People's Century
Date de parution : 13 septembre 1995
| Saison 1 - épisode 1 | 1900: Age of Hope At the beginning of the twentieth century the world was stable and certain, but unequal. The Paris Exhibition of 1900 symbolises the optimism of a... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 2 | 1914: Killing Fields The Great War is fought with larger armies and deadlier weapons than ever before, bringing death and carnage on an unprecedented scale to Europe.... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 3 | 1917: Red Flag The October Revolution brings forth a new Marxist-Leninist society in what becomes the Soviet Union. Its people, now freed from feudal exploitation... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 4 | 1919: Lost Peace The trauma of the First World War gives Europe no appetite for any further conflicts, but within subsequent two decades the world would return to... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 5 | 1926: On the Line Henry Ford uses Taylorism, division of labour and the assembly line to manufacture automobiles, and other industries in the United States, as... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 6 | 1927: Great Escape The cinema excites, inspires and influences people seeking escape from their usually dull lives. Hollywood booms in the 1920s, and its movies... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 7 | 1929: Breadline The economic boom of the roaring twenties comes to a sudden halt in 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression. In the years after, a demoralised army... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 8 | 1930: Sporting Fever Once an amateur pursuit, sport becomes larger and more competitive to satisfy the public's need for excitement and identity. Communities unite... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 9 | 1933: Master Race The Third Reich brings barbarity to the modern era. Germany is rebuilt through huge public works programs, winning Hitler adulation from a once... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 10 | 1939: Total War The Second World War enmeshes civilians to the horrors of war on an unprecedented scale. Germany and Japan, in seeking living space, kill and... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 11 | 1945: Fallout Nuclear weapons make the world more dangerous than ever before. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by atom bombs is hailed for ending... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 12 | 1945: Brave New World Despite being allies against Hitler, disagreement and rivalry soon break out between the Soviet Union and the West, leading to the Cold War. The... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 13 | 1947: Freedom Now European powers are forced to relinquish their colonies in Africa following the Second World War, but in most cases the newly independent countries... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 14 | 1948: Boomtime Europe is exhausted and impoverished in the years after the Second World War. The United States implements the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 15 | 1951: Asia Rising Through thrift, hard work and discipline, Japan and later South Korea enjoy economic miracles that bring growth, prosperity and confidence to their... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 16 | 1954: Living Longer Medical advances allow people to live longer and healthier lives. Penicillin is developed in time to save lives during the Second World War. After... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 17 | 1957: Skin Deep Through non-violent and more direct methods, people rally to fight segregation in South Africa, and several states in the United States. In the... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 18 | 1959: Endangered Planet Rising consumption patterns extract a huge toll on nature. Toxic contamination in Minamata and Love Canal and the Torrey Canyon and Amoco Cadiz oil... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 19 | 1963: Picture Power Governments, advertisers and revolutionaries seek to exploit television's ability to instantly communicate compelling messages to mass audiences.... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 20 | 1970: Half the People Women struggle to win political and economic rights in societies gamed to entrench male privilege. Even with limited suffrage, after the First World... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 21 | 1973: War of the Flea While in the second half of the century there are fewer conventional wars, civil conflicts under the backdrop of superpower rivalries emerge, fought... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 22 | 1979: God Fights Back Religion makes a comeback into people's lives in the Islamic world and elsewhere, as people seek guidance and spiritual sustenance during periods of... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 23 | 1989: People Power By the 1970s the people in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were becoming aware of the economic failures of central planning. Propaganda and an... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 24 | 1997: Fast Forward Governments around the world liberalise trade and withdraw from intervening in the economy, giving new opportunities to those who are skilled,... |
