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Yesteryear

Yesteryear

1982•45m•Documentary
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A panoramic overview of the events and people that shaped six of the most important years in American history.

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 7, 1982

Episodes

E1

1917

Recalls the World War I era through newsreel, period music, photographs, and film clips. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is interviewed in-scene of his father's film The Mark of Zorro.

Jul 7, 1982

E2

1947

Travel back to the prosperous post-World War II era, in a year when the baby boom was beginning, sonic booms heralded the jet age, gas was only 23 cents a gallon, and Americans were migrating to the suburbs.

Aug 11, 1982

E3

1969

Travel back to the period of anti-war protests, the advancement of civil rights, the birth of "Doonesbury" and Sesame Street, Richard Nixon, and Woodstock.

Sep 8, 1982

E4

1933

A look at the end of Prohibition, baseball's first all-star game, and America's recovery from the Great Depression.

Oct 9, 1982

E5

1942

A look at the era of war bonds, victory gardens, food and gas rationing, and the Big Band sound. Guest: Ralph Levenberg, a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March

Nov 7, 1982

E6

1927

Go back to 1927, the year Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight, liquor flowed in speakeasies, and both the economy and job opportunities were booming. Janet Gaynor is interviewed in-scene of her movie of that year, Seventh Heaven.

Dec 8, 1982

Actors

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

Self - Host

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American Masters
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Superpowered: The DC Story
Top Gear
Marvel's 616
Doctor Who Confidential
The Real History of Science Fiction
How It's Made
The Circus

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Real History with Matt Walsh
Thomas Jefferson
Terra X - Zeitreise
Brad Meltzer's Lost History
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
American Experience
The 1619 Project
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
Asian Americans
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
The Vietnam War
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Sex: The Revolution
Remember When
Liberty!
Founding Brothers
Prohibition
America in Color
The American Revolution