When it comes to dramatic decades in United States history, the 1960s seems to have it all: technological advances, social protest and change, war, and end-of-the-world geo-political standoffs. Part of the ten-volume documentary video series acclaimed by the prestigious Library Journal, this installment of
The 20th Century, 20th Century: 1960's - A Global Revolution covers the benchmark events, trends and celebrities of the period, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Civil Rights movement, the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, the musical "British Invasion" by
The Beatles, hippies and the rise of unconventional drug use, and NASA's anti-Communist race to the moon. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide