The Century: America's Time

- Season 1

(1999)

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.

Americans' innate isolationism delays entry into "The War that Will End All Wars." Despite the tragedy that eventually envelops an entire generation of young men, America emerges uniquely positioned to benefit from the global post war boom.

In the prosperity of the 20's Americans begin to question their traditional values. Prohibition is enacted, minorities begin to better see themselves, women gain the vote and Americans enjoys their newfound wealth until the inevitable contraction.

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The years 1936 thru 1941. From the Berlin Olympics, burning books and Kristallnacht, anti-Semitism eventually dominates German thinking. Fascists and world leaders utilize film, radio and the new media for propaganda. European tensions rise, conflicts erupt, nations fall, and American isolationism increases amid worries that the situation will be a replay of the Great War.

The years 1941 through 1945. The human cost of World war two, from the mass killings following the invasion of Poland to the Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution", the Blitz, the firebombing of European and Japanese cities, the Japanese atrocities against the Chinese people, the use of Atomic weapons, ending with the Nuremberg trials.

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.

At war's end, the GI's return home. But after four years of war, that home has changed and there lies ahead the task of rebuilding a war torn world. As the only major nation to escape widespread destruction that task falls to the U.S.A.

Americans revel in their newfound prosperity amid McCarthy Era witch-hunts. Rock N Roll dominates the airwaves and blacks begin to make progress in their battle to end segregation.

The first few years of the 1960s promised a greater, stronger and more unified America than ever, but the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of Kennedy brings the loss of American innocence.

After the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November of 1963, America stood on the brink of domestic conflict and entrenched in the quagmire of the Vietnam War.

From Nixon's inauguration to his resignation, this episode details the developments in the American psyche from the first moon landing to the end of the Vietnam war and beyond to disco and Attica and the Watergate scandal.

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