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©2001
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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"PBS DVD Gold"
"This dramatic and lyrical first episode chronicles the rise of New York from its settlement by the Dutch in the early 17th century through the explosion of commercial growth sparked by the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825."--container
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Special features: Charlie Rose interview with Ric Burns ; New York trailer ; 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)
Narrator: David Ogden Stiers; featured interviews with: Martin Scorsese, Senator Daniel Patrick Maynihan, Fran Lebowitz, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, Former Mayor Ed Koch
MPAA rating: Not rated
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Emmy Award: 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Non-fiction Programming; Picture Editing