1968 - Year of War, Turmoil & Beyond | Free Documentary History

1968 - Year of War, Turmoil & Beyond | History Documentary Watch ’Robert F. Kennedy - America’s Lost President’ here: In January 1968 a surprise attack by the North Vietnamese, known as the Tet Offensive, convinced many Americans that the war was not going to end very soon. Large scale opposition flared against the Jonhson administration and its policies. Federal troops put down race riots while bitter protestserupted on campuses in the USA. In Paris that May, there was a “social revolution”. In Germany, a student movement driven by Rudi Dutschke reached fever pitch. The optimistic “Prague Spring” provided fuel for the Soviet invasion later in the year. Two extraordinary champions for change, Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F Kennedy, were both brutally assassinated. The Mexico Olympics provided a big moment for 1968 with Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ black gloved fists at the ceremonies. ‘Barbarella’ caused a stir in the cinema. HAL