1945-1953

Combines newsreel footage, educational films and government training films to portray the Cold War paranoia of the nineteen-fifties.

Recounts the events surrounding the star witness for Senator Joe McCarthy who later recanted his testimony.

Day by day, the fifties are the major events of the decade, for every day and in every field - world developments, U.S. affairs, culture, sports and science.

A biography of the thirty-seventh President of the United States.

Examines America's fear of Communist subversion during the late 1940's and early 1950's and the exploitation of this fear by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Contains essays that examine major events in the presidency of Harry S. Truman, with analyses of how he handled each situation, including the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan, the Truman Doctrine and the rebuilding of Europe, the Korean War, and domestic policies.