New York, a documentary film. Episode one: 1609-1825. The country and the city
(2001)

Nonfiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/974.71/NEW

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Nonfiction DVDs DVD/974.71/NEW Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : PBS Home Video : distributed by Warner Home Video, [2001]
©2001
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
078063635X (set) B8578, B8579D
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"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

DVD ; Stereo

Closed-captioned

Emmy Award: 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Non-fiction Programming; Picture Editing

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