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The 60s / Tom Brokaw; Bob Brown; Michael Carroll; Peter Coyote; Wade Davis. Videorecording.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: [New York] : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2008.Description: 14 videodiscs (approximately 28 hr., 34 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1422927652
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E841
Contents:
King : leader, preacher, dreamer, revolutionary man -- 1968 with Tom Browkaw -- America at war (Title on DVD label: The Vietnam War) -- The race to the moon -- Voices of civil rights -- JFK : a presidency revealed -- Apollo 11 (Modern marvels) ; The JFK assassination (Investigating history) ; Bay of Pigs declassified (History undercover) ; Peyote to LSD : a psychedelic odyssey -- Days of rage and wonder. America at war: Vietnam, on the frontlines. America enters the war ; Tet in Saigon and Hue ; Ringing down the curtain ; The endgame (History alive with Roger Mudd) -- Vietnam command decisions. Tet Offensive ; LBJ and Vietnam : in the eye of the storm -- Unsung heroes : the Battle of Khe Sanh. The race to the moon: Failure is not an option -- Code name, Project Orion -- Modern marvels. The space shuttle -- Modern marvels. Apollo 13. Voices of civil rights: Voices of civil rights (Save our history) -- Mississippi state secrets (History undercover) -- Crossing the bridge (History uncovered) -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : the man and the dream (Biography) -- Thurgood Marshall : justice for all. Days of rage and wonder: Hippies -- Riot : the Chicago conspiracy trial (American justice) -- Sex in the Vietnam War (XY factor).
King: Reported by Tom Brokaw. 1968: Host, Tom Brokaw. Vietnam, on the frontlines: Narrated by Michael Carroll. Vietnam command decisions: Tet Offensive: Narrator, David Jeremiah. LBJ and Vietnam: Narrated by Frank Sesno. Unsung heroes: Narrated by Stan Watt. The race to the moon: Failure is not an option narrated by Scott Glenn. Code name, Project Orion host, Arthur Kent. The space shuttle: Narrated by Jack Perkins. Voices of civil rights: Host, Mekhi Phifer. Mississippi state secrets and Crossing the bridge: Narrator, Arthur Kent. Martin Luther King Jr.: Narrator, Jack Perkins. Thurgood Marshall: Bob Brown. JFK : a presidency revealed: Narrator, Frank Sesno. JFK : a personal story: Narrated by Jim Ward. Joseph P. Kennedy: Host, Jack Perkins ; narrated by Sanford Orkin. Apollo 11: Narrated by Max Raphael. The JFK assassination: Narrator: Bill Kurtis. Bay of Pigs declassified: Host, Arthur Kent. Peyote to LSD: Narrator, Wade Davis. Hippies: Narrated by Peter Coyote. Riot: Hosted by Bill Kurtis. Sex in the Vietnam War: Narrated by Dave Walsh.Summary: Collection of programs examining the events of the 1960s. From the glamorous years of the Kennedy administration at the beginning of the decade to the triumph of the first moonwalk at the end, escorts viewers through the period's world-changing events, including the Cuban Missile Crisis; the civil rights movement; the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr.; urban riots; the Vietnam War; and the peace movement it fostered. Also covered are the decade's cultural touch points: the Beatles and Bob Dylan, birth control pills and the sexual revolution, miniskirts, hippies, communes, the "Summer of Love," LSD, and Woodstock.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
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Title from DVD labels. Program titles from DVD menus.
Programs originally produced for television broadcast.
Bonus features: Tom Brokaw's personal perspectives; additional interviews; commentary on The race to the moon; photo gallery; bonus programs: JFK : a personal story (Biography); Joseph P. Kennedy : father of an American dynasty (Biography).
Summary adapted from case.

King : leader, preacher, dreamer, revolutionary man --
1968 with Tom Browkaw --
America at war (Title on DVD label: The Vietnam War) --
The race to the moon --
Voices of civil rights --
JFK : a presidency revealed --
Apollo 11 (Modern marvels) ; The JFK assassination (Investigating history) ; Bay of Pigs declassified (History undercover) ; Peyote to LSD : a psychedelic odyssey --
Days of rage and wonder. America at war: Vietnam, on the frontlines. America enters the war ; Tet in Saigon and Hue ; Ringing down the curtain ; The endgame (History alive with Roger Mudd) --
Vietnam command decisions. Tet Offensive ; LBJ and Vietnam : in the eye of the storm --
Unsung heroes : the Battle of Khe Sanh. The race to the moon: Failure is not an option --
Code name, Project Orion --
Modern marvels. The space shuttle --
Modern marvels. Apollo 13. Voices of civil rights: Voices of civil rights (Save our history) --
Mississippi state secrets (History undercover) --
Crossing the bridge (History uncovered) --
Martin Luther King, Jr. : the man and the dream (Biography) --
Thurgood Marshall : justice for all. Days of rage and wonder: Hippies --
Riot : the Chicago conspiracy trial (American justice) --
Sex in the Vietnam War (XY factor).

King: Reported by Tom Brokaw.
1968: Host, Tom Brokaw.
Vietnam, on the frontlines: Narrated by Michael Carroll.
Vietnam command decisions: Tet Offensive: Narrator, David Jeremiah. LBJ and Vietnam: Narrated by Frank Sesno. Unsung heroes: Narrated by Stan Watt.
The race to the moon: Failure is not an option narrated by Scott Glenn. Code name, Project Orion host, Arthur Kent. The space shuttle: Narrated by Jack Perkins.
Voices of civil rights: Host, Mekhi Phifer. Mississippi state secrets and Crossing the bridge: Narrator, Arthur Kent. Martin Luther King Jr.: Narrator, Jack Perkins. Thurgood Marshall: Bob Brown.
JFK : a presidency revealed: Narrator, Frank Sesno. JFK : a personal story: Narrated by Jim Ward. Joseph P. Kennedy: Host, Jack Perkins ; narrated by Sanford Orkin.
Apollo 11: Narrated by Max Raphael. The JFK assassination: Narrator: Bill Kurtis. Bay of Pigs declassified: Host, Arthur Kent. Peyote to LSD: Narrator, Wade Davis.
Hippies: Narrated by Peter Coyote. Riot: Hosted by Bill Kurtis. Sex in the Vietnam War: Narrated by Dave Walsh.


Collection of programs examining the events of the 1960s. From the glamorous years of the Kennedy administration at the beginning of the decade to the triumph of the first moonwalk at the end, escorts viewers through the period's world-changing events, including the Cuban Missile Crisis; the civil rights movement; the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr.; urban riots; the Vietnam War; and the peace movement it fostered. Also covered are the decade's cultural touch points: the Beatles and Bob Dylan, birth control pills and the sexual revolution, miniskirts, hippies, communes, the "Summer of Love," LSD, and Woodstock.