The Century: America's Time
TV
Type
1999
Year
1 Season
Seasons
★ 7.5
Rating
Documentary
Genre
The Century: America's Time is a 15-part series of documentaries produced by the American Broadcasting Company on the 20th century and the rise of the United States as a superpower. The documentary originally aired on The History Channel in 1999. Another earlier series, simply called "The Century" also produced by ABC, appeared on the ABC network in 1999, and also later appeared on the History Channel. It consists of six two-hour shows with each chronicling two different events based around a common theme.
Episodes
1. The Beginning: Seeds of Change
2. 1914-1919: Shell Shock
3. 1920-1929: Boom to Bust
4. 1929-1936: Stormy Weather
5. 1936-1941: Over the Edge
6. 1941-1945: Civilians at War (2 parts)
7. 1941-1945: Homefront
8. 1946-1952: Best Years
9. 1953-1960: Happy Days
10. 1960-1964: Poisoned Dreams
11. 1965-1970: Unpinned
12. 1971-1975: Approaching the Apocalypse
13. 1976-1980: Starting Over
14. 1981-1989: A New World
15. 1990-1999: Then and Now
Cast
Peter Jennings
Self - Presenter