The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

  • Overview
  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 10, 1983

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Original Title

The Time of Our Lives: The Most Amazing 60 Years in History

Production Companies

Bruce Cohn Productions

Director

Bruce Cohn

Description

Retrospective of TIME’s reporting of the personalities and events of the past six decades. Made in collaboration with TIME editors and representatives of the publisher’s office, and checked for accuracy by reporter-researchers in the manner of TIME stories. Includes MARCH OF TIME archival film and quotes from TIME’s contemporaneous judgments. Provides behind-the-scenes insights into the publication's history, like the origin of Man of the Year, TIME's early writing style of backward-running sentences and neologisms like "tycoon" and "socialite" that are now English vernacular, and canceled cover stories.