Liberty! the American Revolution

Hovde, Ellen. (Added Author). Meyer, Muffie. (Added Author). Blumer, Ronald H. (Added Author). Sawyer, Forrest. (Added Author). Rees, Roger, 1944-2015 (Added Author). Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014 (Added Author). Garber, Victor (Added Author). Murphy, Donna. (Added Author). Bosco, Philip. (Added Author). Cullum, J. D. (Added Author). Carrick, John D. (John Donald), 1787-1837 (Added Author). Scott, Campbell. (Added Author). Mann, Terrence (Added Author). Hurwitz, Tom (Added Author). Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014 (Added Author). Sachs, Sharon. (Added Author). Einhorn, Richard, 1952- (Added Author). O'Connor, Mark. (Added Author). Taylor, James, 1948- (Added Author). KTCA-TV (Television station : Saint Paul, Minn.) (Added Author). Middlemarch Films (Added Author). Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.) (Added Author). PBS Home Video (Added Author). Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: A documentary of the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading up to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations.

Item details

ISBN: 1415702179
ISBN: 9781415702178
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
3 videodiscs (ca. 6 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004, c1997.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Special features : Who said what? : a trivia quiz ; Performance by James Taylor & Mark O'Connor, "Johnny has gone for a soldier."
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. The reluctant revolutionaries ; Blows must decide -- Disc. 2. The times that try men's souls ; Oh, fatal ambition -- Disc 3. The world turned upside down ; Are we to be a nation?
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Tom Hurwitz ; narrator, Edward Herrmann ; editor, Sharon Sachs ; music, Richard Einhorn, Mark O'Connor.
Participant or Performer Note:	Host, Forrest Sawyer ; actors include Roger Rees, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Victor Garber, Donna Murphy, Philip Bosco, J.D. Cullum, Peter Donaldson, Roger Rees, Campbell Scott, Terrence Mann.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen; Dolby Digital surround stereo.
Language Note:	English language; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Subject:

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
United States History Confederation, 1783-1789
Constitutional history United States

Genre:

Documentary television programs -- United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Currently available copies

6 out of 6 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
2 out of 2 copies are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Peachtree City Library.