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Lecture 11: Legacies for Postwar America

 

Nuremberg Trials.

Nuremberg Trials. "Nuremberg Trials. Defendents in their dock: Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, and Keitel in front row." ca 1945-46. National Archives and Records Administration.

 

Harry Truman campaign speech.

Harry Truman campaign speech.Description: Harry Truman at a whistlestop appearance during the 1948 campaign.Credit: Library of Congress.

 

Crossing the 38th parallel.

Crossing the 38th parallel. "Crossing the 38th parallel. United Nations forces withdraw from Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. They recrossed the 38th parallel." 1950. National Archives and Records Administration.

 

Atomic bomb test.

Atomic bomb test, part of Exercise Desert Rock, Ucca Flats, November 1, 1951. Cpl. McCauhey. National Archives and Records Administration.

 

TV in the 50s.

TV in the 50s. Family watching television. Evert F. Baumgardner, ca. 1958. National Archives and Records Administration

 

Levittown.

Aerial view of Levittown, Pennsylvania. ed Latcham, ca. 1959. National Archives and Records Administration

 

Civil rights demonstrator.

Civil rights demonstrator. Demonstrator at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. National Archives and Records Administration.