America in Color

Synopsis : Histoire de l'Amérique avec des archives en couleurs des années 20 aux années 60. "From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. It's a decisive period in our nation's history that most of us have only witnessed in black and white, until now. Using digital colorization technology, we present these formative decades as few have seen them, revisiting 50 vibrant years of good times and great despair, technological triumphs and natural disasters, and global villains and national heroes." (smithsonianchannel.com ) The 1920s: Watch the Model T roll, the Jazz Age erupt, and the market crash, like it has never been seen before--in color. The 1930s Witness the most significant moments of the 1930s, in color, through rarely seen archival footage and home movies. The 1940s See rare color footage of Pearl Harbor, internment camps, the Manhattan Project, and other seminal moments of the 1940s. The 1950s Witness the highs and lows of 1950s America, from consumerism to McCarthyism and beyond, in color. The 1960s Revisit America during the turbulent 1960s, as we bring the dawn of modern America to colorful life.