Damals in Amerika

I saw it most when it was free. I will watch the balance when it is free. It is an ongoing TV series from (2017).

Because this is "America in Color" where because of availability it is selected history by decades. The advantage is there are a lot of home videos to supplement the standard history documentary.

There are no overt agendas from the presenter and the narrator's (Narrated by Liev Shreiber,) monotone will not put you to sleep.

S1E1 The 1920s S1E2 The 1930s S1E3 The 1940s S1E4 The 1950s S2E1 The Wild West S2E2 Titans of Industry S2E3 Organized Crime S2E4 Playtime S2E5 American Royalty S2E6 Hollywood's Golden Age S3E1 Coming to America S3E2 Alaska S3E3 Disasters S3E4 Made in the USA S3E5 Crimes of the Century S3E6 Small Town Life

As of this review the last episode S3E6 Small Town Life was made in Jan 2020.

Many of the stories told here I have never heard of so it was refreshing with a documentary packed with unknown facts (like pole sitting who has ever heard about that?!) but told in a very entertaining and informative way. The thing however is the colorized footage which I loved but also a bit confusing because of all the footage I've seen from this time have been in black and white, so it is like re-programming the brain. If you're ever going to do a quiz there's great material for you here!

One of the best documentaries I´ve seen in many years. To have them converted into color and high definition is just incredible, with details never seen before. Good for school classes, for children and adults as well.

The history of the USA (not America, which are two continents ...) is here extremely well documented and explained simply and without concessions or judgement on sensitive subjects such as racism, immigration, ... The narrative is however filled with superlatives, which are supposed to highlight US's grandeur, but sound more like exaggerations (like, the US scientists invented seismology, which is not a fact), and this sounds both annoying and appealing to nationalist superiority complex.

Interesting footage, but it's such a pity about the commentary. The view of history pours on the social justice and left-wing bias with a ladle. It gets really annoying. It's a very infantile, sour view of history with a total agenda that's served up here. A condescending view of the poor which seems to think its doing them a favour. I found it all hard to stomach after a while and watched with the sound off much of the time.