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The Seventies

2015 Ended 60m episodes

7.4/10 24 votes

Documentary

A documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music industry, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the sexual revolution, and the rise of foreign and domestic terrorism.

Created by:: Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks
Cast:: Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Tom Hanks, David Brinkley
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: CNN

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E01

Episode 1

★ 7.0

Television Gets Real

2015-06-11 · 60m

The 1970s were known for extremes, perhaps nowhere more than on television. PBS and C-SPAN launched, but so did "The Love Boat" and "Three's Company." We talk with Norman Lear, Ed Asner, LeVar Burton and Vince Gilligan, among many others.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 7.0

The United States vs. Nixon

2015-06-18 · 60m

How did a "third-rate burglary" lead to the only presidential resignation in American history? We trace the story of Watergate with, among others, John Dean, Pat Buchanan, Elizabeth Drew and Dan Rather.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 6.5

Peace with Honor

2015-06-25 · 60m

The Vietnam War is one of the defining events of recent American history. It still exerts enormous influence on our military and foreign policy. Why did it end the way it did? Interviewees include: Neil Sheehan, Evan Thomas, Karl Marlantes, and Winston Lord.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 7.0

Crimes and Cults

2015-07-09 · 60m

America suffered through one of its most violent decades as crime rates soared and Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, the Son of Sam and the Jim Jones made headlines. We hear from Vincent Bugliosi, Lawrence Wright, and James Wolcott.

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E05

Episode 5

★ 6.5

The State of the Union is Not Good

2015-07-16 · 60m

That unlikely phrase is taken from President Gerald Ford's 1975 State of the Union address and reflects an America that careened from crisis to crisis in the second half of the decade. Richard Reeves, Lesley Stahl, Douglas Brinkley, and Rick Perlstein help us understand why.

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E06

Episode 6

★ 4.2

Battle of the Sexes

2015-07-23 · 60m

Sex was everywhere in the 1970s. No decade in our history witnessed such a seismic shift in sexual mores, customs and gender roles. Hear stories from the front lines from Gail Collins, Gloria Steinem, Gay Talese, and Billie Jean King.

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E07

Episode 7

★ 6.5

Terrorism at Home and Abroad

2015-07-30 · 60m

From the massacre of athletes at the Munich Olympics to the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, the 1970s gave birth to the modern face of terrorism. Interviewees include: Robert Baer, Robin Wright, Brian Jenkins, and Peter Bergen.

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E08

Episode 8

★ 6.7

What's Goin' On

2015-08-06 · 60m

After the breakup of the Beatles, popular music exploded into a variety of new formats and genres as artists including Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Donna Summer, The Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder, The Talking Heads and hosts of others reshaped the art form. Hear from Mick Fleetwood, Questlove, Nelson George, and Giorgio Moroder.

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