People's Century: 1900-1999

People's Century: 1900-1999

1

Season

1995

USA

8.7

This award-winning, twenty-six part PBS television series offers new insight into the turbulent events of these hundred years through the revealing personal testimony of the people who lived them.

Episode List

Age of Hope

S1 • E1

Age of Hope

Optimism reigns as the new century begins.

Killing Fields

S1 • E2

Killing Fields

Marching to glory, soldiers face death on an industrial scale in a ghastly global war.

Red Flag

S1 • E3

Red Flag

Communism brings hope-and horrors-to Russia's millions.

People Power

S1 • E4

People Power

Communist rule crumbles as the Cold War ends and the Berlin Wall falls.

Great Escape

S1 • E5

Great Escape

The world forgets its troubles and falls in love with the movies.

Sporting Fever

S1 • E6

Sporting Fever

Fans root for the home team in a sports craze that pushes nationalism to new levels.

On the Line

S1 • E7

On the Line

Mass production forever alters the lives of workers and consumers.

Breadline

S1 • E8

Breadline

Economic depression triggers unemployment on a global scale.

Master Race

S1 • E9

Master Race

The hope for a new world order.

Total War

S1 • E11

Total War

Civilians become targets-contributing to the war effort with their labor and their lives.

Brave New World

S1 • E12

Brave New World

A "cold" war embroils the US and the Soviet Union in a contest of ideologies.

Freedom Now

S1 • E13

Freedom Now

Colonial rule is overthrown in Asia and Africa.

Boom Time

S1 • E14

Boom Time

Post-war prosperity transforms lifestyles and cultural values in the United States and abroad.

Young Blood

S1 • E15

Young Blood

A new generation challenges the Establishment.

Fallout

S1 • E16

Fallout

Nuclear energy is unleashed.

Endangered Planet

S1 • E17

Endangered Planet

Runaway growth brings prosperity at a price.

Great Leap

S1 • E18

Great Leap

China yields to Chairman Mao.

Asia Rising

S1 • E19

Asia Rising

From the ashes of war, Japan and Korea rise to economic prominence.

Skin Deep

S1 • E20

Skin Deep

Racial oppression is challenged in the United States and South Africa.

Half the People

S1 • E21

Half the People

At home and at work, women fight for equal rights.

Picture Power

S1 • E22

Picture Power

Television unexpectedly transforms society, culture, and politics.

Living Longer

S1 • E23

Living Longer

Medical advances further the fight against disease.

Guerrilla Wars

S1 • E24

Guerrilla Wars

Revolution succeeds through guerrilla warfare.

God Fights Back

S1 • E25

God Fights Back

Religious fundamentalism flourishes in both the East and the West.

Fast Forward

S1 • E26

Fast Forward

New technologies connect the world while age-old rivalries threaten the new world order.

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Cast

Sean Barrett

Sean Barrett

Narrator

Veronika Hyks

Narrator

Eva Hart

Self

Stanislava Kraskovskaya

Stanislava Kraskovskaya

Self - Born 1897

Donald Hodge

Self - Born 1894

Ay Sears

Self - Born 1892

Dorah Ramothibe

Self - Born 1881

Sergei Butsko

Self - Born 1896

Gertrude Jarrett

Self - Born 1890

Raymond Abescat

Self - Born 1891

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