Project XX

6.0(1)|1954-09-13|1 seasons, 34 episodes

Documentary

Overview

Early NBC series showcasing compilation films - documentaries made from existing archival footage. Patterned on the successful Victory at Sea, it employed fast-paced editing, music, and narration. Concentrating on public affairs and public life, it steered clear of controversial subjects and enjoyed strong ratings, inspiring many competitors such as Air Power and The Twentieth Century. In later years, however, it would be criticized as superficial in comparison to "serious" documentary and current events programs.

Episodes

Season 1(34)

S1E1 · 1954-09-13

Three Two One Zero

Explores the development of rocketry and the atomic age, tracing humanity’s journey from wartime missiles to the dawn of the space era.

S1E2 · 1955-12-27

Nightmare in Red

Covers the old Czarist order, the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and the growth of Communism inside Russia from its early days to the mid-1950s.

S1E3 · 1956-03-14

The Twisted Cross

Examines the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, using newsreel footage and photographs to trace the roots and consequences of totalitarianism in Germany.

S1E4 · 1956-10-15

The Great War: World War I

Examines the first World War from the assassination of Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles.

S1E5 · 1956-12-06

The Jazz Age

Examines the period between the end of World War I and the stock market crash of 1929. It is an age of Charles Lindbergh, Jazz Music, prohibition, and excess.

S1E6 · 1957-01-06

Call to Freedom

Chronicles the story of immigration to America, highlighting how millions sought freedom and opportunity from the nation’s founding through the early 20th century.

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