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{{Infobox television
| name = The Twentieth Century
| image = Harold Arlen Tony Bennett 1964.JPG
| caption = Composer [[Harold Arlen]] and singer [[Tony Bennett]] rehearsing for a 1964 program about Arlen's works
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| genre = [[Documentary]]
| creator =
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| writer = [[Earle Luby]]
| director = [[Peter Poor]] (1961-1966) [[Willard Van Dyke]] (1961-1965) [[Nicholas Webster]] (1960-1965) [[Wade Bingham]] (1961) [[Robert K. Sharpe]] (1961-1963) [[Av Westin]] (1961-1962) [[Harry Rasky]] (1963) [[Burton Benjamin]] (1964) [[Earle Luby]] (1966)
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| narrated = [[Walter Cronkite]]
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| composer = [[Paul Creston]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 9
| num_episodes = 121
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| producer = [[Burton Benjamin]] [[Isaac Kleinerman]]
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| runtime = 30 minutes
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| channel = [[CBS]]
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'''''The Twentieth Century''''' was a [[documentary film|documentary]] [[television program]] sponsored by the [[Prudential Insurance Company]] that ran on the [[CBS]] [[television network|network]] from 20 October 1957 until 4 January 1970. It was hosted by [[Walter Cronkite]]. The opening and closing theme music was written by composer [[George Antheil]]. The program presented filmed reports on [[news]] and [[culture|cultural]] events that were important for the development of the 20th century. The show did not just present the events, but also interpreted them. Such subjects as [[World War I]] and major [[assassination]]s were presented in context.

On 20 January 1967, the show, sponsored by [[Union Carbide]] ("The Discovery Company"), was renamed ''The 21st Century''. The show's focus changed to the future and to what humankind could look forward to. ''The 21st Century'' was cancelled after three seasons (its final broadcast was on 4 January 1970). The reason given was that the writers had run out of things to talk about.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} However, CBS may have wished to replace it with a more commercially successful program.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0050072|The Twentieth Century|(TV Series 1957–1966)}}
*{{IMDb title|0287889|The Twenty-First Century|(TV Series 1967)}}
*{{YouTube|W8eThrKQWcM|"The Twentieth Century": The Sailing Oystermen}}
*{{YouTube|s3GW3AYR__U|"The 21st Century": Autos and All That Traffic (1969)}}

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[[Category:1957 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:1970 American television series endings]]
[[Category:CBS original programming]]
[[Category:1950s American television news shows]]
[[Category:1960s American television news shows]]
[[Category:1970s American television news shows]]
[[Category:1950s American documentary television series]]
[[Category:1960s American documentary television series]]
[[Category:1970s American documentary television series]]
[[Category:Black-and-white American television shows]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laurence Rosenthal]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Indira Gandhi]]

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The Twentieth Century - Revision history

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