The Century
Pivotal factors and people shape the 20th century. Each episode pairs two thematically linked segments.
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Episodes
1 · Heaven and Earth
Mar 29, 1999
"Lindbergh's Journey": Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic / "First Step": Neil Armstrong steps on the moon; space exploration.
2 · Ultimate Power
Apr 1, 1999
"Evil Rising": Hitler rises to power / "The Race": the race to build the atomic bomb.
3 · No Man's Land
Apr 3, 1999
"The Great War": World War I / "The Fall": the Vietnam War.
4 · Memphis Dreams
Apr 5, 1999
"Innocence in Rebellion": Elvis Presley helps change American culture / "Searching for the Promised Land": Martin Luther King Jr. marches for civil rights.
5 · Coming Apart
Apr 8, 1999
"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.
6 · The Evolution of Revolution
Apr 10, 1999
"Live from Tehran": Iran hostage crisis / "Facing the New Millennium": 20th-century thinkers discuss the new millennium.
