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Connections : an alternative view of change Cover Image DVD DVD

Connections : an alternative view of change

Burke, James, 1936- (Screenwriter, Host). Jackson, Mick. (Producer, Director). Kennard, David. (Producer, Director). British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. (Added Author). Time-Life Films. (Added Author). Ambrose Video Publishing. (Added Author).

Summary: Tracking through 12,000 years of history in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, James Burke shows how past events and technologies led to modern inventions, such as the atomic bomb, engines, electric lamps, telecommunications, the computer, refrigeration, the production line, jets, plastics, rocketry, and movies.

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  • Physical Description: videodisc
    5 videodiscs (approximately 520 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York : Ambrose Video, [2001]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Videodisc release of the 1978 television series.
Episodes given volume numbering on containers.
Formatted Contents Note: [Disc 1] v. 1. The trigger effect; v. 2. Death in the morning -- [disc 2] v. 3. Distance voices; v. 4. Faith in numbers -- [disc 3] v. 5. The wheel of fortune; v. 6. Thunder in the skies -- [disc 4] v. 7. The long chain; v. 8. Eat, drink, and be merry -- [disc 5] v. 9. Countdown; v. 10. Yesterday, tomorrow, and you.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Photographer, David Feig, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; film editor, Jim Latham [and others].
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC.
Awards Note:
"Winner of the Red Ribbon in the American Film Festival"--Container.

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Genre: Documentary films.
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Historical television programs.
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History.
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  • 5 out of 5 copies are currently available at Peachtree City Library.

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      Peachtree City Library 		DVD 609 CONNECTIONS V.1-2 ( Send Text)
 Disc 1 31022006345398 ADULT Available
Flint River Regional Library System:
      Peachtree City Library 		DVD 609 CONNECTIONS V.3-4 ( Send Text)
 Disc 2 31022006345406 ADULT Available
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      Peachtree City Library 		DVD 609 CONNECTIONS V.5-6 ( Send Text)
 Disc 3 31022006345349 ADULT Available
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      Peachtree City Library 		DVD 609 CONNECTIONS V.7-8 ( Send Text)
 Disc 4 31022006345307 ADULT Available
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      Peachtree City Library 		DVD 609 CONNECTIONS V.9-10 ( Send Text)
 Disc 5 31022006345299 ADULT Available

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