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Title Crucible of empire : the Spanish-American War / a production of Great Projects Film Company, Inc. in association with South Carolina ETV ; written and produced by Daniel A. Miller and Daniel B. Polin ; directed by Daniel A. Miller ; based on an idea by Leon Wolff and Perry Wolff.

Publication Info. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, 2007.
1999.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  DVD 973.891 CRUCIBLE    Check Shelf
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.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
Cuba -- History -- 1895-
Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946.
Genre/Form Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical reenactments (Television programs)
Television programs -- United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Miller, Daniel A. Screenwriter. Producer. Director.
Polin, Daniel B. Screenwriter. Producer.
Olmos, Edward James. Narrator.
Sterrett, T. O.
Grange, Roger T., III.
Wolff, Leon.
Wolff, Perry.
Linville, Larry, 1939-2000.
Luckinbill, Laurence.
Phillips, Lou Diamond, 1962-
Elliot, Shawn.
DeMunn, Jeffrey, 1947-
Great Projects Film Company.
South Carolina Educational Television Network.
PBS Home Video.
Added Title Spanish-American War
ISBN 0793693276
9780793693276
Standard No. 841887008280
Music No. CESP601 PBS Home Video
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