The Fifties — Season 1, Episode 2: Selling the American Way
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 7 episodes • ★ 3.3/10
Episode synopsis
Television makes its popular debut. TV is a great selling tool, manufacturing demand for everything from automobiles to zany inventions. Business and governments all begin to learn (and wield) the power of the new media.
About The Fifties
Archival footage and interviews with historians mark this fascinating documentary on the 1950s, based on David Halberstam's bestseller. Among the subjects covered: work and the family; the impact of TV; the Cold War; and the beginnings of the civil-rights movement and the sexual revolution.