From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. It’s a decisive period in our nation’s history that most of us have only witnessed in black and white, until now.
EPISODE 1
The 1920s
America undergoes it's greatest period of change and unprecedented growth; the 1920 Wall Street bombing; the Greenwood massacre.
EPISODE 2
The 1930s
The Great Depression dominates the decade; Franklin Roosevelt's Presidency; the White House fire of 1930; home movies filmed by Lou Hoover.
EPISODE 3
The 1940s
America as the leader of the free world; Pearl Harbor; a new era of consumerism; the birth of suburbia.
EPISODE 4
The 1950s
Racial unrest divides the nation; Russia has a nuclear bomb; the Cold War; the brutal murder of 14-year-old black Chicagoan Emmett Till.
EPISODE 5
The 1960s
Rare archival films, iconic news footage and home movies during a decade of revolution; the first televised Presidential debate.
The Wild West
The legend of the American West as a feral and untamed land is a potent myth; from the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral to iconic showman Buffalo Bill, the spirit of the Wild West persists even as the dynamic region paves the way for modern-day America.
Eric Meyers
Liev Schreiber
Nick Metcalfe
John Cavanagh
Charles Poe
David Royle
