by Betsy Boyd
synopsis
Part of the CNN Millennium ten-hour documentary which explores global events of the past 1,000 years, CNN Millennium, Pt. 10: Century of the Globe -- The Twentieth Century outlines pivotal points between 1900 and the year 2000. The program describes a period of turmoil and prosperity, in which two world wars wreaked havoc, technological advancements caused pollution, and America enjoyed an abundant economy and embraced the wonder of rock & roll. The episode remembers Charles Lindbergh's historic 33-and-a-half-hour flight from New York to Paris, and Neil Armstrong's moon touch-down. Actor Ben Kingsley narrates.
characteristics
- Roadster
- Pollution
- Physics
- Nuclear-weapon
- Rock-music
- Stock-market-crash
- War
- Violence
- Technology
- Millennium
- Epidemic
- Car
- Aviation
- Auto
- Atomic-weapons
