The Fifties The Fear & the Dream (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

The Fifties

The Fear & the Dream (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

Following the victorious end of World War II, America was looking forward to new prosperity and relief from the shortages and rationing that the war required. New affluence, new low-cost suburban homes, and dreams of the good life resulted...See moreFollowing the victorious end of World War II, America was looking forward to new prosperity and relief from the shortages and rationing that the war required. New affluence, new low-cost suburban homes, and dreams of the good life resulted in a baby boom. With the advent of the Hydrogen bomb, a growing awareness of the communist threat and the beginning of the cold war, those dreams threatened to morph into nightmares. Written by Havan IronOak See less

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53 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Herrmann Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Overboard (1987)
Jack Anderson Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Encounter with the Unknown (1972)
Francis Biddle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Harlon Block Self - Raising Flag on Iwo Jima (archive footage) Self - Raising Flag on Iwo Jima (archive footage) See fewer	To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
Kathleen Brindley Self Self See fewer	The Fifties (1997)
Steve Buczak Self Self See fewer	The Fifties (1997)
Bernice Burnett Self Self See fewer	Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003)
Eugene Burnett Self Self See fewer	Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003)
John Chancellor Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Mamie Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Universal Newsreel (1954)
Jules Feiffer Self - Cartoonist Self - Cartoonist See fewer	Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Rene A. Gagnon Self - Raising Flag on Iwo Jima (archive footage) Self - Raising Flag on Iwo Jima (archive footage) See fewer	Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Frank Gibney Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	The Fifties (1997)
Althea Gibson Self - at Tennis Match (archive footage) Self - at Tennis Match (archive footage) See fewer	The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Leslie Groves Self - General (archive footage) Self - General (archive footage) See fewer	Celebrity Time (1948)
David Halberstam Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Rowing Through (1996)
Pete Hamill Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	King of New York (1990)
Ira H. Hayes Self - Raising Flag on Iwo Jima (archive footage) Self - Raising Flag on Iwo Jima (archive footage) See fewer	Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Harold L. Ickes Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	World Leaders on Peace and Democracy (1939)
Kensinger Jones Self Self See fewer	Always on Call (1955)
William D. Leahy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Krymskaya konferentsiya (1945)
William Levitt Self - Builder (archive footage) Self - Builder (archive footage) See fewer	Our World (1986)
Arthur MacArthur Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Douglas MacArthur Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Assignment in Korea (1951)
Jean MacArthur Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Edward McCabe Self - Korean War Vet Self - Korean War Vet See fewer	Surrogates (2009)
Joseph McCarthy Self - Senator (archive footage) Self - Senator (archive footage) See fewer	American Forum of the Air (1950)
Philip Morris Self Self See fewer	The Fifties (1997)
Sophie Morris Self Self See fewer	The King's Daughters (2000)
J. Robert Oppenheimer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Sam Rayburn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	See It Now (1951)
George Reedy Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Savage Harbor (1987)
Richard Rhodes Self - Author (archive footage) Self - Author (archive footage) See fewer	Blind Vision (1992)
Richard Rhodes Self Self See fewer	Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1995)
Carlos Rodriguez Self - Korean War Vet Self - Korean War Vet See fewer	The Fifties (1997)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Ethel Rosenberg Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) Self - Atomic Spy (archive footage) See fewer
Stuart Samuels Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
Robert Serber Self - Nuclear Physicist Self - Nuclear Physicist See fewer	The Day After Trinity (1981)
John Service Self - US Foreign Service, Persecuted by McCarthy Self - US Foreign Service, Persecuted by McCarthy See fewer	The Road to War (1989)
Mickey Spillane Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	The Girl Hunters (1963)
Jane Stern Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Roadfood (2021)
Mike Strank Self - Raising Flag on Iwo Jima (archive footage) Self - Raising Flag on Iwo Jima (archive footage) See fewer	To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
Edward Teller Self - Scientist Self - Scientist See fewer	Day at Night (1973)
Bess Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Person to Person (1953)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Margaret Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Margaret Truman's Capital Crimes
Dalton Trumbo Self - Testifying Before HUAC (archive footage) Self - Testifying Before HUAC (archive footage) See fewer	Roman Holiday (1953)
Jess Uzwy Self Self See fewer	The Fifties (1997)
Fred M. Vinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Dan Wakefield Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Quiz Show (1994)
Walter Winchell Walter Winchell (archive footage) Walter Winchell (archive footage) See fewer	Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)