| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs.) : sound, color and b & w ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Title from disc label. |
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All segments previously aired as episodes of various programs on The History Channel. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
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DVD. |
| Summary |
"It was the age of hip-swingers, jet-fighters, and Ike-likers. It saw the end of the scourge of polio and the dawn of the scourge of McCarthyism. Much of what we nostalgically revere - the foundations of our pop culture - arose in the fifties. This DVD collection explores the boom-time of the post-war decade when the sky was the limit and the Cold War chilled the planet."--History Channel website. |
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Disc 1: Korea: the forgotten war (parts 1 & 2) ; The search for the polio vaccine (Modern marvels) ; Eisenhower: supreme commander in chief (Biography) -- Disc 2: When America was rocked: September 9, 1956 (10 days that unexpectedly changed America) ; McCarthy reconsidered (20th century) ; Elizabeth: the reluctant monarch (Biography) ; The Hollywood censorship wars (Time machine). |
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Nineteen fifties -- Videodiscs.
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United States -- History -- 20th century -- Videodiscs.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Videodiscs.
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Poliomyelitis vaccine -- History -- Videodiscs.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
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Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
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Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Videodiscs.
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Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
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Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States -- History -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Documentary television programs.
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| Added Author |
History Channel (Television network)
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| Added Title |
Decades collection. The 1950s |
| Standard No. |
733961102697 (set) |
| Music No. |
AAE-102540 History Channel |
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