
The Century: America's Time is a 15-part series of documentaries produced by the American Broadcasting Company on the 20th century and the rise of the United States as a superpower. The documentary originally aired on The History Channel in 1999. Another earlier series, simply called "The Century" also produced by ABC, appeared on the ABC network in 1999, and also later appeared on the History Channel. It consists of six two-hour shows with each chronicling two different events based around a common theme.
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Air Date: 1999-04-12
How did the 20th century change the ways Americans live? This program examines the early 1900s – when William McKinle...
Air Date: 1999-04-12
The psychological damage inflicted by the stupefying bombardments of World War I was called shell shock, a term that ...
Air Date: 1999-04-13
In the aftermath of World War I, many modern-minded Americans, particularly women, were eager to do away with outdate...
Air Date: 1999-04-14
America – a nation that claimed ever-increasing wealth as a birthright – was rudely awakened by the Great Depression,...
Air Date: 1999-04-15
Safely watching Europe from across the Atlantic Ocean, many Americans observed the messianic popularity of Hitler and...
Air Date: 1999-04-16
World War II was the first war in history that killed more civilians than soldiers, as leaders on both sides accepted...
Air Date: 1999-04-19
The shock of Pearl Harbor awoke America from its dream of isolationism. As troops went overseas and industry ramped u...
Air Date: 1999-04-20
Demobilization after World War II meant difficult changes as the U.S., geared up for war, resumed a peacetime existen...
Air Date: 1999-04-21
The post-war baby boom, suburban living, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis epitomizes the contentment of the Eisenhower years...
Air Date: 1999-04-22
Beset by both international and domestic pressures, America during the Camelot years was swiftly approaching a politi...
Air Date: 1999-04-23
Riots and protests intensified in the U.S. as the war in Vietnam dragged on, with anti-war and civil rights activists...
Air Date: 1999-04-26
The trauma of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal left Americans exhausted, embittered, and disillusioned wi...
Air Date: 1999-04-27
The women’s and civil rights movements, begun decades earlier and as controversial as ever, continue to evolve during...
Air Date: 1999-04-28
The Reagan era witnessed the unexpected end of the Cold War and a welcome return to a booming domestic economy – but ...
Air Date: 1999-04-29
Fifty years into the future, how will computer and communications technology reshape the way Americans work and play?...