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America: The Story of the U.S.: Superpower

America: The Story of the US (2010)

Documentary, Historical | United States

Director: Marion Milne, Jenny Ash

History 2 | Tuesday 12 September 2017 | 10:00

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Tuesday 12 September 2017 10:00

Tuesday 12 September 2017 03:20

Monday 11 September 2017 22:00

Monday 11 September 2017 16:00

Tuesday 18 April 2017 10:00

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SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 11 - Superpower

SYNOPSIS

America becomes a global superpower as technology fuels a boom in the economy and the population. American pioneers conquer new frontiers, from the jet age to the space age, and run headlong into a new threat: Communism.

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Writer: Jenny Ash, Ed Fields

Narrator: Daniel Webb

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