Yesteryear

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 6

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

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1917

1. 1917

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.

Air Date : 1982-07-07

1947

2. 1947

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 were migrating to the suburbs.

Air Date : 1982-08-11

1969

3. 1969

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.

Air Date : 1982-09-08

1933

4. 1933

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

Air Date : 1982-10-09

1942

5. 1942

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

Air Date : 1982-11-07

1927

6. 1927

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 is interviewed in-scene of her movie of that year, Seventh Heaven.

Air Date : 1982-12-08

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