The Sixties - Season 1 - Eps 8: 1968 (1968)
Tom Hayden, Gloria Steinem, Lance Morrow, Evan Thomas, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Tim Naftali, and Mark Kurlansky discuss how one of the most dramatic years in American history was punctuated by a Soviet incursion into Czechoslovakia, devastating assassinations, turning points in the wars in Southeast Asia, a decisive and televised end to the Johnson Administration, violence at the Democratic National Convention, and the election of President Nixon.
About The Sixties
Title: The Sixties
First Air Date: 2014-05-29
Last Air Date: 2014-08-07
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.4/10 (from 19 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 10
Network: CNN
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Playtone, CNN Films
Synopsis
The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.
Cast
Walter Cronkite
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Tom Hanks
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David Brinkley
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Dan Rather
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Shirley Chisholm
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