1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond on SBS – In January 1968 a surprise attack by the North Vietnamese, known as the Tet Offensive, convinced many Americans that the war was not going to end very soon.
Large scale opposition flared against the Johnson administration and its policies. Federal troops put down race riots while bitter protests
erupted on campuses in the USA.
In Paris that May, there was a “social revolution”.
In Germany, a student movement driven by Rudi Dutschke reached fever pitch. The optimistic “Prague Spring” provided fuel for the Soviet invasion later in the year.
And a search for meaning in space developed with the first full picture of the Earth coming back from Apollo 8.
The world was changing. This documentary delves into this tumultuous year, from the arrival of the space age to the dawn of a new era.
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond on SBS and SBS on Demand – Premiere – Monday, 27 November at 8.30pm
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