A Burning Desire

December 21, 1997

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The Fifties - S1 - E4

During an otherwise repressed time, Americans again question their ideas of "normal" when the Kinsey report is published, Marilyn Monroe debuts as the centerfold in Hugh Heffner's Playboy, and Margaret Sanger and "Goody" Pincus begin to make noise about "The Pill."

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The Fifties: Season 1 - 7 Episode s

1x1 - The Fear & The Dream
November 30, 1997
Following the victorious end of World War II, America was looking forward to new prosperity and relief from the shortages and rationing that the war required. New affluence, new low-cost suburban homes, and dreams of the good life resulted in a baby boom. With the advent of the Hydrogen bomb, a growing awareness of the communist threat and the beginning of the cold war, those dreams threatened to morph into nightmares.
1x2 - Selling the American Way
December 7, 1997
Television makes its popular debut. TV is a great selling tool, manufacturing demand for everything from automobiles to zany inventions. Business and governments all begin to learn (and wield) the power of the new media.
1x3 - Let's Play House
December 14, 1997
Conforming to the idealized visions of family as depicted on their new televisions, Americans settle into enjoying their American Dreams but discordant voices are beginning to be heard. Grace Metallious's Peyton Place, Sloan Wilson's The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, and the opinions of feminists like Betty Friedan begin to make Americans question the idealized nuclear family.
1x4 - A Burning Desire
December 21, 1997
During an otherwise repressed time, Americans again question their ideas of "normal" when the Kinsey report is published, Marilyn Monroe debuts as the centerfold in Hugh Heffner's Playboy, and Margaret Sanger and "Goody" Pincus begin to make noise about "The Pill."
1x5 - The Beat
December 28, 1997
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Elvis. Conformity is questioned and homogenized America begins to differentiate. The teenager as a class is born. Popular music is forever changed by the advent of Rock n Roll. Beat poets push our boundaries and America begins to question everything.
1x6 - The Rage Within
January 4, 1998
From Emmet Till to Willie Mays, Americans begin to seriously reconsider how they confront issues of race in America.
1x7 - The Road to the Sixties
January 11, 1998
Fast food and fast cars occupy Americans' thoughts until the Soviets launch Sputnik and the space race begins.

The Fifties: All seasons

S1: Miniseries
7 Episode s

1x1 - The Fear & The Dream

1x2 - Selling the American Way

1x3 - Let's Play House

1x4 - A Burning Desire

1x5 - The Beat

1x6 - The Rage Within

1x7 - The Road to the Sixties

S1: Miniseries