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Yesteryear

Yesteryear (1982)

July. 07,1982

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Yesteryear

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

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Yesteryear

1982

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

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1982

6 Episode

Episode 1 - 1917

July. 07,1982

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.

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Episode 2 - 1947

August. 11,1982

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.

Episode 3 - 1969

September. 08,1982

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.

Episode 4 - 1933

October. 09,1982

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

Episode 5 - 1942

November. 07,1982

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

Episode 6 - 1927

December. 08,1982

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.

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