Winter, 2005 Films/Discussions
Thursdays are History
Friends of Film

Thursdays Are History
Post War Years Cold War Fears: American Culture and Politics, 1946-1960
10:15 am to 12:00 noon
Discussion leader: Elizabeth Eisen, Community Services Librarian

January 6 Postwar Hopes, Cold War Fears
A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers: Postwar Hopes, Cold War Fears
Americans lived with the gnawing fear of atomic and thermonuclear disaster while hoping for a satisfying personal and family life

January 13 Toward An Affluent Society
The G.I. Bill: The Law That Changed America
The G.I. Bill of Rights, enacted in 1944, granted veterans loans to buy homes or pursue an education
David Halberstam’s The Fifties: Let’s Play House
By the mid-1950s American families were growing and moving into the suburbs where they purchased homes, cars, refrigerators, washing machines, radios and TV sets

January 20 Truman and National Security
American Experience: Truman
After Roosevelt’s death Truman must take over FDR’s postwar plans as the United States enters a new kind of conflict, a Cold War

January 27 Eisenhower and the Cold War
American Experience: Eisenhower
This popular president took office in 1953 determined to contain or roll back communism without further damage to the U.S. economy

February 3 Roots of the Counter-Culture
David Halberstam’s the Fifties: The Beat
The Fifties were a time of contradictions from hula-hoops and saddle shoes to A-Bomb shelters

February 10 Civil Rights: A Rising Wind
David Halberstam’s the Fifties: The Rage Within
Civil rights groups exerted pressure for change in segregation issues and the Ku Klux Klan is challenged

Friends of Film
Are you a film buff? Would you enjoy exploring films,
actors, directors, themes and possibly keeping a film journal?
Facilitator: Elizabeth Eisen, Community Services Librarian
Wednesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm

January 19
Film History: The Story of Film, TV, and Media
Discussion leader: Elizabeth Eisen

March 16
Why Is Citizen Kane the Number One Film of All Time?
Discussion leader: Mike Bergen, retired Appleton East High School Teacher