Second Elizabethan Era: An Expanded World in Arts and Culture

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Second Elizabethan Era: An Expanded World in Arts and Culture, When Elizabeth II inherited the crown after the death of her father, George VI, in 1952, movies and TV shows were mostly produced in black and white. Colour television sales only outpaced black and white sales 20 years later, in 1972. Music’s classic acts, including Elvis, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, would not come onto the scene for several years. During her 70-year reign,...