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August 11, 1982

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Yesteryear - S1 - E2

Travel back to the prosperous post-World War II era, in a year when the baby boom was beginning, sonic booms heralded the jet age, gas was only 23 cents a gallon, and Americans were migrating to the suburbs.

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Yesteryear: Season 1 - 6 Episode s

1x1 - 1917
July 7, 1982
Recalls the World War I era through newsreel, period music, photographs, and film clips. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is interviewed in-scene of his father's film The Mark of Zorro.
1x2 - 1947
August 11, 1982
Travel back to the prosperous post-World War II era, in a year when the baby boom was beginning, sonic booms heralded the jet age, gas was only 23 cents a gallon, and Americans were migrating to the suburbs.
1x3 - 1969
September 8, 1982
Travel back to the period of anti-war protests, the advancement of civil rights, the birth of "Doonesbury" and Sesame Street, Richard Nixon, and Woodstock.
1x4 - 1933
October 9, 1982
A look at the end of Prohibition, baseball's first all-star game, and America's recovery from the Great Depression.
1x5 - 1942
November 7, 1982
A look at the era of war bonds, victory gardens, food and gas rationing, and the Big Band sound. Guest: Ralph Levenberg, a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March
1x6 - 1927
December 8, 1982
Go back to 1927, the year Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight, liquor flowed in speakeasies, and both the economy and job opportunities were booming. Janet Gaynor is interviewed in-scene of her movie of that year, Seventh Heaven.

Yesteryear: All seasons

S1: Miniseries
6 Episode s

1x1 - 1917

1x2 - 1947

1x3 - 1969

1x4 - 1933

1x5 - 1942

1x6 - 1927

S1: Miniseries