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New York : a documentary film
Title:
New York : a documentary film
Uniform Title:
New York (Television program)
ISBN:
9781415702468
Publication Information:
[United States] : PBS Home Video ; [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS distribution, [2010]
Physical Description:
8 videodiscs (ca. 17 hours, 30 minutes) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
"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.
Added Corporate Author:

Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
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.
System Details:
DVD; NTSC; REGION 1 ENCODING; DOLBY DIGITAL; EP. 1-7 FULL SCREEN VERSION; EP. 8 WIDESCREEN VERSION.
Language Note:
CLOSED CAPTIONED.
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