The Fifties
Season 1 • Episode 1: The Fear & The Dream • Watch with subtitles
Episode 1: The Fear & The Dream
November 30, 1997
Following the victorious end of World War II, America was looking forward to new prosperity and relief from the shortages and rationing that the war required. New affluence, new low-cost suburban homes, and dreams of the good life resulted in a baby boom. With the advent of the Hydrogen bomb, a growing awareness of the communist threat and the beginning of the cold war, those dreams threatened to morph into nightmares.
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