1969 Season 1, Episode 3: The Girl in the Car

Moon Shot

In July 1969 when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins traveled to the moon and planted the American flag on the lunar surface, it brought the nation and the world together. Though the billions spent on the moon shot were controversial, especially among civil rights leaders, it would make America the world leader in technology.

42 min

Manson Girls

Two women describe the journeys that led each of them to join the so-called "Manson Family."

42 min

The FBI and the Panther

Former Black Panther Party members give accounts of how their party became so influential in 1969.

42 min

Generation Woodstock

The youth movements that spurred the Woodstock music festival and Stonewall Uprising are recalled.

42 min

Fortunate Sons

42 min