Remember When(1981)

Name: Remember When
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1981-05-11

May 11, 19811 Season · 8 Episodes

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Overview

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.

Network HBO

Seasons

Miniseries

8 Episodes

1981

E01

Way Out West

5/11/1981·58m

Dick Cavett narrates and steps into a vivid panorama of legendary figures, events and locations which made up the history of the Old West.

E02

On the Air

6/8/1981·58m

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.

E03

Wheels, Wings and Whistles

7/6/1981·59m

Dick Cavett traces the history of American transportation from the covered wagon of the Old West to the newly developed space shuttle.

E04

It'll Never Fly

8/3/1981·59m

The determination of American inventors, whose concepts and ideas changed the face of the entire nation as they went into widespread use, is examined by Dick Cavett.

E05

Page One

9/7/1981·59m

Dick Cavett unfolds the story of the American free press, its printers and publishers, headlines and by-lines, scandals and scoops.

E06

Go Team, Go!

10/5/1981·59m

Host/narrator Dick Cavett cheers America's love of sports with a close look at the superstars and great teams, grand goofs, big brawls and the unique dedication of fans and players.

E07

The Birds and the Bees

11/2/1981·58m

Dick Cavett looks at the traditions and revolutions, the rigidities and liberties that make up America's always-changing sexual standards.

E08

The Image Makers

12/7/1981·59m

Dick Cavett reviews 200 years of American commercialism -- the posters and propaganda, hyping and huckstering, commercials and come-ons -- from the early colonial period through today's $54 billion advertising industry.