• 1999
  • Not Rated
  • 12h 30m
The Century: America's Time

Summary This comprehensive 15-part retrospective, anchored by Peter Jennings, takes an era-by-era look at America's evolution during the turbulent 20th century. View more details

  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • 12h 30m

The Century: America's Time

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Stephen Ambrose Peter Jennings Neil Simon John Updike

All cast & crew

8.8

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 11, 1999

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Cineguild Entertainment Group ABC News

Summary This comprehensive 15-part retrospective, anchored by Peter Jennings, takes an era-by-era look at America's evolution during the turbulent 20th century. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 11, 1999

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Cineguild Entertainment Group ABC News

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The Century: America's Time (1999)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 11, 1999
Seeds of Change
An era of prosperity, optimism & invention rings in the new century as every American becomes aware of electricity, automobiles, motion pictures and even powered air flight.
Episode 2 • Apr 11, 1999
Shell Shock
The world was embroiled in the First World War. We document the development of the war and American foreign policy regarding both war and peace.
Episode 3 • Apr 12, 1999
Boom To Bust
The 1920s ushered in an era of great social change, general prosperity, Prohibition and what historians refer to as "modernity." We examine these great cultural changes and their effects on the nation.
Episode 4 • Apr 13, 1999
Stormy Weather
The Great Depression rocks America.
Episode 5 • Apr 14, 1999
Over The Edge
We document the years that led up to the beginning of World War II. From burning books to Kristallnacht, we examines the anti-Semitism that eventually dominated German thinking.
Episode 6 • Apr 15, 1999
Civilians at War
World War II was a total global conflict that affected and changed not only the lives of soldiers fighting the war but also those of non-combatants living in war zones.
Episode 7 • Apr 18, 1999
Homefront
The years 1941 through 1945. The human cost of World War II, shows the atrocities of Germany and Japan, firebombing by the Allies, the use of Atomic weapons, ending with the Nuremberg trials.
Episode 8 • Apr 19, 1999
Best Years
We cover some of the major events of the immediate post-war years such as the Korean War, McCarthyism, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift and the adjustment of returning soldiers.
Episode 9 • Apr 20, 1999
Happy Days
We examine the "Happy Days" of the 1950s and the major events of those years.
Episode 10 • Apr 21, 1999
Poisoned Dreams
Within a few years the optimism of the first years of the decade would vanish, only to be replaced by the uncertainty of a new and unfamiliar world, and the national mourning of a fallen leader.
Episode 11 • Apr 22, 1999
Unpinned
The years 1963 through 1968 remain some of the most violent and destructive years of American history. We examine some of the major events of those turbulent years.
Episode 12 • Apr 25, 1999
Approaching The Apocalypse
The turbulence of the 1960s paved the way for the election of Richard Nixon.
Episode 13 • Apr 26, 1999
Starting Over
We examine the mid and late 1970s and some of the major events of the era such as the energy crisis, racial unrest, the rise of the "Me Generation," unemployment and inflation, and the problems with Iran.
Episode 14 • Apr 27, 1999
A New World
We examine some of the major events of the 1980s including the recession, AIDS, Wall Street, MTV, terrorism, televangelism and the fall of communism.
Episode 15 • Apr 28, 1999
Then and Now
We examine several major events of the 1990s
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