The Fifties
Season 1 • Episode 2: Selling the American Way • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: Selling the American Way
December 7, 1997
Television makes its popular debut. TV is a great selling tool, manufacturing demand for everything from automobiles to zany inventions. Business and governments all begin to learn (and wield) the power of the new media.
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