Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time |
006000 |
Description |
digital video stereo rda |
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videodisc |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Videorecording |
Note |
Documentary. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC; 4:3 full screen; Dolby Digital stereophonic. |
Language |
In English. |
Performer |
Narrator, Linda Hunt. |
Credits |
Editor, Jennifer Chinlund ; director of photography, Stephen Lighthill ; original music, Mark Adler. |
Note |
Based on original research by Jed Riffe and the book: Ishi, the last Yahi, a documentary history, edited by Robert F. Heizer and Theodora Kroeber. |
Event |
Originally produced as a documentary for the PBS television series The American experience in 1992. |
Note |
"This video is an expanded version of the program seen on The American experience broadcast"--Container. |
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Format information from Amazon.com. |
Summary |
Presents a narrated version of the discovery of Ishi, last member of the Yahi Indian tribe, and events in his life after coming into the white man's world. |
Form |
Also issued on videocassette. |
Contents |
Wild man in Oroville -- Uncontaminated aborigine -- Ishi meets Caruso -- 50 cents a scalp -- Ishi on exhibition -- Yahi massacres -- Visiting Ishi's homeland -- Ishi's last hiding place -- Panama Pacific exhibition -- Hard work and tuberculosis. |
Subject |
Yana Indians -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
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Documentary television programs.
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Subject |
Yana Indians. (OCoLC)fst01182397
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California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
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Genre/Form |
Biographical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726117
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Nonfiction television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710270
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Subject |
Yana Indians.
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Genre/Form |
Television adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710478
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Subject |
Yana Indians -- California -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Historical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726125
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Subject |
Ishi, -1916.
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Genre/Form |
Biographical television programs.
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Subject |
Ishi, -1916. (OCoLC)fst01826438
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Genre/Form |
Historical television programs.
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Subject |
Indians of North America -- California -- History.
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Ishi, -1916.
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Genre/Form |
Television adaptations.
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- California -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Nonfiction television programs.
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Added Author |
Riffe, Jed. Producer. Director.
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Roberts, Pamela (Filmmaker) Producer. Director.
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Makepeace, Anne. Screenwriter.
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Hunt, Linda, 1945- Narrator.
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Kroeber, Theodora.
Ishi, the last Yahi.
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Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979.
Ishi, the last Yahi.
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Chinlund, Jennifer. Film editor.
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Adler, Mark. Composer.
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Lighthill, Stephen. Cinematographer.
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Rattlesnake Productions, Inc. Production company.
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Shanachie Entertainment Corp. Film distributor.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) Broadcaster.
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Note |
Title on container: American experience. Ishi, the last Yahi |
Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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Standard No. |
016351092090 |
Music No. |
920 Shanachie |