she turned herself into a world celebrity.
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Episode 9 of season 9 of American Experience: “Around the World in 72 Days”. Aired 1997-04-28. Watch it online free on ZapFlix.