Get a fresh perspective on American history from the 1920s through the 1960s. See key moments captured in black and white, from FDR’s home movies to the Nixon-Kennedy debate, with vibrant new details revealed by a revolutionary colourization method.
EPISODE 1
The 1920s
See the Jazz Age in all its colourful glory. Get a taste of the music and mayhem of the Roaring ’20s, including underground speakeasies, the Ford Motor Company’s new assembly lines, Charles Lindbergh’s historic flight, and pre-Depression Wall Street.
EPISODE 2
The 1930s
Revisit the decade of the Depression, the Dust Bowl, and Hollywood’s Technicolor dreams. Watch the stock market crash lead to a New Deal offering hope to down-and-out citizens, and experience the rebuilding and reshaping of the American dream.
EPISODE 3
The 1940s
Observe how WW II generated national unity and an economic boom, all while unleashing a torrent of racial prejudice. Get first-hand looks at the Pearl Harbor attack, the misery inside a Japanese-American internment camp, and victory celebrations.
EPISODE 4
The 1950s
Blast into the atomic age and see America’s giddy race toward progress. Feel the excitement as Elvis Presley swivels in front of his first adoring crowds, witness consumerism’s creep across the heartland, and delve into the dark days of McCarthyism.
EPISODE 5
The 1960s
Tune in to the decade that played out on national television. Witness the nail-biting fear of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Beatles’ game-changing debut, clashes between love children and warmongers, and the first American footsteps on the moon.
Wild West
It's the 1920s. America is on the rise, and so is a dark underworld run by a new kind of criminal, one that is organized, sophisticated, and ruthless. Follow this violent rise and fall of organized crime, presented in colour.
Eric Meyers
Liev Schreiber
Nick Metcalfe
John Cavanagh
Charles Poe
David Royle
