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Title Frederick Law Olmsted : designing America / a producution of WNED-TV Buffalo/Toronto and Florentine Films/Hott Productions Inc. ; a film by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey ; written by Ken Chowder.

Publication Info. [Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2014]
©2014

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  DVD B OLMSTED    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  DVD 712.092 FREDERICK    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD B OLMSTED    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD B OLMSTEAD, FREDERICK    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction DVD  DVD 712.092 FREDERICK    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD 712.02373 FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD, Nonfiction  DVD B-OLMSTED FRE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD 712.0973 FREDERICK    Check Shelf
Edition Wide screen.
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical rda
video file DVD video rda
Language In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).
Note Title from container.
Performer Narrator, Stockard Channing ; voice of Olmsted, Campbell Scott.
Credits Cinematography, Stephen McCarthy [and 5 others] ; music, Judy Hyman.
Note Originally broadcast in 2014 on PBS.
System Details DVD; NTSC; region 1; wide screen presentation; stereo.
Summary A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.
Note Special feature: Olmsted's enduring legacy featurette.
Subject Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
Landscape architects -- United States -- Biography.
Landscape architecture -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Educational television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Hott, Lawrence R., filmmaker.
Garey, Diane, filmmaker.
Chowder, Ken, screenwriter.
Channing, Stockard, narrator.
Scott, Campbell, voice actor.
WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.), production company.
Florentine Films, production company.
Hott Productions, production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher, broadcaster.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
ISBN 9781627890458
1627890459
Standard No. 841887021524
Music No. FLAO601 PBS
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