Outtake: 1968 – The Year that Shaped a Generation (A Documentary in Six Parts)

1968: The Year that Shaped a Generation (Six Videos)

War. Assassinations. Riots. This dramatic program examines the turbulent political and social landscapes of 1968 by combining dramatic archival footage and interviews with many key participants, including Walter Cronkite, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Tom Hayden, Barbara Ehrenreich, Carlos Fuentes, and Pat Buchanan. Individual sections spotlight topics such as Vietnam, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, student revolts, the counterculture, the Democratic National Convention, the Prague Spring, the Mexico City student massacre, and the ‘68 presidential campaign and election.

Text by artstar11

Release Year: 1998

Total Run Time: 57 minutes

 

1968: The Vietnam War Protests (Part 1 of 6):

1968: Black and White –“Martin Luther Assassination”(Part 2 of 6):




1968: Counterculture (Part 3 of 6):




1968: International Protests (Part 4 of 6):




1968: The Long, Hot Summer – “The Whole World is Watching,” “Prague Spring,”and “Mexico City Massacre” (Part 5 of 6):




1968: Lawlessness, Protest, and Politics –“A Night of Sorrow,” “The Black Power Salute,” “Law and Order Movement,” and “The Selling of a President”(Part 6 of 6):



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See also 1968 – The Year that Shaped a Generation (Jennifer’s Viewpoint)

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