| Description |
8 videodiscs (approximately 1040 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1 encoding; Dolby digital; ep. 1-7 full screen version; ep. 8 widescreen version. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Dolby surround stereo. |
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DVD release of a 1999-2003 television production. |
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Ep. 1-5 aired in 1999, ep. 6-7 in 2001, and ep. 8 in 2003. |
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Special features: Charlie Rose interview with Ric Burns; additional interviews with Donald Trump and others; archival motion pictures; original trailer; deleted scenes; outtakes ; interview with Ric Burns on making of ep. 8. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Buddy Squires and Allen Moore; music, Brian Keane; editor, Li-Shin Yu; narrator, David Ogden Stiers; co-producers, Steve Rivo (ep. 6 & 7) and Marilyn Ness (ep. 8). |
| Performer |
Featured interviews with: Martin Scorsese, Senator Daniel Patrick Maynihan, Fran Lebowitz, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, Former Mayor Ed Koch, and others. |
| Summary |
This series chronicles the history of New York City from its beginnings in 1609 as a Dutch trading post, through the depression, onto the turbulent years of change in the following decades after WWII, to its present day status as one of the most important and influential cities in the world. The final episode was created in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Contents |
Ep. 1. The country and the city, 1609-1825 -- ep. 2. Order and disorder, 1825-1865 -- ep. 3. Sunshine and shadow, 1865-1898 -- ep. 4. The power and the people, 1898-1918 -- ep. 5. Cosmopolis, 1919-1931 -- ep. 6. City of tomorrow, 1929-1941 -- ep. 7. The city and the world, 1945-2000 -- ep. 8. The center of the world, 1946-2003. |
| Subject |
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Videodiscs.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Videodiscs.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- History -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Added Author |
Burns, Ric.
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Sanders, James, 1955-
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Ades, Lisa.
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Ness, Marilyn.
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Stiers, David Ogden.
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Steeplechase Films Inc.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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New-York Historical Society.
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PBS Home Video.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program) New York.
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| ISBN |
9781415702468 |
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1415702462 |
| Standard No. |
097368858145 |
| Music No. |
88581 Paramount Home Entertainment |
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