America in Color - Season 2 - Eps 5: American Royalty
American royalty: a potent combination of popularity, glamour, money, and power. In the early 20th century, the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts build empires and spend fortunes. The Roosevelts and Kennedys spawn political dynasties. And news magnate William Randolph Hearst records it all, using film to cash in on the glitzy lives of the rich and famous. Now, through rare archival footage and home movies, get a colorful inside look at these storied families working hard and playing hard.
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)
