How did the 20th century change the way Americans live? This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings examines daily life during the early 1900s—when William McKinley was President, a loaf of bread cost only a few cents, horsepower really meant horsepower, flying to the moon was the stuff of dreams, and the average life span was only 45 years—while looking ahead to the decades of changes yet to come. (46 minutes)

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