About this series
The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.
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The Sixties
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Quick facts
First Aired
2014
Seasons
1
Episodes
10
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.5/10
Votes
20
Genre
Documentary
Status
Ended
Network
CNN
Language
EN
Seasons
S01E01
Television Comes of Age (1960 - 1969)
Americans gathered around “the tube,” to be informed and entertained by the news, The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, I Dream of Jeannie, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, and more. Tom Ha…
S01E02
The World on the Brink (1960 – 1963)
The heady days of Camelot were clouded by the political and military tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Marvin Kalb, Richard Reeves, Robert Dallek, Sergei Khrushchev and mo…
S01E03
The Assassination of Kennedy (1963 - 1969)
A documentary examining the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. Included: a look at the conclusions drawn from the Warren Report; and eyewitness testimony.…
S01E04
The War in Vietnam (1961 – 1968)
From just several hundred advisors at the start of the decade, to more than 550,000 American troops by the end of it, the escalation of the war in Vietnam – and the fighting and th…
S01E05
A Long March to Freedom (1960 – 1968)
Selma, Birmingham, and the March on Washington are reexamined by eyewitnesses to history. Diane Nash, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rev. C.T. Vivian, Bob M…
S01E06
The British Invasion (1964 - 1967)
Clips of performances by British bands of the 1960s, including Manfred Mann, the Animals, Peter and Gordon, Joe Cocker, Traffic, Procol Harum, the Troggs, the Kinks, the Yardbirds,…
S01E07
The Space Race (1960 – 1969)
Astronaut and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Mike Massimino and Dave Scott, and Walter Issacson, Douglas Brinkley, Tom Wolfe, Andy Chaikin, and Tom Hank…
S01E08
1968 (1968)
Tom Hayden, Gloria Steinem, Lance Morrow, Evan Thomas, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Tim Naftali, and Mark Kurlansky discuss how one of the most dramatic years in American history was …
S01E09
The Times, They Are A-Changin’ (1960 – 1969)
Gloria Steinem, Robert Kennedy, Jr., former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, Cecile Richards, Marlo Thomas, Douglas Brinkley, and Gail Collins discuss how feminism, civil rights, environmen…
S01E10
Sex, Drugs, and Rock N’ Roll (1960 – 1969)
American culture changed fundamentally from the beginning to the end of the 1960s as the tastes, morals, and politics of the Baby Boomer generation came to define America. Jann Wen…
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Questions about The Sixties
How many seasons does The Sixties have?
The Sixties has 1 season and 10 episodes total.
What genre is The Sixties?
The Sixties is a Documentary series.
Who stars in The Sixties?
The cast of The Sixties includes Tom Hanks, Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Dan Rather, Shirley Chisholm.
What is the TMDB rating for The Sixties?
The Sixties has a TMDB rating of 7.5/10 based on 20 votes.
