| Description |
4 videodiscs (852 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, fullscreen. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Voice, Walter Cronkite. |
| Audience |
Rating: TVY7. |
| Note |
Rating: TVY7. |
| Contents |
disc 1: The Boston Tea Party -- The Intolerable Acts -- United we stand -- Liberty or death -- Midnight ride -- The shot heard round the world -- Green Mountain Boys -- disc 2: The Second Continental Congress -- Bunker Hill -- Washington takes command -- Postmaster General Franklin -- Common sense -- The first Fourth of July -- New York, New York -- disc 3: The turtle -- One life to lose -- Captain Molly -- American crisis -- Across the Delaware -- An American in Paris -- disc 4: Sybil Ludington -- Lafayette arrives -- The Hessians are coming -- Valley Forge -- Allies at last -- Honor and compromise -- The new frontier -- disc 5: Not yet begun to fight -- The great Galvez -- In praise of Ben -- Bostonians -- Benedict Arnold -- Conflict in the South -- Deborah Samson : soldier of the Revolution -- disc 6: James Armistead -- Yorktown -- Born free and equal -- The man who wouldn't be king -- Going home -- We the people. |
| Summary |
Travel back in time with Benjamin Franklin's teenage reporters as they confront the real and physical dangers of the American Revolution. Trapped in opposite sides of the war, James an American colonist and Sarah a young English reporter are forced to choose between friendship and allegiance to their countries. All while they try to look after mischievous Henri, a French boy whose comical escapades constantly lead to trouble. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
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| Local Subject |
DVDS, JUVENILE.
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| Genre |
Animated television programs.
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Children's television programs.
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| Added Author |
Cronkite, Walter.
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Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.
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Mill Creek Entertainment.
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Shout! Factory (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
683904530608 |
| Music No. |
MV53060 Mill Creek Entertainment |
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