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HBO's eight-part monthly series recalls the places, the people and the events relevant to eight major strands in America's cultural and social fabric -- cowboys, radio, transportation, sex, journalism, sports, inventions and advertising -- via newsreel clips, period music, theatrical movie sequences, and on-location shootings. Host Dick Cavett steps in and out of historic scenes in this follow-up to his earlier HBO series entitled Time Was.
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Way Out West
58 min
Dick Cavett narrates and steps into a vivid panorama of legendary figures, events and locations which made up the history of the Old West.
On the Air
58 min
Dick Cavett traces the history of American radio, from the first signals sent by Marconi to the days when audio comedy and adventure shows were in their prime.
Wheels, Wings and Whistles
59 min
Dick Cavett traces the history of American transportation from the covered wagon of the Old West to the newly developed space shuttle.
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