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African American Lives, Season 2, Episode 1, The Road Home
directed by Jack Youngelson, fl. 1996-2014; produced by Jack Youngelson, fl. 1996-2014 and Julia Marchesi, fl. 2005-2015, Kunhardt Films, Inkwell Films and WNET Channel 13, New York, NY; interview by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-, in African American Lives, Season 2, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2008), 53 mins
Episode One focuses on stories of participants’ ancestors in the early 20th century, including the tragic account of Tom Joyner’s great-uncles, who were executed in 1915 for a crime that evidence suggests they did not commit, and Bliss Broyard’s stunning discovery about the identity of her father – renowne...
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directed by Jack Youngelson, fl. 1996-2014; produced by Jack Youngelson, fl. 1996-2014 and Julia Marchesi, fl. 2005-2015, Kunhardt Films, Inkwell Films and WNET Channel 13, New York, NY; interview by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-, in African American Lives, Season 2, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2008), 53 mins
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Episode One focuses on stories of participants’ ancestors in the early 20th century, including the tragic account of Tom Joyner’s great-uncles, who were executed in 1915 for a crime that evidence suggests they did not commit, and Bliss Broyard’s stunning discovery about the identity of her father – renowned New York Times critic, Anatole Broyard – at the time of his death.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jack Youngelson, fl. 1996-2014, Julia Marchesi, fl. 2005-2015, Kunhardt Films, Inkwell Films, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY
Author / Creator
Jack Youngelson, fl. 1996-2014, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
African American Lives
Person Discussed
Peter J. Gomes, Maya Angelou, 1928-2014, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 1962-, Bliss Broyard, 1966-, Tom Joyner, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Genealogy, Family and Culture, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2008 Kunhardt Productions, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Inkwell Films, Inc
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Amateur: Old West, Cowboys and Indians, Arizona and New Mexico
(Privately Published, 2009), 14 mins
This film reel contains rare amateur footage of Southwest American life in the early twentieth century. Despite the fact that the exact date and location of the film is unknown, it is likely that most of the scenes are from New Mexico, with some ending shots of the Grand Canyon and California. The beginning scenes...
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(Privately Published, 2009), 14 mins
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This film reel contains rare amateur footage of Southwest American life in the early twentieth century. Despite the fact that the exact date and location of the film is unknown, it is likely that most of the scenes are from New Mexico, with some ending shots of the Grand Canyon and California. The beginning scenes appear to be of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. This film focuses especially on Native Americans, their celebrations, adobe a...
This film reel contains rare amateur footage of Southwest American life in the early twentieth century. Despite the fact that the exact date and location of the film is unknown, it is likely that most of the scenes are from New Mexico, with some ending shots of the Grand Canyon and California. The beginning scenes appear to be of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. This film focuses especially on Native Americans, their celebrations, adobe architecture, and various national monuments. It is likely that one scene shows a feast day at a pueblo where the cameraman took special care in filming the Native Americans, particularly the women wearing headdresses. Early video such as this is hard to come by and preserves an old and mostly past way of life.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
American Indian communities, Archaeological sites, Architecture, Churches, Houses, American History, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Mexicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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America: Promised Land, Part 2
directed by Jamie Crawford, fl. 2006 and Dan Clifton, fl. 2000-2015; produced by Nutopia, in America: Promised Land (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2017), 1 hour 40 mins
America: Promised Land chronicles the massive immigration patterns of ethnic groups to the United States, anchored by interviews with descendants of ancestors and geographical imagery that showcases the history of how America was populated. Sparked by the Industrial Revolution, a wave of migrants flood the United...
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directed by Jamie Crawford, fl. 2006 and Dan Clifton, fl. 2000-2015; produced by Nutopia, in America: Promised Land (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2017), 1 hour 40 mins
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America: Promised Land chronicles the massive immigration patterns of ethnic groups to the United States, anchored by interviews with descendants of ancestors and geographical imagery that showcases the history of how America was populated. Sparked by the Industrial Revolution, a wave of migrants flood the United States. One-third of the entire population of Norway and Sweden migrate to America, transforming the Pacific Northwest.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nutopia, Corey Johnson, 1961-
Author / Creator
Jamie Crawford, fl. 2006, Dan Clifton, fl. 2000-2015
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
America: Promised Land
Speaker / Narrator
Corey Johnson, 1961-
Topic / Theme
Late 20th Century (1975–2000), The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Reconstruction (1866–1876), Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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America: The Story of Us, Season 1, Episode 8, Boom
directed by Clare Beavan, fl. 1993-2015; produced by Clare Beavan, fl. 1993-2015, Nutopia, in America: The Story of Us, Season 1, Episode 8 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2010), 44 mins
America The Story of Us is an epic 12-hour television event that tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented.
