The assassination of Abraham Lincoln / an Ark Media Production for the American experience, WGBH Boston ; written, produced and directed by Barak Goodman.
Edition:
Widescreen version.
Publisher:
PBS Home Video
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Special features included. Videodisc release of the 2009 television broadcasting. Narrator, Chris Cooper ; voice of John Wilkes Booth, Will Patton.
Contents:
John Wilkes Booth -- The war -- Conspiracy -- April fourteenth -- Chaos -- Mourning and anger -- Manhunt -- Garret's barn.
Summary:
On March 4, 1865, at the United States Capitol, a crowd of fifty thousand listened as President Lincoln delivered his classic second inaugural address, urging charity and forgiveness to a nation in the final throes of war. Just two months later, a train, nine cars long and draped in black bunting, pulled slowly out of a station in Washington, D.C. Dignitaries and government officials crowded the first eight cars. In the ninth rode the body of Abraham Lincoln. As the funeral train made its way across nine states and through hundreds of cities and towns, the largest manhunt in history was closing in on Lincoln's assassin, the famous actor John Wilkes Booth. This American experience film recounts a great American drama: two tumultuous months when the joy of peace was shattered by the heartache of Lincoln's death. At the heart of the story are two figures who define the extremes of character: Lincoln, who had the strength to transform suffering into infinite compassion, and Booth, who allowed hatred to curdle into destruction.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.