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An account of how popular films in America, just after the close of the Second World War, played out America's mood at that crucial time. This book is also a revisionist challenge to the scholarly understanding of this mood, has tended to be seen as characterized by an abiding pessimism most clearly manifested in the films noir of the period.

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'The Waltons',about John and Olivia Walton, their parents and their seven children in 1930s and 40s America was a successful show throughout the 1970s. In 2008 - perhaps significantly - the first six series of the show were released on DVD. This is classic television with continued relevance, still running on cable TV and remembered affectionately.