America in Color - Season 2 - Eps 4: Playtime
At the start of the 20th century, Americans find themselves with more time and money on their hands. Coney Island launches the country's first amusement parks and proves that big profits can be earned from fun and entertainment. By 1953, Americans are spending $18 billion a year on leisure activities like camping, bowling, and attending sports events. This is the story of America at play, presented through digitally remastered and colorized archival footage and rarely seen home movies.
About America in Color
Title: America in Color
First Air Date: 2017-07-02
Last Air Date: 2019-12-15
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 7 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 17
Network: Smithsonian Channel
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
From the 1920s through the 1960s, America transformed from a young country on the rise into a global superpower. Using digital colorization technology, we present these formative decades as few have seen them, revisiting 50 vibrant years of good times and great despair, technological triumphs and natural disasters, and global villains and national heroes.
Cast
Liev Schreiber
Self - Narrator (voice)
