Series
The Century
Documentary
Pivotal factors and people shape the 20th century. Each episode pairs two thematically linked segments.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Heaven and Earth29 Mar 1999 · 87m"Lindbergh's Journey": Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic / "First Step": Neil Armstrong steps on the moon; space exploration.
- 2Ultimate Power1 Apr 1999 · 88m"Evil Rising": Hitler rises to power / "The Race": the race to build the atomic bomb.
- 3No Man's Land3 Apr 1999 · 86m"The Great War": World War I / "The Fall": the Vietnam War.
- 4Memphis Dreams5 Apr 1999 · 87m"Innocence in Rebellion": Elvis Presley helps change American culture / "Searching for the Promised Land": Martin Luther King Jr. marches for civil rights.
- 5Coming Apart8 Apr 1999 · 85m"Nothing to Fear": Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration; banks fail; internment camps; farm foreclosures / "Picture This": the birth of Hollywood; film industry and the Cold War.
- 6The Evolution of Revolution10 Apr 1999 · 86m"Live from Tehran": Iran hostage crisis / "Facing the New Millennium": 20th-century thinkers discuss the new millennium.
Details
- First aired
- 29 Mar 1999
- Last aired
- 10 Apr 1999
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ABC
- Episodes
- 6
Cast
Peter JenningsSelf - Narrator
