The Century-America's Time (Boxed Set) [VHS]

The Century-America's Time (Boxed Set) [VHS]

The Century-America's Time (Boxed Set) [VHS]
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Actor: Harold Agnew, John Aaron, Linda Hunt, Peter Jennings, Steve Allen
Producer: Brooke Runnette
Producer: Carrie Cook
Producer: Diana Frank
Producer: Jeanmarie Condon
Producer: Kenneth Levis
Producer: Linda Garmon
Producer: Martin Smith
Producer: Michael Penland
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Black & White, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 720 minutes
Release Date: 1999-03-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: ABC News
Studio: ABC News

VHS Movie Reviews of The Century-America's Time (Boxed Set) [VHS]

Movie Review: Super set!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a great series and invaluable if you are an educator. My only regret (and question) is why don't they convert it to DVD format?

Summary of The Century-America's Time (Boxed Set) [VHS]

Covering the entire 20th century in one video series is an ambitious project, but one that Peter Jennings and ABC News are up to. In The Century: America's Time, a 12-part documentary on six videotapes that is a companion to the book of the same name, Jennings guides us through a century of technology and advancement like no other. As he says in his introduction to episode 1, "Seeds of Change," "Unlike previous centuries where leadership was defined by royalty and other rulers, the 20th century more than any other was shaped by the will and actions of the common man." The series is a sweeping presentation of the United States of the 1900s and tries to encompass a mind-boggling amount of history. And while at moments the videos may leave you longing for more, Jennings does an excellent job of creating smooth segues between disparate pieces.

The first episode, for instance, begins with the influx of immigrants at the turn of the century and touches on Jim Crow laws, moving pictures, planes, Henry Ford, the sinking of the USS Maine, child labor, suffragettes, the Panama Canal, imperialism, and more, right up to the beginning of World War I. The archival footage is stunning and interviews with historians, veterans, journalists, POWs, politicians, authors, celebrities, and common people help bring the past to life again. Mickey Spillane discusses the speakeasies of the 1920s; Dennis Hopper talks about Easy Rider in the '60s; Tom Wolfe reads from The Bonfire of the Vanities for the episode on the '80s. Eudora Welty, E.L. Doctorow, Martin Scorsese, John Updike, Pat Buchanan, Oliver Stone, Stephen E. Ambrose, among many others, lend their voices to this documentary. Yet, despite the great names, at times the pictures and people are allowed to speak for themselves, without intrusive narration--the stark images of the Challenger explosion or the sad words of a political activist mourning the death of his partner to AIDS are more powerful because of it. This chronological tale (with the exception of the last episode, "Then and Now," which is arranged thematically) is an insightful and poignant reminder of all the marvels--and tragedies--of America in the 20th century. --Jenny Brown

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