The Sixties

The Sixties (2014)

The decade that changed the world.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2014-05-29
  • Last Air Date: 2014-08-07
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 10
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Production Company: Playtone
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: CNN
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Summary

The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.

  • Keywords: nostalgia, 1960s
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    The Sixties Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2014-05-29
    10 Episodes

    The Sixties Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Television Comes of Age (1960-1969)60 min
    Season 1Episode 2The World on the Brink (1960–1963)60 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Assassination of President Kennedy (1963-1969)60 min
    Season 1Episode 4The War in Vietnam (1961–1968)60 min
    Season 1Episode 5A Long March to Freedom (1960–1968)60 min
    Season 1Episode 6The British Invasion (1964-1967)60 min
    Season 1Episode 7The Space Race (1960–1969)60 min
    Season 1Episode 81968 (1968)60 min
    Season 1Episode 9The Times, They are A-Changin' (1960–1969)60 min
    Season 1Episode 10Sex, Drugs, and Rock N' Roll (1960–1969)60 min
    • Walter Cronkite

      as Self
    • Tom Hanks

      as Self
    • David Brinkley

      as Self
    • Dan Rather

      as Self
    • Chet Huntley

      as Self - NBC News (archive footage)
    • Lyndon B. Johnson

      as Self (archive footage)
    • John F. Kennedy

      as Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage)
    • John Heilemann

      as Self - Editor, New York Magazine
    • Robert Dallek

      as Self - Author
    • Frank McGee

      as Self - NBC News (archive footage)
    • Harry Reasoner

      as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
    • Shirley Chisholm

      as Self
    Production Tom Hanks Producer
    Production Gary Goetzman Producer
    Production Stephen J. Morrison Producer

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