Great events. No.1

Description

Beginning with the Suez crisis and ending with the fighting in Chechnya, this program presents a broad sampling of the events that have shaped the post-World War II historical landscape. Clips from the Vietnam War, Bloody Sunday, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, the Somalia relief effort, the Ciskei massacre, and the attempted Soviet coup in Moscow are included. Personalities such as Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Nikita Khrushchev, JFK, MLK, and Margaret Thatcher are captured on film as well, along with Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles, Brigitte Bardot, Michael Jackson, and Mick Jagger.

Runtime

58 min

Series

Genre

Date of Publication

[2006], c2000

Database

Films on Demand

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