Once the devastation of two world wars was over, the decades that followed were a period of growth, innovation and turbulence. This social history documentary paints a picture of life during the defining decades of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Using news clips and home movie footage from the time, as well as interviews with world leaders and the general public, see the story of these significant eras.

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