• 2013
  • 42m
The Sixties

Summary Interviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s. View more details

  • 2013
  • 42m

The Sixties

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Dan Rather Tim Naftali Robert Dallek John Heilemann

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8.4

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 21, 2013

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Playtone Herzog & Company

Summary Interviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 21, 2013

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Playtone Herzog & Company

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • May 28, 2014
Television Comes of Age
Television experiences major milestones in the 1960s. The landscape of television changes.
Episode 2 • Jun 04, 2014
The World on the Brink
The world was on the brink of war when tensions between the United States and the USSR reached a turning point with the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 62'. The Bay of Pigs and the construction of the Berlin Wall is also reviewed.
Episode 3 • Jun 11, 2014
The Assassination of President Kennedy
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is examined through eye witness accounts, details of the original investigation, and films of the assassination itself. Also examined is the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.
Episode 4 • Jun 18, 2014
The War in Vietnam
The complexities that led to America's involvement in the Vietnam War is explored by looking at what affect the assassination of President Kennedy and the installment of Lyndon Johnson into the Oval Office might have played.
Episode 5 • Jun 25, 2014
A Long March to Freedom
An in-depth look into Martin Luther King Jr. and his courageous efforts to lead the civil rights movement is explored through interviews and film clips. Freedom Riders, the March on Washington, and Selma to Montgomery are revisited.
Episode 6 • Jul 09, 2014
The British Invasion
A new wave of British bands and artists enter and impact mainstream American culture.
Episode 7 • Jul 23, 2014
The Space Race
In the midst of the Cold War, America falls behind in the manned exploration of space with the USSR. Then President Kennedy pledges that America will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, capturing the fascination of the world..
Episode 8 • Jul 30, 2014
1968
The year 1968 was a tumultuous one for many Americans. The end of the innocence of the decade is brought about the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War and violent Civil Rights protests.
Episode 9 • Aug 06, 2014
The Times They Are A-Changin'
The 60's were a time of great change. Civil Rights, environmental concerns, premarital sex, birth control and the women's movement are just some of the issues that filled the minds and hearts of Americans during the decade.
Episode 10 • Aug 13, 2014
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll
The counterculture shapes the youth of America thanks in great part to a changing morality, including views towards sex, the use of drugs and a new found expressiveness through music.

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