America strikes oil and the boom time begins. Henry Ford brings the motorcar to the masses; the nation hits the road. Massive engineering projects modernize the West.
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directed by Clare Beavan, fl. 1993-2015; produced by Clare Beavan, fl. 1993-2015, Nutopia, in America: The Story of Us, Season 1, Episode 8 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2010), 44 mins
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America The Story of Us is an epic 12-hour television event that tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented.
America strikes oil and the boom time begins. Henry Ford brings the motorcar to the masses; the nation hits the road. Massive engineering projects modernize the West.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Clare Beavan, fl. 1993-2015, Nutopia, Danny Webb, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Clare Beavan, fl. 1993-2015
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
America: The Story of Us
Speaker / Narrator
Danny Webb, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Henry Ford, 1863-1947
Topic / Theme
St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Chicago, IL, February 14, 1929, Chicago Race Riot of 1919, Prohibition, U.S., 1919-1933, Political and Social Movements, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), African Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2010 A+E Networks. All Rights Reserved
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American Century, Downtown Providence: 20th Century
in American Century (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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The twentieth century can truly be said to have been America's century. As a nation reached a position of world leader, her towns and cities changed at an unprecedented pace. With the approach to the millennium, the topic of change is on everyone's mind—how our communities and lifestyles have changed over the pa...
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in American Century (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
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The twentieth century can truly be said to have been America's century. As a nation reached a position of world leader, her towns and cities changed at an unprecedented pace. With the approach to the millennium, the topic of change is on everyone's mind—how our communities and lifestyles have changed over the past century, and how we can endeavor to preserve the past while facing the future in which the world seems to change ever faster. The Am...
The twentieth century can truly be said to have been America's century. As a nation reached a position of world leader, her towns and cities changed at an unprecedented pace. With the approach to the millennium, the topic of change is on everyone's mind—how our communities and lifestyles have changed over the past century, and how we can endeavor to preserve the past while facing the future in which the world seems to change ever faster. The American Century series documents and celebrates our most recent history—featuring images of faces and places which were taken within living memory and yet that already seems to belong to a long-past era.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
American Century
Topic / Theme
Business districts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998 by Joe Fuoco and A.J. Lothrop
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American Century, Rhode Island's Amusement Parks
in American Century (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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in American Century (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
American Century
Topic / Theme
Amusement parks
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998 by Rob Lewis and Ryan Young
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American Experience, Season 30, Episode 7, The Chinese Exclusion Act
directed by Ric Burns, 1955- and Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984; produced by Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984, Robin Espinola, fl. 1996, Ric Burns, 1955-, Kathryn Clinard, fl. 2013, Nat Rosa, fl. 2015 and Greg Sorin, fl. 2014, Steeplechase Films, Center for Asian American Media, New-York Historical Society and American Experience Films, in American Experience, Season 30, Episode 7 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 2 hours 40 mins
Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
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directed by Ric Burns, 1955- and Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984; produced by Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984, Robin Espinola, fl. 1996, Ric Burns, 1955-, Kathryn Clinard, fl. 2013, Nat Rosa, fl. 2015 and Greg Sorin, fl. 2014, Steeplechase Films, Center for Asian American Media, New-York Historical Society and American Experience Films, in American Experience, Season 30, Episode 7 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 2 hours 40 mins
Description
Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984, Robin Espinola, fl. 1996, Ric Burns, 1955-, Kathryn Clinard, fl. 2013, Nat Rosa, fl. 2015, Greg Sorin, fl. 2014, Steeplechase Films, Center for Asian American Media, New-York Historical Society, American Experience Films, Hoon Lee, 1973-
Author / Creator
Ric Burns, 1955-, Li-Shin Yu, fl. 1984
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Hoon Lee, 1973-
Topic / Theme
Chinese Exclusion Act Passed, United States, 1882, The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Reconstruction (1866–1876), Civil War (1860–1865), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Chinese, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Steeplechase Films, Inc
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American Experience, Season 30, Episode 11, The Eugenics Crusade
directed by Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998; produced by Rafael de la Uz, fl. 2001, Connie Honeycutt, fl. 2011 and Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, WGBH Boston, 42nd Parallel Films and American Experience Films, in American Experience, Season 30, Episode 11 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 54 mins
The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.
