The Century: America's Time (1999)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 15 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series covers major events of the 20th century and how the United States became a global power. Peter Jennings narrates each episode.

educationalinformativehistoricalfactualneutralreflectivecondensedserious

What happens

The Century: America's Time is a 15-part television series of documentaries produced by ABC News about the 20th century and the rise of the United States as a superpower. The documentary originally aired on The History Channel in 1999. Peter Jennings, anchor of ABC World News Tonight narrates the series. Along with distinguished journalist Todd Brewster, Jennings co-authored a book titled The Century which became a national bestseller. This series is part of the History Channel's "Cable in The Classroom" curriculum and the study guides for each episode can be found on their website, under the letter "C". ABC ran a mini-marathon of the series on September 15, 2001, in reaction to the September 11 attacks. The marathon signaled the transition from 24/7 news coverage, which had gone uninterrupted since the first reports of an incident at the World Trade Center, back to "normal" programming. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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