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Title:

New York [videorecording] : a documentary film / a Steeplechase Films production for the American Experience in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET in New York, and the New-York Historical Society ; produced by Lisa Ades & Ric Burns ; directed by Ric Burns ; co-director, Lisa Ades ; written by Ric Burns & James Sanders;

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

PBS Home Video ;

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

8 videodiscs (ca. 1050 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

New York (N.Y.)--History.
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.)--History.--History.
Documentary television programs.
Television programs--United States.

Other Authors:

Burns, Ric.
Sanders, James, 1955-
Ades, Lisa.
Rivo, Steve.
Ness, Marilyn.
Stiers, David Ogden.
Squires, Buddy.
Moore, Allen.
Keane, Brian.
Rose, Charlie.
Steeplechase Films Inc.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
New-York Historical Society.
PBS Home Video.

Other Titles:

American experience (Television program)
Manhatta
Over the east river
Empires of steel

Notes:

Narrator, David Ogden Stiers. Featured interviews with: Martin Scorsese, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Fran Lebowitz, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, Former Mayor Ed Koch, and others. "Additional DVD material and packaging copyrighted 2010"--Container insert. DVD release of a 1999-2003 television production with additional DVD material created in 2010. Ep. 1-5 aired in 1999, ep. 6-7 in 2001, and ep. 8 in 2003. Special features: Disc 1: Charlie Rose interview with Ric Burns; archival motion pictures including turn-of-the-century films by Thomas Edison, Manhatta (1921), Over the East River (1919), and Empires of steel (1930-31); original trailer. Disc 7: additional interviews with Donald Trump and others; deleted scenes. Disc 8: outtakes; interview with Ric Burns on making of ep. 8.

Contents:

[Disc 1] Ep. 1. 1609-1825. The country and the city -- [Disc 2] ep. 2. 1825-1865. Order and disorder -- [Disc 3] ep. 3. 1865-1898. Sunshine and shadow -- [Disc 4] ep. 4. 1898-1918. The power and the people -- [Disc 5] ep. 5. 1919-1931. Cosmopolis -- [Disc 6] ep. 6. 1929-1941. City of tomorrow -- [Disc 7] ep. 7. 1945-2000. The city and the world -- [Disc 8] ep. 8. 1946-2003. The center of the world.

Summary:

This series chronicles the history of New York City from its beginnings in 1609 as a Dutch trading post, through the depression, onto the turbulent years of change in the following decades after WWII, to its present day status as one of the most important and influencial cities in the world. The final episode was created in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center.

ISBN:

9781415702468
1415702462

OCLC:

(OCoLC)549656802

UPC:

841887051286

Locations:

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

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)