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Året var 1969
In the last year of the 60s, history gets the chance to breathe a little after the turbulent 1968. Pippi Longstocking rides into the television sets and the writers demonstrate for more compensation. There is also a space race - where both the Soviet Union and the USA send up their rockets. Towards the end of the year, Sweden finally gets its second TV channel, TV2.
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In the last year of the 60s, history gets the chance to breathe a little after the turbulent 1968. Pippi Longstocking rides into the television sets and the writers demonstrate for more compensation. There is also a space race - where both the Soviet Union and the USA send up their rockets. Towards the end of the year, Sweden finally gets its second TV channel, TV2.
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Genre:Documentary, History
Written By:Eva Tillberg, Jonas Fohlin, Lars-Olof Lampers
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Runtime:60 minutes
Studio:SVT
Cast
Jonas Fohlin, Eva Tillberg, Lars-Olof Lampers
Director
Jonas Fohlin
Narrator (voice)
Neil Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Inger Nilsson
Self
Astrid Lindgren
Self (archive footage)
Carl Gustaf von Rosen
Self (archive footage)
Janis Joplin
Self (archive footage)
Ove Kindvall
Self (archive footage)
Björn Skifs
Self
Pugh Rogefeldt
Self
Jarl Borssén
Self (archive footage)
Ragnar Lassinantti
Self
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