Great Moments of the 20th Century

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1News Report: Atomic Bomb Testing Continues (1953)
[no artist]1:59
2News Report: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (1953)
[no artist]0:53
3News Report: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Denied Clemency (1953)
[no artist]2:22
4President Dwight D Eisenhower Announces End to Korean Conflict (1953)
Dwight D. Eisenhower0:46
5Author Ray Bradbury Provides More Positive Outlook on Future Than His Book ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Suggests (1958)
Ray Bradbury1:04
6President Dwight D Eisenhower Assures There Will Be Further Development of Polio Vaccine (1954)
Dwight D. Eisenhower1:06
7News Report: Congressmen Provide Conflicting Viewpoint on School Desegregation (1954)
[no artist]1:59
8Senator Joseph McCarthy Presides at House Unamerican Activities Hearings (1954)
Joseph McCarthy2:34
9New York Giants Manager Leo Derocher States Strong Leadership Is a Baseball Team's Top Asset (1954)
Leo Durocher1:14
10Author Ernest Hemingway Delivers Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (1954)
Ernest Hemingway1:21
11Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed at the Top of His Form Hosting ‘The Moondog Show’ (1954)
Alan Freed0:54
12Ensure Your Safety With the Purchase of This Nuclear Survival Course Record Album; Supplies Are Limited (1954)
[unknown]1:49
13James Dean Discusses His Craft on the Set of ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ (1954)
James Dean0:57
14News Report: Music Experts Squabble Over the Meaning of Rock and Roll (1956)
[no artist]2:15
15News Report: Baseball Yankees Pitcher Don Larsen Delivers First Perfect Game in World Series History (1956)
[no artist]1:54
16News Report: Hungarian Revolt Crushed by Soviets (1956)
[no artist]1:10
17News Report: What Do We Know About Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro (1957)
[no artist]1:04
18Althea Gibson Becomes First Black Athlete to Win Wimbledon Tennis Championship (1957)
Althea Gibson0:26
19President Dwight D Eisenhower Denounces Arkansas Efforts to Enforce School Segregation (1957)
Dwight D. Eisenhower1:07
20Black Politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr Speeks Out on Notion of Freedom (1957)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr1:54
21News Report: United States Successfully Launches First Orbiting Satellite ‘Explorer I’ (1958)
[no artist]1:06
22Author Lorraine Hansberry Discusses Her Play ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ (1959)
Lorraine Hansberry1:04
23News Report: NASA Introduces First Seven Astronauts for Project Mercury (1959)
[no artist]0:55
24News Report: Cuban Premier Fidel Castro Visits U.S. for First Time (1959)
[no artist]1:08
25Author Allan Ginsberg and Anthropologist Margaret Mead Discuss Origins of the Term ‘Beat Generation’ (1959)
Allen Ginsberg & Margaret Mead2:17
26Candidates Debate Presidential Candidates John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon Square Off in Televised Debate (1960)
John F. Kennedy & Richard M. Nixon2:12
27President-Elect John F Kennedy Wins Narrow-Margin Victory (1960)
John F. Kennedy0:56
28President Dwight D Eisenhower Delivers ‘Military Industrial Complex’ Farewell Speech (1961)
Dwight D. Eisenhower1:14
29President John F Kennedy Addresses Nation With Inaugural Speech (1961)
John F. Kennedy1:04
30News Report: Bay of Pigs Invasion Denounced at United Nations Address (1961)
[no artist]0:42
31Federal Communications Commission Chairman Decries Television as a Vast Wasteland (1961)
Newton Minow1:19
32News Report: The Birth of the Berlin Wall (1961)
[no artist]0:43
33News Report: Launch of the Telstar Satellite Ushers in Age of High Speed Communications Technology (1962)
[no artist]1:09
34Author John Steinbeck Discusses Winning Nobel Prize for Literature (1962)
John Steinbeck1:20
35News Report: Debut of the World’s First Talking/Singing Computer (1962)
[no artist]0:58
36President John F Kennedy Visits the Berlin Wall and Rallies Anti-Communist Support (1963)
John F. Kennedy2:19
37News Report: President John F Kennedy Assassinated (1963)
[no artist]3:52
38News Report: JFK Assassination Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald Is Shot (1963)
[no artist]3:19
39News Report: North Vietnamese Vessels Attack United States Navy in Gulf of Tonkin (1964)
[no artist]1:16
40Activist Mario Savio Speaks Out on University of California at Berkeley ‘Educational Tyranny’ (1964)
Mario Savio1:34
41News Report: Reports Confirm Soviet Communist Party Personnel Shake-Up (1964)
[no artist]1:17
42Activist Whitney Young Talks in Selma Alabama on the Importance of the Black Vote (1965)
Whitney Young0:45
43News Report: Racial Violence Breaks Out in Watts District of Los Angeles (1965)
[no artist]1:16
44News Report: Vietnamese Radio Propaganda Queen ‘Hanoi Hannah’ Broadcasts to United States Troops (1966)
[no artist]0:27
45Dr Christiaan Barnard Performs First Human Heart Transplant (1967)
Christiaan Barnard1:30
46Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir Articulates Israel’s Need for Peace (1967)
Golda Meir0:36
47Senator Robert Kennedy Announces Presidential Candidacy (1968)
Robert F. Kennedy0:57
48President Lyndon B Johnson Declines Nomination for Re-Election (1968)
Lyndon B. Johnson0:38
49Martin Luther King Jr Stirs Memphis Audience With ‘Mountain Top’ Speech (1968)
Martin Luther King, Jr.1:02
50News Report: Senator Robert Kennedy Is Assassinated (1968)
[no artist]1:20
51News Report: Soviets Invade Czechoslovakia (1968)
[no artist]0:35
52News Report: Riots Break Out at 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention (1968)
[no artist]2:07
53News Report: Apollo 8 Astronauts Conduct Christmas Eve Broadcast (1968)
[no artist]0:35
54Mickey Mantle Gives Farewell Speech to Yankees Fans (1969)
Mickey Mantle0:39
55Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong Broadcasts Man’s First Steps on Moon (1969)
Neil Armstrong0:14
56Beatle Paul McCartney Refutes Rumors of His Death (1969)
Paul McCartney0:33
57News Report: Thousands of Protesters Show Support on Vietnam Moratorium Day (1969)
[no artist]0:48
58Vice President Spiro Agnew Lashes Out Against ‘The Media Elite’ (1969)
Spiro Agnew1:46
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ASIN:US: B00004UEIT [info]