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Title:

Liberty! [videorecording DVD] : The American Revolution / a production of Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. in association with Middlemarch Films, Inc.

Format:

[videorecording DVD] :

Edition:

Full screen version.

Publisher:

Paramount Home Entertainment,
Paramount Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

3 v. (DVD)(1 videodisc per volume)(ca. 6 hrs.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Documentary television programs--Video disc (DVD).
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.
United States--Video disc (DVD).--Revolution, 1775-1783--Video disc (DVD).
United States--Video disc (DVD).--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes--Video disc (DVD).
United States--Video disc (DVD).--Confederation, 1783-1789--Video disc (DVD).

Other Authors:

Sawyer, Forrest.
Herrmann, Edward.
Hovde, Ellen.
Meyer, Muffie.
Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.)

Other Titles:

Reluctant revolutionaries [videorecording DVD]
Blows must decide [videorecording DVD]
Times that try men's souls [videorecording DVD]
Oh, fatal ambition [videorecording DVD]
World turned upside down [videorecording DVD]
Are we to be a nation? [videorecording DVD]

Notes:

Originally produced as a six-hour television series in 1997. " ... Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container. Special features: Who said what? A trivia quiz; performance by James Taylor & Mark O'Connor "Johnny has gone for a soldier." Forrest Sawyer, host ; Edward Herrmann, narrator ; with dramatic performances by Roger Rees, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Victor Garber, Donna Murphy and other featured actors.

Contents:

v. 1 (ca. 2 hrs.). pt. I. The reluctant revolutionaries ; pt. II. Blows must decide -- v. 2 (ca. 2 hrs.). pt. III. The times that try men's souls ; pt. IV. Oh, fatal ambition -- v. 3 (ca. 2 hrs.). pt. V. The world turned upside down ; pt. VI. Are we to be a nation?

Summary:

Liberty! is a documentary about the American Revolution and the fight for freedom. It chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians and live-action recreations.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55879076

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

TGPD826 -- LeClaire Community Library (Le Claire)