20th Century with Mike Wallace

Season 2000

Television news journalist Mike Wallace hosts this hour-long series taking a look back at some of the most important historic events and issues of the 20th century from the civil rights movement to the World Wars to the war against tobacco companies.

Where to Watch 20th Century with Mike Wallace • Season 2000

25 Episodes

  • The Menace of Nuclear Weapons
    E1
    The Menace of Nuclear WeaponsA history of nuclear armament. Included: the creation of the atom bomb during World War II; the arms race during the Cold War; the threat of nuclear proliferation as a result of the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
  • Losing the War on Drugs
    E2
    Losing the War on DrugsAn examination of the drug policies of six different Presidents over a 30-year period, beginning with Richard Nixon's election in 1968 through the administrations of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton.
  • South Africa: Free at Last
    E3
    South Africa: Free at LastExamining the legacy of apartheid in South Africa, from the legalized separation of the races in 1948 to the end of Nelson Mandela's presidency in June 1999.
  • The Trouble with NASA
    E4
    The Trouble with NASAExamining the current state of NASA. Included: the history of the U.S. space program, beginning with the 1969 Apollo moon landing. Also: NASA administrator Dan Goldin discusses the U.S. space program's future.
  • The War on Cancer
    E5
    The War on CancerChronicling efforts to fight cancer in America. Included: the medical advancements made since the National Cancer Act of 1971 was signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
  • Crisis in Space: The Real Story of Apollo 13
    E6
    Crisis in Space: The Real Story of Apollo 13
  • The Nanny Danger
    E7
    The Nanny DangerExamining risks involved in hiring nannies to care for children. Included: Swiss au pair Olivia Riner, who was charged with arson and murder after the 1991 death of three-month-old Kristie Fischer. Also: British au pair Louise Woodward, who was convicted of manslaughter in the Feb. 9, 1997, death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.
  • Cons, Scams and Swindles
    E8
    Cons, Scams and SwindlesExamining various cons, scams and swindles. Included: television marketing ploys; insurance and credit-card deceits; used-car tricks; and “sweetheart swindles.” Also: Chuck Whitlock, an investigative reporter who has written about fraud, is interviewed.
  • UN Peacekeepers
    E9
    UN PeacekeepersA look at the history of UN peacekeeping missions, a means of maintaining unity and security worldwide since 1948. Included: the Security Council; actions in Bosnia in the 1990s.
  • The Legacy of Kent State
    E10
    The Legacy of Kent StateRecounting the events of May 4, 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, where four anti-Vietnam War demonstrators were killed when National Guardsmen opened fire on student protesters.
  • America's Elite Forces: A Checkered History
    E11
    America's Elite Forces: A Checkered HistoryExamining the history of the Special Forces branch of the U.S. Army, which utilizes guerilla tactics in contemporary revolutionary and political developments around the world.
  • Disasters at Sea
    E12
    Disasters at SeaThe program describes disasters at sea. Included: the sinking of the British luxury liner Titanic in 1912, the burning of the Morro Castle cruise ship off the New Jersey coast in 1934 and the hijacking of the Achille Lauro by Arab terrorists in 1985.
  • Great Rescues
    E13
    Great RescuesFour amazing rescues are described. Included: survivors of the Andrea Doria wreck of July 25, 1956; the raid against Palestinian hijackers in Entebbe, Uganda in 1976; the rescue of Air Force pilot Scott O'Grady, who was shot down over Bosnia in 1995; and the dramatic recovery of 18-month-old Jessica McClure from a well in Midland, Texas in 1987.
  • Magic Moments, Tragic Times: Camelot and Chappaquiddick
    E14
    Magic Moments, Tragic Times: Camelot and ChappaquiddickObserving the Kennedys through the 1960s, from JFK's 1961 Inaugural Ball to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick in 1969.
  • Murderous Rage
    E15
    Murderous RageA look at the increase of violent acts in the workplace, at home and on the road.
  • Gays in the Military
    E16
    Gays in the MilitaryA look at homosexuals in the military. Included: Leonard Matlovich, who was discharged from the Air Force in 1975; Allen Schindler, who died at the hands of fellow Navy officers in 1992; and Barry Winchell, who died as a victim of an anti-gay attack in July 1999. Also: President Clinton's 1993 “don't ask, don't tell” policy.
  • Caught in the Act
    E17
    Caught in the ActExamining military blunders committed by U.S. spy agencies. Included: the U-2 affair of 1960 and the Chinese Embassy bombing in 1999.
  • 1999: The Weather Year from Hell
    E18
    1999: The Weather Year from HellThe unpredictable weather of 1999 is recalled. Included: meteorologists comment on global warming.
  • Special Prosecutors
    E19
    Special ProsecutorsA discussion of the Independent Counsel Law, passed in 1978 in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal; includes controversial cases, among them: Kenneth W.Starr's investigation of President Clinton. Also: the expiration of the law in 1999. Participants include Samuel Dash, Robert Bork and James McKay.
  • The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton
    E20
    The Impeachment of William Jefferson ClintonAn examination of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Included: the scandals and the trial.
  • Cops Under Fire
    E21
    Cops Under FireThe Nation's increased watchfulness of the U.S. police forces following the 1991 beating of Rodney King is examined. Included: racial profiling.
  • The Gulf War Revisited: The Untold Story
    E22
    The Gulf War Revisited: The Untold StoryA retrospective of the 1991 Persian Gulf War reexamines the major issues and the debate surrounding the end of the war.
  • The Gulf War Revisited: Saddam's Biochemical Threat
    E23
    The Gulf War Revisited: Saddam's Biochemical ThreatA retrospective of the 1991 Persian Gulf War examines Saddam Hussein's biochemical-weapons threat and its validity.
  • Technology Out of Control
    E24
    Technology Out of ControlAn examination of situations where technological advances have led to disaster. Included: a 1976 chemical plant explosion in Seveso, Italy; the 1986 Chernobyl disaster; a 1984 accident at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India.
  • God in the Classroom
    E25
    God in the ClassroomA chronicle of religious issues in which the U.S. Government became involved, beginning with the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925.

 

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