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  • The Fifties (1997–1997)
  • TV Mini-series | Documentary, History
The Fifties (1997–1997)
TV Mini-series | Documentary, History
An in depth documentary of all aspects of life in the 1950s.
Seasons
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Directors
Alex Gibney | Tracy Dahlby | Susan Motamed (co-director)
Writers
Alex Gibney | Barbara Sears | Ralph Ellison (novel "Invisible Man") | Allen Ginsberg (poem "Howl") & 2 more
Producer
Nancy Button (producer)
Composer
George Blondheim (original music)
Cinematographers
Michael Boland (director of photography) | Michael Ellis (director of photography)
Production Designer
Molly Hughes
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Updated Nov 30, 1997
Release date (First episode)
1997 (United States)

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119 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Edward Herrmann
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
7
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David Halberstam
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
5
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
B.B. King
Self - Musician Self - Musician   See fewer
2
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Mamie Eisenhower
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
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Jane Stern
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
2
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John Chancellor
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
2
Baseball (1994)
Dalton Trumbo
Self - Testifying Before HUAC (archive footage) Self - Testifying Before HUAC (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Roman Holiday (1953)
Mickey Spillane
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
1
The Girl Hunters (1963)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Panorama (I) (1953)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt)   See fewer
1
The President's Mystery (1936)
Walter Winchell
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1
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Harry S. Truman
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1
The History of Sportfishing
Douglas MacArthur
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Assignment in Korea (1951)
Pete Hamill
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1
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Althea Gibson
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1
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Jules Feiffer
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1
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Edward Teller
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1
Day at Night (1973)
Thelonious Monk
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1
The Omega Man (1971)
Ethel Rosenberg
Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Joseph McCarthy
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1
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Charlie Parker
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1
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Leslie Groves
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1
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Jackson Pollock
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Frank Gibney
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1
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1
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Sam Rayburn
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1
See It Now (1951)
Jean MacArthur
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1
Richard Rhodes
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1
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Jack Anderson
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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Self (administers oath to Truman, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (administers oath to Truman, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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Joseph W. Martin Jr.
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