Title A to Z : how writing changed the world / David Sington, author, director ; Laurie Cahalane, Melanie Wallace, Hugh Sington, Martin de la Fouchardiere, producer.

Publication Info.

[Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2020]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 372.21 FIR	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction DVD	DVD 411 A	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 411 A	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs	DVD 411 A TO Z	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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System Details	DVD, wide screen, region 1; stereo.
Note	Title from disc surface.
Performer	Jeanette Robinson, narrator.
Audience	Rating: TV-G.
Summary	The First Alphabet: Follow the evolution of the written word, from millennia-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to modern-day alphabets. How Writing Changed the World: The printing press transformed the spread of information, igniting the Industrial Revolution. How did technologies, from pen to paper to printing press, make it all possible?
Language	English dialogue ; English subtitles (SDH).
Subject	Writing -- History.
	Writing. (OCoLC)fst01181638
Genre/Form	Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Documentary films.
	Nonfiction films.
Added Author	Cahalane, Laurie, film producer.
	Wallace, Melanie (Producer), film producer.
	Sington, Hugh, film producer.
	La Fouchardière, Martin de, film producer.
	Sington, David, film director, screenwriter.
	Robinson, Jeanette, narrator.
	PBS DVD (Firm), publisher.
Added Title	First alphabet
	How writing changed the world
Standard No.	841887044417
ISBN	9781531712662
	1531712665
Music No.	NV61923 PBS

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