| Description |
3 videodiscs (512 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital; 16:9 enhanced aspect ratio; Stereo; NTSC, region 1. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Veronika Hyks. |
| Note |
Release date: Sep. 27, 2011. |
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Originally broadcast in 1996. |
| Summary |
Over 72,000 color photographs. More than 180,000 meters of film. Hundreds of letters, diaries, and testimonies describing extraordinary journeys through exotic lands. This vast treasury is held in the archives of the Albert Kahn Museum in Paris, home to the most important collection of early color photographs in the world. In 1909, the French financier Albert Kahn decided to send photographers around the globe to document life on the planet. |
| Note |
Special features: Gallery of 65 photographs. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Kahn, Albert, 1860-1940 -- Photograph collections.
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Musée Albert Kahn.
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Photography, Artistic.
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History, Modern -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
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Internationalists -- France.
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Pacifists -- France.
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Photograph collections -- France.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Ward, Susannah.
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Hyks, Veronika.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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| ISBN |
0780671767 |
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9780780671768 |
| Standard No. |
883929174003 |
| Music No. |
1000182912 British Broadcasting Corporation |
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