Edition |
Full-screen version. |
Description |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD-video; NTSC, region 1; stereo; full-screen. |
Performer |
Narrator, Edward James Olmos ; character voices, Larry Linville, Laurence Luckinbill, Lou Diamond Phillips, Shawn Elliot, Jeff DeMunn, Roger Pretto. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Roger T. Grange, III ; editor, Ted Winterburn ; graphic design, Clive Helfet ; music, T.O. Sterrett ; advisors, James C. Bradford ... [et al.] ; executive producers, Kenneth Mandell, Daniel B. Polin. |
Note |
Originally broadcast on PBS in 1999. |
Summary |
An account of the United States' war with Spain beginning in 1898 which eventually led to U.S. control of Cuba and the Philippines, and later resulted in the independence of those two countries. Explains the United States' experiment in imperialism, which it later decided against. Tells the story of the war from all perspectives, not just the American side. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Contents |
That battleship of "Maine" -- The only recourse -- Playing the Cuba story -- Steps to war -- They are our redeemers -- To Cuba -- The liberator -- One man and all our institutions -- The Philippine disaster -- Epilogue. |
Language |
Closed-captioned in English. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Spanish-American War, 1898.
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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Cuba -- History -- 1895-
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Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Historical reenactments (Television programs)
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Television programs -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Miller, Daniel A. Screenwriter. Producer. Director.
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Polin, Daniel B. Screenwriter. Producer.
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Olmos, Edward James. Narrator.
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Sterrett, T. O.
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Grange, Roger T., III.
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Wolff, Leon.
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Wolff, Perry.
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Linville, Larry, 1939-2000.
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Luckinbill, Laurence.
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Phillips, Lou Diamond, 1962-
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Elliot, Shawn.
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DeMunn, Jeffrey, 1947-
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Great Projects Film Company.
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South Carolina Educational Television Network.
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PBS Home Video.
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Added Title |
Spanish-American War |
ISBN |
0793693276 |
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9780793693276 |
Standard No. |
841887008280 |
Music No. |
CESP601 PBS Home Video |
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