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1893-1945: Against the Tide-Mao's Early Years
Item# 35370
© 2005
61 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3502-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3503-2
Part one of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes describes Mao Zedong's youth, his formative adulthood, and his consolidation of power. Archival photographs from Mao's childhood and education, film cl...
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1914-1919: Shell Shock
Item# 9012
© 1999
45 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-1045-5
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6125-3
The psychological damage inflicted by the stupefying bombardments of World War I was called shell shock, a term that aptly described the feelings of the post-war world. This ABC News program anchored...
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1920-1929: Boom to Bust
Item# 9013
© 1999
46 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-1046-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6126-0
In the aftermath of World War I, many modern-minded Americans, particularly women, were eager to do away with outdated traditions and claim new rights and freedoms. This ABC News program anchored by P...
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1929-1936: Stormy Weather
Item# 9014
© 1999
46 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-1047-9
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6127-7
America-a nation that claimed ever-increasing wealth as its birthright-was rudely awakened by the Great Depression, which caused 25 percent unemployment, the closing of 9,000 banks, and the loss of $2...
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1936-1941: Over the Edge
Item# 9015
© 1999
46 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-1048-6
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6128-4
Safely watching Europe from across the Atlantic Ocean, many Americans observed the messianic popularity of Hitler and Mussolini and the subsequent outbreak of World War II with concern and dismay. Thi...
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1941-1945: Civilians at War
Item# 9016
© 1999
69 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-1049-3
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6130-7
World War II was the first war in history that killed more civilians than soldiers, as leaders on both sides accepted noncombatant casualties as inevitable-and, to some, even desirable. This ABC News...
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1941-1945: Homefront
Item# 9017
© 1999
46 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-1050-9
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6131-4
The shock of Pearl Harbor awoke America from its dream of isolationism. As troops went overseas and industry ramped up to supply the urgent need for war materials, a new wave of Southern blacks migrat...
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1945: Year of Victory
Item# 1607
20 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-89113-973-7
This program contains contemporary newsreels shown to American and British movie audiences at year's end-important not only for the events shown, but for the emphases and biases of the participants in...
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1945-1959: The Sorcerer's Apprentice-Founding the Republic
Item# 35371
© 2005
60 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3504-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3505-6
Part two of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes explores the formation of the People's Republic of China, its complicated relationship with the Soviet Union, and events that prefaced the Cultural Rev...
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1946-1952: Best Years
Item# 9018
© 1999
46 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-0-7365-1051-6
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6132-1
Demobilization after World War II meant difficult changes as the U.S., geared up for war, resumed a peacetime existence. This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings describes America's new status...
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