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Curated Video
Baby Boom
“Baby Boom” will describe the time period from 1946-1964, which saw an increase in population and, ultimately, stimulated the nation’s economy.
Curated Video
Vietnam Veterans
Shunned by society and ignored by the government. This is the untold story of the Vietnam veterans left to endure the mental and physical scars they’d suffered alone.
Curated Video
Cult of Domesticity
The Cult of Domesticity was a school of thought that middle and upper class women should be confined to the home and aspire to be model wives and mothers. But it wasn’t just men who thought that way, many women did too!
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Tornado: View From the Past
Weather forecasting has advanced since this film was made (in about 1956). Compare forecasting methods shown in this film with modern techniques. Watch for a huge mistake in the way scientists thought about tornado safety fifty years...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Something From the Oven
What were Americans eating in the 50s? NPR offers a conversation with an author that declares the 50s as a time when the food industry tried to shape American women. Interesting ideas on how the modern American woman emerged from the 50s.