NBC News spotlights the people and events that have shaped the sixties, weighs their impact on the present and forecasts their roles in setting our course for the seventies. Paul Newman serves as guide for the broadcast. The core of the program is 12 essays, each delivered by an NBC correspondent. Correspondents include: Chet Huntley, John Chancellor, Frank McGee, Sander Vanocur, Edwin Newman, Barbara Walters, Douglas Kiker, Jack Perkins, Elie Abel, Lenn Tucker, Aline Saarinen, and David Brinkley. Appropriately, the musical theme is "Turn, Turn, Turn" as it has been recorded by several artists.