America in Color
17 Episodes Available
TV-PGDocumentary • History
Season 36 Episodes
Small Town LifeS3 E6Colorized home movies from the early 20th Century reveal day-to-day life in small towns across the country.
Crimes of the CenturyS3 E5Colorized footage reveals America's most notorious criminals, gruesome murders and courtroom dramas.
Made in the USAS3 E4Archival footage shows how technological innovations, two world wars and consumerism helped build the richest economy in the world.
AlaskaS3 E3Known as America's last frontier, colorized film shows the Alaskan wilderness before and during the gold rush of 1896.
DisastersS3 E2A look at the Hindenberg crash, the San Francisco earthquake and other disasters of the early 20th century through colorized home movies and archival footage.
Coming to AmericaS3 E1Rare footage tracks different immigrant families searching for the American dream, including Albert Einstein in Germany, a Russian-Jewish family in Maine, a Mexican-American family in Texas, and a child of Italian immigrants, Frank Sinatra.
Synopsis
In the early years of TV, from its invention in the 1920s until the mid-'60s, most shows were broadcast in black and white before color TV gained in popularity and become economically viable for broadcasters. That means many historic pieces of video -- including rare home movies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Nixon-Kennedy debate -- have all been relegated to being viewed in the colorless format. "America in Color" looks to change that by restoring and colorizing archival footage from the early 20th century through the '60s. Producers meticulously researched the original colors to make sure the tones are correct when they use revolutionary methods to add the proper hues to footage. Each episode of the hourlong series highlights newly restored footage from a specific decade in the history of the medium.Cast
Eric Meyers, Liev SchreiberRating
TV-PG
Genres
Documentary, HistoryMore Like This
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