Product Details

• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 5
• Studio: Wgbh / Pbs
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1578071860
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,227 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Baby Boomers: The Generation That Changed the World is a set of five hour-long tapes from WGBH's 26-hour epic documentary People's Century. This portion of the series explores issues skirting the boomer generation's concerns and ideologies. Boomtime examines the era following World War II, when boomers were just being born, while Skin Deep and Half the People examine the struggles for racial and gender equality and Picture Power looks at the profound influence of television (only one American TV pop phenomenon is mentioned: Dallas). So, really, only Young Blood actually focuses on the generation in question. Sure, there's mild cynicism behind the packaging--the box's title is insincerely congratulatory, and boomers are a purely American concoction, although the series takes a global perspective. Yet there's plenty of solidly informative and entertaining material here (albeit with some overlap--civil rights are covered in four of the tapes).

Cheers to the research team, who must've gone through months of archival footage and unearthed some downright amazing footage. Some of the most jaw dropping: French propaganda depicting an American capitalist foisting Coca Cola on wine connoisseurs, a South African movie in which black musicians get white policemen tapping their toes to a peppy rendition of "Don't Fence Me In," and Chicago mayor Richard Daley's hilarious malapropism: "The policeman isn't there to create disorder--the policeman is there to preserve disorder." --David Kronke

Product Description

Educational public performance rights are now available! This fascinating 5-volume collection tells the story of a generation that challenged society's rules and changed the world—for the better. From their childhood in the relatively innocent 1950s to burning bras and draft cards and struggling for racial freedom and gender equality in the 1960s, rare archival footage, thought-provoking interviews and first-person accounts offer a vivid look at a revolutionary era.

Discover how television captivated the world in Picture Power by revealing the brutality of war, the wonder of space and the power of the media. Relive the post-war prosperity of Boomtime as the nation built, expanded and prospered like never before. Watch the civil rights movement explode from small southern towns to a national force in Skin Deep. Take to the street in Young Blood to see how youth rebellion rocked society for change and became a potent social and political force. And experience how women broke down barriers to govern nations, lead corporations, confront the abortion debate and earn equal rights in Half the People. • Picture Power Television captivates the world • Boomtime Post-war prosperity • Skin Deep The fight against legislated racism • Young Blood A new generation rocks society for change • Half the People Women unite and fight for equality

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3 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars My mother's fave, February 1, 2000

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This review is from: People's Century: Baby Boomers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

God, when will the Baby Boomers just die? They run everything, they're rich, and they stop us Gen X and Gen Y kids from getting our propers. And now this video thing! Mom loves it, okay, which drives me up the wall!