American Experience: 1964

1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in protest, African Americans fought back against injustice in Harlem, and Barry Goldwater's conservative revolution took over the Republican Party. Based in part on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964 by Jon Margolis, 1964 follows some of the most influential figures of the time - Lyndon B. Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Betty Friedan - but also brings out from the shadows the stories of ordinary Americans whose principled stands would set the country onto a new and different course.

Producer: Amanda Pollak, Nina Krstic, Sharon Grimberg
Executive Producer: Mark Samels
Production Company: WGBH
Production Year: 2014
Copyright Year: 2014
Director: Stephen Ives
Narrator: Oliver Platt
Writers: Stephen Ives
Discs: 1
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English (SDH)
Audio Format: 5.1 Surround
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen