Bibliograph

New York, a documentary film, a Steeplechase Films production for "The American experience" in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET in New York and the New-York Historical Society

Type

Label

New York, a documentary film, a Steeplechase Films production for "The American experience" in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET in New York and the New-York Historical Society

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

New York

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

48013001

Responsibility statement

a Steeplechase Films production for "The American experience" in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET in New York and the New-York Historical Society

Runtime

840

Sub title

a documentary film

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 influencial cities in the world

Table Of Contents

Episode one: The country and the city (1609-1825) -- Episode two: Order and disorder (1825-1865) -- Episode three: Sunshine and shadow (1865-1898) -- Episode four: The power and the people (1898-1918) -- Episode five: Cosmopolis (1919-1931) -- Episode six: City of tomorrow (1929-1941) -- Episode seven: The city and the world (1945-present) -- Episode eight: The center of the world

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification