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New York, a documentary film. Episode five : 1919-1931, Cosmopolis Cover Image DVD DVD

New York, a documentary film. 1919-1931 Episode five Cosmopolis

Burns, Ric. (Added Author). Sanders, James, 1955- (Added Author). Stiers, David Ogden. (Added Author). Steeplechase Films Inc. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Added Author). New-York Historical Society. (Added Author).

Summary: The fifth segment in an 8-part series chronicling the history of New York City from 1609 through 2003. Examines the roaring twenties in New York City as it becomes the cultural capital of the world with its hybrid cultural style that mixes high culture and low, black culture and white. This episode concludes with the skyscraper war, the rise & crash of the stock market and the construction of the Empire State Building.

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  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videorecording
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast in 1999 as part of the PBS series the American experience.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Cinematography, Buddy Squires and Allen Moore ; edited by Li-Shin Yu and Nina Schulman ; music, Brian Keane.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrated by David Ogden Stiers.
Target Audience Note:
CHV rating : G.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
Emmy Award: 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Non-fiction Programming; Picture Editing.

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Genre: Documentary television programs.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cariboo Regional Library. (Show)

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Williams Lake Branch 974.71 NEW (Text) 33923006280956 Digital Video Disc Volume hold Available -
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