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The Twentieth Century Season 5 Episodes

  • 1957-1968
  • 9 Seasons
  • CBS
  • Documentary
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A long-running documentary series concerning the news and cultural events which shaped the 20th century. It also offered interpretations of the meaning of certain events, and placed wars and assassinations within the wider context of their era. The host was Walter Cronkite. In 1967, the series was renamed to "The 21st Century". Its new focus was predictions about future events.

Season 5 Episode Guide

Season 5

26 Episodes 1961 - 1962

Episode 1

Hungary Today

Sun, Oct 29, 1961

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Episode 2

Al Smith

Sun, Nov 5, 1961

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Episode 3

Guerrilla, Part 1

Sun, Nov 12, 1961

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Episode 4

Guerrilla, Part 2

Sun, Nov 19, 1961

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Episode 5

Typhoon at Okinawa

Sun, Nov 26, 1961

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Episode 6

The Man Who Spied on Pearl Harbor

Sun, Dec 3, 196130 mins

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Episode 7

The Story of Wendell L. Willkie

Sun, Dec 17, 196130 mins

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Episode 8

The Great Weather Mystery

Sun, Dec 24, 1961

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Episode 9

The Jazz of Dave Brubeck

Sun, Dec 31, 1961

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Episode 10

Siege at Malta

Sun, Jan 7, 1962

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Episode 11

Sports Cars: The Rage to Race

Sun, Jan 14, 1962

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Episode 12

The Airport Jam

Sun, Jan 21, 196230 mins

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Episode 13

Crisis at Suez

Sun, Jan 28, 1962

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Episode 14

Puerto Rico: The Peaceful Revolution

Sun, Feb 4, 1962

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Episode 15

Partisan: The Nazi-Soviet War

Sun, Feb 11, 196230 mins

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Episode 16

Frank Lloyd Wright

Sun, Feb 18, 196230 mins

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Episode 17

The Age of Anxiety: Part 1

Sun, Feb 25, 1962

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Episode 18

The Age of Anxiety: Part 2

Sun, Mar 4, 1962

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Episode 19

The Women Get the Vote

Sun, Mar 18, 1962

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Episode 20

Get the Graf Spee

Sun, Mar 25, 1962

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Episode 21

First Man on the Moon

Sun, Apr 1, 1962

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Episode 22

Czechoslovakia: From Munich to Moscow

Sun, Apr 8, 1962

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Episode 23

End of an Empire

Sun, Apr 15, 1962

Short history of the First Indochina War.

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Episode 24

Let's Go to the Fair

Sun, Apr 22, 1962

World's Fairs from 1900 in Paris to the 1962 Century 21 Exposition in Seattle Washington, which had opened the day before this telecast aired.

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Episode 25

The Creative Thirties

Sun, Apr 29, 196230 mins

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Episode 26

The Satellite That Talks

Sun, May 6, 1962

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