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People's Century (1995)

People's Century poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 26 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary series that looks back at the key events and changes of the 1900s. It covers wars, social movements, and technology through footage and interviews from around the world.

informativesobereducationalreflectivebroadhistoricalrestrainedpanoramic

What happens

People's Century is a television documentary series examining the 20th century. It was a joint production of the BBC in the United Kingdom and PBS member station WGBH Boston in the United States. The series was first shown on BBC in the 1995, 1996 and 1997 television seasons before being broadcast in the US and elsewhere in the world in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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