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Title:

The speck of the future [videorecording] / a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV, Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television ; directed by Stephen Ives.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Turner Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

1 videocassette (84 min.) : sd., col. and B & W ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

West (U.S.)--History--1848-1860.
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.
California--Gold discoveries.
California--History--1846-1850.
Marshall, James Wilson,--1810-1885.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Ives, Stephen.
Abramson, Jody.
Kantor, Michael.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Duncan, Dayton.
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Coyote, Peter.
Insignia Films.
Florentine Films.
Time Life Video & Television.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
PBS Home Video.
Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Historical TV documentary series. "Ken Burns presents The West, a film by Stephen Ives"--Container. Originally produced as a TV series by WETA-TV, Washington, D.C.

Summary:

History of the California gold rush which started in 1848, when a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the streambed of the American River in California and discovered gold.

Series:

West ; 3

ISBN:

9780780613478 (v. 3)
0780613473 (v. 3)

Locations:

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)