The Fifties (1997)

Archival footage and interviews with historians mark this fascinating documentary on the 1950s, based on David Halberstam's bestseller. Among the subjects covered: work and the family; the impact of TV; the Cold War; and the beginnings of the civil-rights movement and the sexual revolution.

The Fifties

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The fear & the dream

  • 1x2

    Selling the american way

  • 1x3

    Let's play house

  • 1x4

    A burning desire

  • 1x5

    The beat

  • 1x6

    The rage within

  • 1x7

    The road to the sixties

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