| Description |
8 videodiscs (approximately 1050 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
173000 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical stereo rda |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; Region 1 encoding; Dolby digital; ep. 1-7 full screen version; ep. 8 widescreen version. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore; music, Brian Keane; editor, Li-Shin Yu; co-producers, Steve Rivo (ep. 6 & 7) and Marilyn Ness (ep. 8). |
| Performer |
Narrator, David Ogden Stiers. |
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Featured interviews with: Martin Scorsese, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Fran Lebowitz, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, Former Mayor Ed Koch, and others. |
| Note |
"Additional DVD material and packaging copyrighted 2010"--Container insert. |
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DVD release of a 1999-2003 television production with additional DVD material created in 2010. |
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Ep. 1-5 aired in 1999, ep. 6-7 in 2001, and ep. 8 in 2003. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
New York (N.Y.) -- History.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Burns, Ric, screenwriter, director, producer.
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Sanders, James, 1955- screenwriter.
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Ades, Lisa, director, producer.
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Rivo, Steve, producer.
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Ness, Marilyn, producer.
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Stiers, David Ogden, narrator.
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Squires, Buddy, director of photography.
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Moore, Allen, director of photography.
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Keane, Brian, composer (expression)
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Rose, Charles G., 1939-2012, interviewer (expression)
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Steeplechase Films Inc. production company.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.
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New-York Historical Society, production company.
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PBS Home Video, publisher.
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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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Manhatta.
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Over the east river.
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Empires of steel.
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| ISBN |
1415702462 |
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9781415702468 |
| Standard No. |
841887051286 |
| Music No. |
NYNY630 PBS Distribution |
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