Series Viewing Guide
1900 – 1914
The dawn of the 20th century, where tradition met the industrial revolution.
PART 021914 – 1919
The Great War shatters the world's innocence and redraws the map.
PART 031920 – 1929
From the roaring jazz age to the crash that changed everything.
PART 041929 – 1936
The Great Depression tests the resolve of the American spirit.
PART 051936 – 1941
The looming shadows of war reach American shores.
PART 061941 – 1945
A world at war through the eyes of those on the front lines.
PART 071941 – 1945
America transforms into the "Arsenal of Democracy."
PART 081946 – 1952
Returning heroes and the birth of the American Dream.
PART 091953 – 1960
The Fifties: Prosperity, suburbs, and hidden tensions.
PART 101960 – 1964
The rise of Camelot and the heat of the Civil Rights movement.
PART 111965 – 1970
The counterculture revolution and the quagmire of Vietnam.
PART 121971 – 1975
A nation in turmoil: Watergate and the end of an era.
PART 131976 – 1980
Finding a new identity in the wake of crisis.
PART 141981 – 1989
Reagan's America and the collapse of the Iron Curtain.
PART 15The 90s & Beyond
The digital age and the challenges of a new millennium.