Episode 5
A look at America in the 1960s - a decade of revolution that delivers the modern America we recognise today - in colour for the first time
鈥橲 e seo an deichead leis an atharrachadh as motha a tha a鈥� toirt dhuinn Ameireaga mar a tha sinn e貌lach air an-diugh. Tha an deichead a鈥� t貌iseachadh le taghadh deatamach eadar Richard Nixon agus John F. Kennedy. Tha Kennedy a鈥� gealltainn toiseach t貌iseachaidh 霉r airson Ameireaga agus leis mar a shoirbhich dha, 鈥檚 e am Pr矛omhaire as 貌ige a-riamh a chaidh a thaghadh san d霉thaich. Tha am f貌irneart timcheall air na 鈥淔reedom Rides鈥� ann an 鈥�61 agus Iomairt Bhirmingham ann an 鈥�63 a鈥� toirt an iomairt airson c貌raichean catharra gu aire dhaoine. Aig ceann na h-iomairt seo, tha M脿rtainn Luther King.
Tha c霉isean ag atharrachadh, ach tha st脿itean a鈥� chinn a deas gu tur na aghaidh. Tha an deichead a鈥� cr矛ochnachadh le barrachd toileachais, 鈥檚 Apollo 11 air a chuir air bhog. 鈥橲 e Niall Armstrong agus Buzz Aldrin, na ciad daoine a-riamh a tha a鈥� coiseachd air a鈥� ghealaich. 鈥橲 e seo sgeulachd nan 60an ann an dath airson a鈥� chiad uair a-riamh.
This is a decade of revolution that delivers the modern America we recognise today. The decade begins with a crucial election between Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy. Kennedy promises a new start for America and his win makes him America鈥檚 youngest ever elected president.
Violence surrounding the Freedom Rides of 鈥�61 and the Birmingham Campaign of 1963 have pushed the civil rights campaign into American consciousness like never before. At the head of this movement is Martin Luther King. Things begin to change but it鈥檚 fiercely opposed by the Southern states.
The decade ends on a high as Apollo 11 launches - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.
This is the story of the 1960s as you've never seen it before.
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