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From the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States underwent the most profound social, economic and technological changes than any prior point in history. The faces, places, events, and trends of the '4s, '5s, '6s, 7s, and '8s are revisited in this compelling five-documentary time capsule, which is complemented by five feature films, five complete TV episodes, and dozens of commercials and movie trailers from each era.
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The Decades That Built America (2012)
From the 1932 presidential election to the 1980s, a look at the culture, politics, movies, music and newsmakers from five key decades of the 1900s.