| A century of incredible change and advancement, the 20th Century was greatly impacted by technology. This two volume collection recounts the high points and the most memorable moments of this amazing span of 100 years. Segments are included on the first walk on the moon, the first flight, the Great Depression, and the Vietman conflict.
Great Moments of the 20th Century Vol. 1: 1900-1960 Includes: Henry Ford and the Automobile The New Frontier "The Sky" Teddy Roosevelt - The Panama Canal Civil Rights "Fight to Freedom" Women's Rights "Suffragettes" World War I The Russian Revolution The Roaring Twenties The Great Depression World Conquest 1940 Invasion of Britain Pearl Harbor "Battleship Row" 1944 D-Day & Normandy Invasion War in the Pacific 1945 - The Atomic Bomb The Holocaust The Cold War Israel: A New State Cold War Paranoia and UFOs Committee on Non-American Activities Eisenhower and Kruschev The Berlin Wall The Korean Conflict "The 38th Parallel" Adolph Eichman Guilty of Genocide JFK - The 1960 Presidential Elections Fidel Castro "The Bay of Pigs" Apartheid Racism 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Great Moments of the 20th Century Vol. 2: Events have taken place that shaped our civilization and changed the destiny of humanity forever. The Congo's Independance from Belguim.Scienceand technology. America Mourns JFK. 1964 - The Civil Rights Act. Mohammed Ali. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Countries in turmoill. 1968 - Once again, The nation Mourns. The space Race. New World Order, Watergate 1974. Yom Kippur War - 1973. Meltdown at the Three Mile Island. The Regan Administration & Patriotasm. Gorbachev - Perestroika. Fall of the Berlin Wall. Space Exploration. 1990 - operation Desert Storm. Hong Kong's Return to China. A.I.D.S. Epidemic. Terrorism in United States. Bosnia Herzegovina. Y2K and the Information Age. The 20th Century. |
