| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 780 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 program guide (12 pages ; 19 cm) |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
George Grizzard, Kathryn Walker, William Daniels, David Birney, John Beal, Peter Brandon, Charles Siebert, Nancy Marchand. |
| Credits |
Original music, John Morris. |
| Note |
Based on the family's personal diaries and correspondences. |
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Originally broadcast on television in 1976. |
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Contains all 13 episodes of the television mini-series. |
| Summary |
Television mini-series that dramatizes four generations of Adamses and 150 years of American history from the birth of the Revolution through the Gilded Age. Meet John Adams, a passionate revolutionary and second president; John Quincy Adams, proud son of a famous father and sixth president; Charles Francis Adams, skillful minister to Great Britain during the Civil War; historian Henry Adams; and railroad magnate Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Going beyond politics, this mini-series portrays these men as husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, as well as leaders. |
| Contents |
Volume 1: Chapter I: John Adams, Lawyer ; Chapter II: John Adams, Revolutionary ; Chapter III: John Adams, Diplomat ; Chapter IV: John Adams, Minister to Great Britain (Volume I produced by Jac Venza, Paul Bogart and Robert Costello ; written by Sherman Yellen and Millard Lampell ; directed by Paul Bogart and James Cellan Jones) -- Volume 2: Chapter V: John Adams, Vice President ; Chapter VI: John Adams, President ; Chapter VII: John Quincy Adams, Diplomat (Volume 2 produced by Robert Costello ; written by Anne Howard Bailey, Corinne Jacker, Philip Reisman, Jr., and Sam Hall ; directed by Barry Davis and Anthony Page). |
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Volume 3: Chapter VIII: John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State ; Chapter IX: John Quincy Adams, President ; Chapter X: John Quincy Adams, Congressman (Volume 3 produced by Robert Costello and Fred Coe ; written by Ian Hunter and Tad Mosel ; directed by Bill Glenn and Fred Coe) --Volume 4: Chapter XI: Charles Francis Adams, Minister to Great Britain ; Chapter XII: Henry Adams, Historian ; Chapter XIII: Charles Francis Adams II, Industrialist (Volume 4 produced by James Cellan Jones and Fred Coe ; written by Roger O. Hirson and Sam Hall ; directed by James Cellan Jones and Fred Coe). |
| Note |
Special features: A 12-page program guide titled The history behind the Adams chronicles featuring articles by C. James Taylor, editor in chief of the Adams Papers, and Neil Horstman, president of the White House Historical Association. Includes genealogical table. |
| Awards |
Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, 1976 and 1977 |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Adams family -- Drama.
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United States -- History -- Drama.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.
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Adams, John, 1735-1826 -- Drama.
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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 -- Drama.
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Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 -- Drama.
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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 -- Drama.
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Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television movies.
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Historical drama.
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Biographical television programs.
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Historical -- Television mini-series.
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Biographical -- Television mini-series.
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Family -- Television mini-series.
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Television mini-series.
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Historical television programs.
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Biographical television programs.
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Fiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kassel, Virginia.
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Grizzard, George.
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Walker, Kathryn, 1943-
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Daniels, William, 1927-
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Birney, David, 1939-2022
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Beal, John, 1909-1997.
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Brandon, Peter, 1926-1983.
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Siebert, Charles, 1938-2022
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Marchand, Nancy, 1928-2000.
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Venza, Jac.
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Bogart, Paul.
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Costello, Robert.
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Yellen, Sherman.
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Lampell, Millard, 1919-1997.
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Jones, James Cellan, 1931-
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Bailey, Anne Howard.
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Jacker, Corinne.
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Reisman, Philip, Jr., 1916-1999.
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Hall, Sam, 1921-2014
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Davis, Barry, 1936-1990.
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Page, Anthony, 1935-
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Coe, Fred, 1914-1979.
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Hunter, Ian, 1900-1975.
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Mosel, Tad.
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Hirson, Roger O.
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Educational Broadcasting Corporation.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
History behind the Adams chronicles.
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| Standard No. |
054961806393 |
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00054961806393 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8063 Acorn Media |
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