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Bicentennial Minutes (1974)

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Country
United States
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How it feels

This is a series of short TV segments that aired each night from 1974 to 1976. Each clip taught viewers something about the American Revolution and the country's 200th birthday.

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What happens

Bicentennial Minutes was a series of short educational American television segments commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The segments were produced by the CBS Television Network and broadcast nightly from July 4, 1974, until December 31, 1976. (The series was originally slated to end on July 4, 1976, but was extended to the end of the year, airing a total of 912 episodes.) The segments were sponsored by Shell Oil Company, then later by Raid from July 1976 onward. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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