Throughout history, every decade has its own unique identity, its touchstone moments - precise points in time that reside within history's collective memory. This unique series of DVD collections pulls together some of the finest programs in the HISTORY™ library to bring to life the most evocative and meaningful people and events of each decade in the 20th century. From disasters and technological marvels, to world-changing events and the personalities that caused them, the breadth of human experience is definitively and comprehensively presented as only HISTORY™ can.
1900 – 1909. The dawn of the 20th century brought with it stunning new technology - technology that would change the world - and public personalities that were larger than life. Relive the heady days at the birth of the Modern Age, and discover its more sobering moments, with this exceptional compilation of documentaries.
1910 – 1919. In the teens, a nation still recovering from its own growing pains was thrust onto the world stage and began its rise to the status of superpower. In THE DECADES COLLECTION: THE 1910s you will discover the genesis of World War I and the reality of life in the trenches; walk the decks of the "unsinkable" Titanic; witness the demise of a 300-year dynasty; and experience much more of this formative decade.
1920 – 1929. Following a decade of worldwide terror and deprivation, the Roaring Twenties were a swinging time of flappers, bathtub gin and high spirits. It was an exhilarating period when we could achieve anything, from flying across oceans, to discovering the mysteries of the past, to unlocking the secrets of life itself.
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