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Title:

The Prize : the epic quest for oil, money and power / an InVision production for Majestic Films International and Trans Pacific Films ; in association with BBC Television, MICO and WGBH, Boston.

Publisher:

Mill Creek Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

2 videodiscs (418 min.) : sound, color and black&white ; 4 3/4 in

Subject:

Petroleum industry and trade--History--History--20th century.
Petroleum industry and trade--History--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Causes.
World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
World politics--20th century.

Other Authors:

Sutherland, Donald, 1935- narrator.
Thompson, Sue Lena, producer.
Yergin, Daniel, author. Prize.

Notes:

"An 8-part television mini-series narrated by Donald Sutherland"--Container. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Daniel Yergin. Each program approximately 60 minutes. Narrated by Donald Sutherland.

Contents:

Disc 1. Our plan -- Empires of oil -- The black giant -- War and oil -- disc 2. Crude diplomacy -- Power to the producers -- The tinderbox -- The New order of oil.

Summary:

This PBS miniseries tells the epic history of oil... how it has dominated global politics, shaken the world economy, and transformed our century.

UPC:

683904530486

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)