The boys of '36 / an Elastic String Productions film for American Experience ; produced by, Margaret Grossi, Mary Carillo ; written by Aaron R. Cohen ; directed by Margaret Grossi.
Publisher:
PBS,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Running time on container listed as 60 min. Narrated by Oliver Platt.
Summary:
In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boys' victory, and their obstacles, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression.
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