The Great Depression dominates the decade; Franklin Roosevelt's Presidency; the White House fire of 1930; home movies filmed by Lou Hoover. Witness the most significant moments of the 1930s, in color, through rarely seen archival footage and home movies.

Witness the highs and lows of 1950s America, from consumerism to McCarthyism and beyond, in color. Included: racial unrest dividing the nation; Russia having a nuclear bomb; the Cold War; the brutal murder of 14-year-old black Chicagoan Emmett Till.