Crucible of empire : the Spanish-American War

Miller, Daniel A. (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Polin, Daniel B. (Screenwriter, Producer). Olmos, Edward James. (Narrator). Sterrett, T. O. (Added Author). Grange, Roger T., III. (Added Author). Wolff, Leon. (Added Author). Wolff, Perry. (Added Author). Linville, Larry, 1939-2000 (Added Author). Luckinbill, Laurence. (Added Author). Phillips, Lou Diamond, 1962- (Added Author). Elliot, Shawn. (Added Author). DeMunn, Jeffrey, 1947- (Added Author). Pretto, Roger. (Added Author). Great Projects Film Company. (Added Author). South Carolina Educational Television Network. (Added Author). PBS Home Video (Added Author).

Summary: An account of the United States' war with Spain beginning in 1898 which eventually led to U.S. control of Cuba and the Philippines, and later resulted in the independence of those two countries. Explains the United States' experiment in imperialism, which it later decided against. Tells the story of the war from all perspectives, not just the American side.

Item details

ISBN: 0793693276
ISBN: 9780793693276
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Full-screen version.
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2007]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally broadcast on PBS in 1999.
Formatted Contents Note:	That battleship of "Maine" -- The only recourse -- Playing the Cuba story -- Steps to war -- They are our redeemers -- To Cuba -- The liberator -- One man and all our institutions -- The Philippine disaster -- Epilogue.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Roger T. Grange, III ; editor, Ted Winterburn ; graphic design, Clive Helfet ; music, T.O. Sterrett ; advisors, James C. Bradford [and others] ; executive producers, Kenneth Mandel, Daniel B. Polin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Edward James Olmos ; character voices, Larry Linville, Laurence Luckinbill, Lou Diamond Phillips, Shawn Elliot, Jeff DeMunn, Roger Pretto.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD-video; NTSC, region 1; stereo; full-screen.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned in English.

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Subject:

Spanish-American War (1898)
Spanish-American War, 1898
United States Territorial expansion
Cuba History 1895-
Philippines History 1898-1946
Territorial expansion
Cuba
Philippines
United States

Genre:

Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Historical reenactments (Television programs)
History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs -- United States.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary -- Television.

Currently available copies

2 out of 3 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Peachtree City Library.