The American Dream | American History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Lucy highlights the problems with post-war suburbs like Levittown which pedalled the American Dream but was racially prejudiced towards black families.
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Clip Info
- Clip length: 5'16''
- Broadcast year: 2019
Curriculum Connection
- History | America, 1713-1975 | The USA 1930-54 | Post-war America, 1945-1954
Access
Licence: ERA Licence required
Usage
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Content
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
- Series: 1
- Episode: Supremacy
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