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Flashback, 50 events that shaped America

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50 events that shaped America

Take a journey through time to see with your own eyes 50 of the most significant moments to be caught on camera in America's history. Using footage shot at the time of these incredible events, these unique mini documentaries transport the viewer to a glorious and sometimes tragic past, where American icons can be seen in action, rather than as faded images in a dusty history book. Witness for yourself those historic and dramatic milestones that have made the USA what it is today. From the Wall Street crash to the raising of the stars and stripes on Iwo Jima, and the dawn of the Civil Rights movement to the fall of the World Trade Center, America's greatest moments of joy, heartache and triumph are captured for posterity to be relived, respected and remembered for generations to come

The first President to fly : October 11, 1910 -- The Titanic disaster : April 14, 1912 -- America goes to war : June 14, 1917 -- Armistice Day : November 11, 1918 -- Prohibition begins in America : January 18, 1920 -- The King and Queen of Hollywood : June 21, 1920 -- Henry Ford's Ten-Millionth Tin Lizzie : June 4, 1924 -- Lindbergh flies the Atlantic : May 21, 1927 -- The Wall Street crash : October 24, 1929 --Bobby Jones makes history : September 27, 1930 -- The Lindbergh kidnapping : March 1, 1932 -- Bonus Army gets burned : July 28, 1932 -- Prohibition ends in America : March 22, 1933 -- The trial of the century : February 13, 1935 -- The Dust Bowl strikes the Midwest : April 14, 1935 -- Jesse Owen's Olympics : August 1, 1936 -- Flint's Autostrike Riot : January 11, 1937 -- Opening of the Golden Gate Bridge : May 28, 1937 -- Gone with the Wind premiere : December 15, 1939 -- Roosevelt's historic third term : November 5, 1940 -- America enters World War II : December 8, 1941 -- Memphis Belle's last mission : June 9, 1943 -- Raise the flag on Iwo Jima : February 23, 1945 -- The UN charter is signed : June 26, 1945 -- USA celebrates victory in Japan : August 14, 1945 -- Mae West seduces Britain : September 11, 1947 -- America's surprise election result : November 3, 1948 -- MacArthur says farewell : April 19, 1951 -- A general takes over the White House : January 20, 1953 -- Dr Salk announces Polio cure : April 12, 1955 -- Grace Kelly marries her prince : April 19, 1956 -- The Queen and the Showgirl : October 29, 1956 -- Elvis joins the Army : September 22, 1958 -- Ben Hur's big screen gamble : November 18, 1959 -- The trial of Gary Powers : August 19, 1960 -- JFK becomes youngest president : January 20, 1961 -- The first black student at Ole Miss : October 1, 1962 -- The assassination of JFK : November 22, 1963 -- Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapped : December 8, 1963 -- Jackie Kennedy speaks to the nation : January 14, 1964 -- Vietnam: the Gulf of Tonkin incident : August 4, 1964 -- MLK marches with Selma : March 25, 1965 -- First man on the Moon : July 20, 1969 -- President Nixon resigns : August 8, 1974 -- Elvis is dead : August 16, 1977 -- Ronald Reagan is shot : March 30, 1981 -- The Challenger Space Shuttle disaster : January 28, 1986 -- End of the Waco siege : April 19, 1993 -- The Oklahoma City bombing : April 19, 1995 -- 9/11 : September 11, 2001

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