Yesteryear (1982)
A panoramic overview of the events and people that shaped six of the most important years in American history.
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Episodes
- 1 1. 19171982-07-07Recalls the World War I era through newsreel, period music, photographs, and film clips. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is interviewed in-scene of his father's film The Mark of Zorro.
- 2 2. 19471982-08-11Travel back to the prosperous post-World War II era, in a year when the baby boom was beginning, sonic booms heralded the jet age, gas was only 23 cents a gallon, and Americans wer
- 3 3. 19691982-09-08Travel back to the period of anti-war protests, the advancement of civil rights, the birth of "Doonesbury" and Sesame Street, Richard Nixon, and Woodstock.
- 4 4. 19331982-10-09A look at the end of Prohibition, baseball's first all-star game, and America's recovery from the Great Depression.
- 5 5. 19421982-11-07A look at the era of war bonds, victory gardens, food and gas rationing, and the Big Band sound. Guest: Ralph Levenberg, a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March
- 6 6. 19271982-12-08Go back to 1927, the year Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight, liquor flowed in speakeasies, and both the economy and job opportunities were booming. Janet Gaynor
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Dick CavettSelf - HostYou might also like
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