Title from cassette label. Title at end of program: Focus on 1910-1919. Produced by ABC Video Enterprises, Inc. Presented by Video Collectibles Corp. Narrator, Lary Lewman. Date on program, c1982. Date of program on container, c1980. Date of package design, c1990. Videocassette version of a motion picture.
Summary:
Uses archival photographs, sound recordings, and film footage to explore world events, sports, life-styles and achievements during 1910-1919. Includes information about William Howard Taft; the political comeback of Teddy Roosevelt; the "Bull Moose" party; enactment of child labor laws; the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand that started World War I; the sinking of the Lusitania in which 1198 died; the submarine battles of World War I; U.S. participation in World War I; the birth of Hollywood; Charlie Chaplin and silent films; Henry Ford; Thomas Edison; Atlantic City; Fenway Park; and the National Park Service.
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