• 1997
The Fifties

Summary An in depth documentary of all aspects of life in the 1950s. View more details

  • 1997

The Fifties

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Edward Herrmann David Halberstam B.B. King John Chancellor

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8.2

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 29, 1997

Countries of origin : United States Canada

Language : English

Filming locations : Chicago, Illinois, USA

Production companies : CTV Television Network Canal D Alliance Equicap Corporation

Summary An in depth documentary of all aspects of life in the 1950s. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 29, 1997

Countries of origin : United States Canada

Language : English

Filming locations : Chicago, Illinois, USA

Production companies : CTV Television Network Canal D Alliance Equicap Corporation

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
The Fear & the Dream
Following the victorious end of World War II, America was looking forward to new prosperity and relief from the shortages and rationing that the war required. New affluence, new low-cost suburban homes, and dreams of the good life resulted in a baby boom. With the advent of the Hydrogen bomb, a growing awareness of the communist threat and the beginning of the cold war, those dreams threatened to morph into nightmares.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
Selling the American Way
Television makes its popular debut. TV is a great selling tool, manufacturing demand for everything from automobiles to zany inventions. Business and governments all begin to learn (and wield) the power of the new media.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
Let's Play House
Conforming to the idealized visions of family as depicted on their new televisions, Americans settle into enjoying their American Dreams but discordant voices are beginning to be heard. Grace Metallious's Peyton Place, Sloan Wilson's The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, and the opinions of feminists like Betty Friedan begin to make Americans question the idealized nuclear family.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
A Burning Desire
During an otherwise repressed time, Americans again question their ideas of "normal" when the Kinsey report is published, Marilyn Monroe debuts as the centerfold in Hugh Heffner's Playboy, and Margaret Sanger and "Goody" Pincus begin to make noise about "The Pill."
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
The Beat
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Elvis. Conformity is questioned and homogenized America begins to differentiate. The teenager as a class is born. Popular music is forever changed by the advent of Rock n Roll. Beat poets push our boundaries and America begins to question everything.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
The Rage Within
From Emmet Till to Willie Mays, Americans begin to seriously reconsider how they confront issues of race in America.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
The Road to the Sixties
Fast food and fast cars occupy Americans' thoughts until the Soviets launch Sputnik and the space race begins.
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