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The Fifties
Title
The Fifties / Annenberg Learner (Firm).
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Annenberg Learner (Firm), [2000]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2015.
Copyright Notice Date
©2000
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (25 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally released by Annenberg Learner (Firm), 2000.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on November 18, 2015.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, June 2, 2016)
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
World War II is fought to its bitter end in the Pacific and the world lives with the legacy of its final moment: the atomic bomb. Professor Miller continues the story as veterans return from the war and create new lives for themselves in the '50s. The GI Bill, Levittown, civil rights, the Cold War, and rock 'n' roll are discussed.
Variant and related titles
Biography of America. Episode 22
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
A Biography of America
System details note
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Invasion of Okinawa (4:56)
Thermal Hurricanes (4:19)
Mass Production of Homes & Suburbanization (3:49)
Beginning of the Cold War (2:16)
Teenage Culture (2:13)
Black Music (2:35)
Birth of the Civil Rights Movement (4:02)
Credits: The Fifties: Episode 22-A Biography of America (0:28)
Videorecording number
111492s Infobase
111514 Infobase
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