
Yesteryear
A panoramic overview of the events and people that shaped six of the most important years in American history.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.1917
07-07-1982Recalls the World War I era through newsreel, period music, photographs, and film clips. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is interviewed in-scene of his father's film The Mark of Zorro.
- Ep 2
2.1947
11-08-1982Travel back to the prosperous post-World War II era, in a year when the baby boom was beginning, sonic booms heralded the jet age, gas was only 23 cents a gallon, and Americans wer...
- Ep 3
3.1969
08-09-1982Travel back to the period of anti-war protests, the advancement of civil rights, the birth of "Doonesbury" and Sesame Street, Richard Nixon, and Woodstock.
- Ep 4
4.1933
09-10-1982A look at the end of Prohibition, baseball's first all-star game, and America's recovery from the Great Depression.
- Ep 5
5.1942
07-11-1982A look at the era of war bonds, victory gardens, food and gas rationing, and the Big Band sound. Guest: Ralph Levenberg, a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March
- Ep 6
6.1927
08-12-1982Go back to 1927, the year Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight, liquor flowed in speakeasies, and both the economy and job opportunities were booming. Janet Gaynor...
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