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Television, a commodity virtually unheard of during the Second World War, was now prevalent in most American homes by the mid-to-late 1950s. Television also increasingly became a medium for which to advertise products. James Arness as Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, 1956
1966 – The three major American television networks—NBC, CBS and ABC—have full color lineups in their prime-time schedules. 1966 – Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali (formerly known as Cassius Clay) declared himself a conscientious objector and refused to go to war. In 1967 Ali was sentenced to five years in prison for draft ...
An American family watching television together in 1958. The 1950s are known as the Golden Age of Television by some people. Sales of TV sets rose tremendously in the 1950s and by 1950 4.4 million families in America had a television set. Americans devoted most of their free time to watching television broadcasts.
The United States has been involved in 118 military conflicts. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
TV 772 – 82nd Airborne Division (Color – 1970) Traces the history of the "All American" 82nd Airborne, the first Army airborne division, in World War II, in Santo Domingo in 1965, and in Vietnam. TV 773 – Testing at Aberdeen (Color – 1969) Looks at tank and artillery testing at some of the most brutal and exacting test courses in the ...
Drama, History, War. Based on a novel Across Five Aprils. 1990 United States United Kingdom Dances with Wolves: Kevin Costner: Adventure, Drama, Western. Based on a novel Dances with Wolves. 1993 France United States Sommersby: Jon Amiel: Drama, Mystery, Romance. 1993 United States Gettysburg: Ronald F. Maxwell: Drama, History, War. Based on a ...
By the late 1950s network era, as television began reaching larger portions of rural America, their viewing habits began to be reflected in overall television ratings. Sylvester "Pat" Weaver was fired in 1956 after his strategy of programming highbrow "spectacular" productions once a month on NBC proved to be a ratings failure against more ...
Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity. Major conflicts of this period include the Chinese Civil War in Asia, the Greek Civil War in Europe, the Colombian civil war known as La Violencia in South America, the Vietnam War in Southeast Asia, the Ethiopian Civil War in ...