The Century

1999

Documentary

Pivotal factors and people shape the 20th century. Each episode pairs two thematically linked segments.

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Production

ABC News

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 29, 1999

Last Aired

April 10, 1999

Networks

ABC

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Heaven and Earth

Air date: 1999-03-29

"Lindbergh's Journey": Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic / "First Step": Neil Armstrong steps on the moon; space exploration.

Ultimate Power

Air date: 1999-04-01

"Evil Rising": Hitler rises to power / "The Race": the race to build the atomic bomb.

No Man's Land

Air date: 1999-04-03

"The Great War": World War I / "The Fall": the Vietnam War.

Memphis Dreams

Air date: 1999-04-05

"Innocence in Rebellion": Elvis Presley helps change American culture / "Searching for the Promised Land": Martin Luther King Jr. marches for civil rights.

Coming Apart

Air date: 1999-04-08

"Nothing to Fear": Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration; banks fail; internment camps; farm foreclosures / "Picture This": the birth of Hollywood; film industry and the Cold War.

The Evolution of Revolution

Air date: 1999-04-10

"Live from Tehran": Iran hostage crisis / "Facing the New Millennium": 20th-century thinkers discuss the new millennium.