Name: America in Color
Released: 2017-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Eric Meyers, Liev Schreiber

Available on Channel 5, Prime Video

Showcases historical television footage that has been restored to include colour. From the Nixon Kennedy debate, to the bombing of Pearl Harbour, and other important 20th century events.

Documentary · 2017 · 48 min

Starring Eric Meyers , Liev Schreiber

EPISODE 1

The 1920s

Landmark events from the 1920s are restored to colour. Footage includes the bombing of Wall Street, the Greenwood massacre, and other seminal moments of the `Roaring 20s'.

45 min · 31 Jan 2019
EPISODE 2

The 1930s

From the Great Depression and Dust Bowl nightmares to Technicolor Hollywood dreams, it's the 1930s in America as only few have seen them...in full colour.

45 min · 31 Jan 2019
EPISODE 3

The 1940s

Colour footage of 1940s America gives a rare look at the decade's most significant moments, including Nazi sympathizers in World War II, Pearl Harbor, the Manhattan Project and the rise of prosperity.

45 min · 31 Jan 2019
EPISODE 4

The 1950s

Witness the 1950s when teens discovered rock `n' roll, Elvis became a phenomenon, the Space Race took off, and war in Korea erupted.

45 min · 5 Mar 2019
EPISODE 5

The 1960s

Witness the dawn of modern America through images and footage shown in full colour: from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the music of the Beatles, the March on Washington to the walk on the moon.

45 min · 12 Mar 2019
EPISODE 1

The Wild West

The legend of the American West as a feral and untamed land is a potent myth, from the Gunfight at the OK 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.

43 min · 19 Mar 2019