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New York, a documentary film. Episode one, 1609-1825, The country and the city Cover Image DVD DVD

New York, a documentary film. Episode one, 1609-1825 The country and the city

Burns, Ric. (Added Author). Ades, Lisa. (Added Author). Sanders, James, 1955- (Added Author). Stiers, David Ogden. (Added Author). Steeplechase Films Inc. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Added Author). New-York Historical Society. (Added Author).

Summary: Chronicles the history of New York from the discovery of its vast protected harbor by Henry Hudson in 1609 through George Washington's triumphant return to the city at the end of the American Revolution in 1783. Explains that the first settlers, sent by the Dutch West India Company, were sent not to guarantee themselves religious freedom, but to make money harvesting animal furs. Chronicles post-revolution New York, and how Alexander Hamilton, DeWitt Clinton, and others made it one of the fastest-growing and most important cities in the world.

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  • ISBN: 1415702462 (set)
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD)
  • Edition: Full screen version.
  • Publisher: [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, c1999 ;[Orangeville, ON : McIntyre Media [distributor], 2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast as part of the PBS series the American experience.
Special features: Charlie Rose interview with Ric Burns; archival motion pictures including turn-of-the-century films by Thomas Edison, Manhatta (1921), Over the East River (1919), and Empire of steel (1930-31); original trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director, Ric Burns ; producers: Lisa Ades and Ric Burns ; writers: Ric Burns and James Sanders ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; editor Li-Shin Yu ; narrator, David Ogden Stiers ; music, Brian Keane.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
Closed captioned. cc

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus F 128.3 N492 DISC1 1999 (Text) M011344202 STACKS Volume hold Available -
Williams Lake Branch 974.71 NEW (Text) 33923006280758 Digital Video Disc Volume hold Available -
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