| Description |
1 DVD, NTSC (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen; Region 1; 5.1 Surround. |
| Language |
English subtitle for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Oliver Platt. |
| Credits |
Edited by George O'Donnell and Amy Foote ; original music by Peter Rundquist ; director of photography, Andrew Young ; a production of WGBH Boston. |
| Note |
Based on The last innocent year: America in 1964 by Jon Margolis. |
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Originally produced an episode of the television program in 2014. |
| Summary |
It was the year of the Beatles and the Civil Rights Act; of the Gulf of Tonkin and Barry Goldwater's campaign for the presidency; the year that Americans learned smoking was bad for their health and Cassius Clay became Mohammed Ali; the year that cities across the country erupted in violence and Americans tried to make sense of the assassination of their president. Based on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, the film will follow some of the most prominent figures of the time. |
| Contents |
Birth of a new era -- The modern conservative movement -- The Beatles and Muhammad Ali -- The feminie mystique -- The great society -- Freedom summer -- The Republican National Convention -- The Harlem riots -- Finding the slain volunteers -- The Gulf of Tonkin resolution -- The free speech movement -- Johnson vs. Goldwater. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1961-1969.
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Nineteen sixty-four, A.D.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Historical television programs.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Platt, Oliver, narrator.
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Ives, Stephen, screenwriter, television director.
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Pollak, Amanda, television producer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Margolis, Jon.
Last innocent year.
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Insignia Films, production company.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
1964 |
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Nineteen sixty-four |
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Nineteen hundred sixty-four |
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Nineteen hundred and sixty-four |
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American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781608830411 |
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1608830411 |
| Standard No. |
841887020435 |
| Music No. |
NSFO601 PBS |
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