America
in the Fifties
Documentary
(7x50 min.)
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America
in the Fifties |
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| In the 1950s, the birth of a new American pop culture, spurred by military and economic ascendancy, had worldwide repercussions. The cultural icons and trends of that contradictory age - the birth of rock n'roll and youth culture, the rise of suburbia, the manufacture of fast foods, the growing cultural and political power of TV, the origins of the women's liberation movement, among others - have had a lasting impact on modern life. Based on the best-selling book, The Fifties, by David Halberstam, America in the Fifties tells the story of these tectonic shifts with dramatic portraits of the movers and the shakers of that time. | |||