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The Sixties

Season 1
From the space race and Cold War to civil rights and more, this series explores how the 1960s shaped our history.
202210 episodes16+
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  1. S1 E1 - Television Comes of Age
    November 13, 2022
    43min
    TV-14
    Dick and Tom Smothers, Carol Burnett and more describe how shows like “The Twilight Zone,” “The Fugitive” and “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” reflected the times.
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  2. S1 E2 - The World on the Brink
    November 13, 2022
    43min
    TV-14
    Marvin Kalb, Richard Reeves, Robert Dallek, Sergei Khrushchev and more explain how close the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis brought us to World War III.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
    November 13, 2022
    1 h 25 min
    TV-14
    The Warren Commission staff traces the events leading up to the assassination of President Kennedy and tries to explain why the tragedy remains controversial.
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  4. S1 E4 - The War in Vietnam
    November 13, 2022
    43min
    TV-14
    The Vietnam War brought social and political polarization at home; and because it was televised, the more Americans saw, the more unpopular it became.
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  5. S1 E5 - A Long March to Freedom
    November 13, 2022
    1 h 25 min
    TV-14
    Selma, Birmingham, and the March on Washington are re-examined. Eyewitnesses to history give context to the lunch counter sit-ins, Freedom Rides, integration, and the Children's Crusade for the moral mission of the Civil Rights Movement.
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  6. S1 E6 - The British Invasion
    November 13, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    Graham Nash, Smokey Robinson and more recall what it was like to make music that ultimately impacted everything from fashion to sexual mores to politics.
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  7. S1 E7 - The Space Race
    November 13, 2022
    43min
    TV-14
    Astronauts Charles Bolden, Mike Massimino, Dave Scott and others describe pushing the boundaries of exploration to an unprecedented frontier.
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  8. S1 E8 - 1968
    November 13, 2022
    43min
    TV-14
    Tom Hayden and others discuss a dramatic year in US history, including a Soviet incursion, wars in Southeast Asia and the election of President Nixon.
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  9. S1 E9 - The Times They Are A-Changin'
    November 13, 2022
    43min
    TV-14
    Gloria Steinem, Robert Kennedy Jr., Marlo Thomas and others discuss how feminism, civil rights, environmentalism and the gay rights movements were fueled.
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  10. S1 E10 - Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll
    November 13, 2022
    43min
    TV-14
    American culture changed fundamentally in the 1960s as the tastes, morals and politics of the Baby Boomer generation redefined standards.
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John Heilemann
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Discovery Global Adventure & Documentaries
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