ABC News: The Century

1999    12hDocumentary, History,
8.4
Peter Jennings hosted this 6 episode special that reviews some of the most important events of the 20th Century. Each episode is a two part examination of two events in history that happened at different times during the 20th century, but are loosely connected and help explain the complexity of America and its place in the world. Episode 1-"Heaven and Earth" explores Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 and America's Space Program culminating with man taking the first steps on the Moon. Episode 2-"Ultimate Power" explores Hitler's rise to power in Germany and America's race to develop the Atom Bomb before the German's. Episode 3-"No Man's Land" explores America's involvement in World War I; which we won but was not "the war to end all wars," and end of the Vietnam War; which was lost after America grew tired of a war that seemed to have no end. Episode 4-"Memphis Dreams" explores the rise of Elvis Presley and rock n' roll and Martin Luther King, the civil rights leader, who lost his life attempting to help striking black garbage workers; both these events occurred in Memphis, Tennessee. Episode 5-"Coming Apart" explores President Franklin Roosevelt's social policies to bring America out of the depression followed by Senator Joe McCarthy's suspicion that Communists have infiltrated America's movie industry. Part 6-"Evolution of Revolution" explores the Islamic revolution in Iran and taking American hostages at the American Embassy followed by a discussion about what challenges we'll face in the 21st Century.

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1 Season

  • Season 1
    Season 112 Episodes

Cast of ABC News: The Century

  • Peter JenningsSelf - Host-Narrator
  • Henry KissingerSelf
  • Steve AllenSelf (segment "Innocence in Rebellion")
  • Jerry SchillingSelf (segment "Innocence in Rebellion")
  • Gene KranzSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Farah PahlaviSelf
  • Edward TellerSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Reza PahlaviSelf
  • Douglas BrinkleySelf
  • A. Scott BergSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Jeffrey KlugerSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Frank SneppSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • Ted FrancisSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Freeman DysonSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Armand DeutschSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Jerry BostickSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Paul FussellSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Stuart HerringtonSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • Richard RhodesSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Elinor SmithSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Bui DiemSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • Andrew ChaikinSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Peter GuralnickSelf (segment "Innocence in Rebellion")
  • Carolyn PorcoSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Reeve LindberghSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Edward StoneSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Geoffrey PerretSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Frank BormanSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Glynn LunneySelf (segment "First Step")
  • Robert ChristySelf (segment "The Race")
  • George MüllerSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Kaveh GolestanSelf
  • Malek Jahan KhazaiSelf
  • Eleaine SciolinoSelf
  • Joseph RotblatSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Hamilton JordanSelf
  • Nguyen Ngoc NganSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • Samuel KylesSelf (segments "Innocence in Rebellion" and "Searching for the Promised Land")
  • Sadegh KhalkhaliSelf
  • Gary SickSelf
  • John M. LogsdonSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Arnold IsaacsSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • Ernst StuhlingerSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Robert MassieSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • William DaughertySelf
  • William LanouetteSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Tom D. CrouchSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Barry DenenbergSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Charles ScottSelf
  • William SullivanSelf
  • George KleinSelf (segment "Innocence in Rebellion")
  • Lionel RosenblattSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • Craig JohnstoneSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • John Milton CooperSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Henry VillardSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Francis SayreSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Michael MatrinkoSelf
  • Donald HodgeSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Roy HenleySelf (segment "The Great Wa")
  • John Morton BlumSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Ibrahim AsgharzadehSelf
  • Corneal DavisSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • David FromkinSelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Robert ArmaoSelf
  • Bob LincolnSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Claudia KoonzSelf (segment "Evil Rising")
  • Jon GuttmanSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Mohsen MirdamadiSelf
  • Henry PohlSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Thomas ChildersSelf (segment "Evil Rising")
  • Austin WilkinsSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Boyce McDanielSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Don ArabianSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Graham MartinSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • John HohenbergSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Elinor GuggenheimerSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Ken GreisenSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Albert KoslowSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • John ZuckermanSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Edith StanleySelf (segment "The Great War")
  • Peter FritzscheSelf (segment "Evil Rising")
  • Theresa TullSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • John M. DiehlSelf (segment "Evil Rising")
  • Homer SmithSelf (segment "The Fall")
  • Martin DeutschSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Stephen AmbroseSelf
  • John AaronSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Harold AgnewSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Jeff HesterSelf (segment "First Step")
  • Hans BetheSelf (segment "The Race")
  • Ron RosenbaumSelf (segment "Evil Rising")
  • Anne CondelliSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Ev CassagneresSelf (segment "Lindbergh's Journey")
  • Peter BogdanovichSelf (segment - "Picture This")
  • Jeanmarie CondonDirector / Producer
  • Peter BullWriter / Producer
  • Edward GrayProducer
  • Carrie CookProducer
  • Tracy DayProducer
  • Diana FrankProducer
  • Linda GarmonProducer
  • Richard GerdauProducer
  • Robe ImbrianoProducer
  • Kenneth LevisProducer
  • Michael PenlandProducer
  • Richard RobbinsProducer
  • Brooke RunnetteProducer
  • Martin SmithProducer
  • Terence WrongProducer

 

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