| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 780 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 program guide (12 pages) |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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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. |
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Special features: A 12-page program guide featuring articles by C. James Taylor, editor in chief of the Adams Papers, and Neil Horstman, president of the White House Historical Association. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
George Grizzard, Kathryn Walker, William Daniels, David Birney, John Beal, Peter Brandon, Charles Siebert, Nancy Marchand. |
| Credits |
Original music, John Morris. |
| 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). |
| 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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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television mini-series.
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Historical drama.
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Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kassel, Virginia.
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Grizzard, George.
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Walker, Kathryn.
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Daniels, William, 1927-
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Birney, David, 1939-
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Beal, John, 1909-1997.
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Brandon, Peter, 1926-1983.
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Siebert, Charles, 1938-
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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 H., 1916-1999.
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Hall, Sam, 1921-
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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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| Standard No. |
054961806393 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8063 Acorn Media |
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