America in the Fifties: The Road to the Sixties

Synopsis

MacDonalds invents fast food and Detroit designer Harley Earl comes up with exuberant cars more like ‘jukeboxes on wheels’; the Russians shock the Americans by beating them into space with Sputnik. The country turns to John F. Kennedy and America lurches towards the Cuban Missile Crisis and its debacle in Vietnam.

Series

America in the Fifties, Series

Language

English

Country

Canada

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

Year of production

2001

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Subjects

History; Sociology

Keywords

history of the 20th century; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald; United States of America

Credits

Producer

Nancy Button

Contributor

Michael Ontkean

Production Company

Name

CS Associates

Distributor

Name

Quantum Leap

Notes

Ceased trading in 2018.

 

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