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Watching: The Fifties

3.3•1997-11-30•1 Seasons

Season 1

Episode 7

Seasons

Episodes

The Fear & The Dream

Selling the American Way

Let's Play House

A Burning Desire

The Rage Within

The Road to the Sixties

Overview

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.