Future History: 1968

It's the height of the Cold War between the USSR and the U.S. But even under these heavy circumstances, there's still room for high-flying relations — in the air. In 1968, the Soviet airline Aeroflot launches its first direct flight from Moscow to New York. This straight line connects the lives of the citizens in both countries, including cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and actress Elizabeth Taylor.

American feminists are fighting for their rights, but they have different approaches. Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Helen Brown calls for her readers to be beautiful and independent and to enjoy their lives. Journalist Robin Morgan believes that women have to get involved in politics. Together with her friends, Morgan organizes a protest against the Miss America beauty pageant and the values supported by Brown.

Young independent director George Romero is shooting his first movie. He's trying to create a masterpiece on zero budget. It will be a story of a zombie apocalypse that will become a cult movie, create a new genre and reflect the problems that the American society faces in 1968.

In 1968, the US Department of Defense initiated the development of a dependable computer network - the first prototype of the Internet. At the same time, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore launch the Intel Corporation that would grow to make a computer revolution. Inventor Douglas Engelbart will hold the first presentation of a computer mouse, a Skype prototype and graphic windows. These three phenomena will create the modern media world as we know it.