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The Century: America's Time

Best Years (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | Documentary

We cover some of the major events of the immediate post-war years such as the Korean War, McCarthyism, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift and the adjustment of returning soldiers.
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Updated Apr 20, 1999

Release date
Apr 20, 1999 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
3 nominations

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22 cast members
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Winston Churchill
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Rosenberg. Edna
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Paul Fussell
Self - WWII Veteran Self - WWII Veteran   See fewer
Lee Grant
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Peter Jennings
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William Levitt
Self - Builder (archive footage) Self - Builder (archive footage)   See fewer
Douglas MacArthur
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Joseph McCarthy
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Robert McIntosh
Self - WWII Veteran Self - WWII Veteran   See fewer
Carl Reiner
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Julius Rosenberg
Himsel (archive footage) Himsel (archive footage)   See fewer
Mickey Spillane
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Joseph Stalin
Self - at the conference at Potsdam (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self - at the conference at Potsdam (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin)   See fewer
Harry S. Truman
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John Updike
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