Yesteryear
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Yesteryear

1982
1 season
6 episodes
Documentary

A panoramic overview of the events and people that shaped six of the most important years in American history.

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  • Ep 1

    1.1917

    07-07-1982

    Recalls 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

    11-08-1982

    Travel 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

    08-09-1982

    Travel 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

    09-10-1982

    A look at the end of Prohibition, baseball's first all-star game, and America's recovery from the Great Depression.

  • Ep 5

    5.1942

    07-11-1982

    A 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

    08-12-1982

    Go 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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