Title:
American experience. 1964
ISBN:
9781608830411
Physical Description:
1 DVD, NTSC (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on The last innocent year: America in 1964 by Jon Margolis.
Originally produced an episode of the television program in 2014.
Contents:
Birth of a new era -- The modern conservative movement -- The Beatles and Muhammad Ali -- The feminie mystique -- The great society -- Freedom summer -- The Republican National Convention -- The Harlem riots -- Finding the slain volunteers -- The Gulf of Tonkin resolution -- The free speech movement -- Johnson vs. Goldwater.
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American experience (Television program)
Summary:
It was the year of the Beatles and the Civil Rights Act; of the Gulf of Tonkin and Barry Goldwater's campaign for the presidency; the year that Americans learned smoking was bad for their health and Cassius Clay became Mohammed Ali; the year that cities across the country erupted in violence and Americans tried to make sense of the assassination of their president. Based on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, the film will follow some of the most prominent figures of the time.
System Details:
DVD, WIDESCREEN; REGION 1; 5.1 SURROUND.
Language Note:
ENGLISH SUBTITLE FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
