The Roaring Twenties
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It was the Jazz Age, a time of economic prosperity, and, in the words of President Warren G. Harding, "a return to normalcy" after the the cataclysm of the First World War. This program examines the Roaring Twenties, a decade in which the old beliefs in hard work, thrift, and personal restraint crumbled under the weight of movie madness, the jazz craze, and bootleg gin.
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31 min 59 sec
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