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Preview: Episode 2 | 30s
The Cold War and Pentagon dollars fuel the explosive growth of modern Los Angeles and creates the military-industrial-complex. Entire suburbs are built in record time to house defense industry workers, but covenants restrict non-white races from living there. Fear of nuclear annihilation spawns a new genre for Hollywood as ‘ science fiction’ movies become a box office goldmine.
Aired: 08/01/19
Video has closed captioning.Duck and cover drills were way to allay fears of nuclear attack, but did it really work?
Walt Disney and Wernher Von Braun were major figures in the popularization of space.
The Real U-2 (Not the Rock Band)
Lockheed’s U-2 aircraft is the epitome of blue sky thinking in Southern California.
Tech billionaires choose Southern California to launch their own space companies.
The race to the moon is matched in dollars by a secret military program to dominate space.