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directed by Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998; produced by Rafael de la Uz, fl. 2001, Connie Honeycutt, fl. 2011 and Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, WGBH Boston, 42nd Parallel Films and American Experience Films, in American Experience, Season 30, Episode 11 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 54 mins
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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.
Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rafael de la Uz, fl. 2001, Connie Honeycutt, fl. 2011, Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998, WGBH Boston, 42nd Parallel Films, American Experience Films, Corey Stoll, 1976-
Author / Creator
Michelle Ferrari, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Corey Stoll, 1976-
Person Discussed
Margaret Sanger, 1879-1966, Harry Hamilton Laughlin, 1880-1943, Charles Davenport, 1866-1944, Ann Cooper Hewitt, 1915-1956, Madison Grant, 1865-1937, Henry H. Goddard, 1866-1957, Sir Francis Galton, 1822-1911
Topic / Theme
Holocaust, 1939-1945, Science and Technology, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Americans, Germans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2018 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1, The Swamp
directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2019), 1 hour 54 mins
The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida penins...
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directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2019), 1 hour 54 mins
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The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida peninsula. In the 19th century, however, most Americans believed swamps were filled with diseases and noxious reptiles and saw them as obstac...
The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida peninsula. In the 19th century, however, most Americans believed swamps were filled with diseases and noxious reptiles and saw them as obstacles to the nation's progress. The idea of draining the Everglades became the goal of many entrepreneurs, politicians and salesmen who saw great potential in turning the massive wetland into a profitable enterprise. Altering the landscape of the Everglades unleashed a torrent of unintended consequences, from catastrophic floods to brutal droughts. Told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, from hucksters to politicians to unlikely activists, The Swamp explores the repeated efforts to transform what was seen as a vast and useless wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, ultimately leading to a passionate campaign to preserve America's greatest wetland.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999, Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse, WGBH Educational Foundation, Tim Hopper, fl. 1987
Author / Creator
Randall MacLowry, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Tim Hopper, fl. 1987
Topic / Theme
Climate and the Environment, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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Behind the Burly Q
directed by Leslie Zemeckis, 1969-; produced by Leslie Zemeckis, 1969-, Jackie Levine, fl. 2003-2013 and Sheri Hellard, fl. 1997-2008, Mistress, Inc.; performed by Joan Arline, 1932-2011, Alan Alda, 1936- and Bud Abbott, 1895-1974 (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2010), 1 hour 38 mins
Burlesque was one of America's most popular forms of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century. Gaudy, bawdy and spectacular, the shows entertained thousands of paying customers every night of the week. And yet the legacy of burlesque is often vilified and misunderstood, and left out of the history...
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directed by Leslie Zemeckis, 1969-; produced by Leslie Zemeckis, 1969-, Jackie Levine, fl. 2003-2013 and Sheri Hellard, fl. 1997-2008, Mistress, Inc.; performed by Joan Arline, 1932-2011, Alan Alda, 1936- and Bud Abbott, 1895-1974 (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2010), 1 hour 38 mins
Description
Burlesque was one of America's most popular forms of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century. Gaudy, bawdy and spectacular, the shows entertained thousands of paying customers every night of the week. And yet the legacy of burlesque is often vilified and misunderstood, and left out of the history books. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q...
Burlesque was one of America's most popular forms of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century. Gaudy, bawdy and spectacular, the shows entertained thousands of paying customers every night of the week. And yet the legacy of burlesque is often vilified and misunderstood, and left out of the history books. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q reveals the true story of burlesque, even as it experiences a new renaissance.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Joan Arline, 1932-2011, Alan Alda, 1936-, Bud Abbott, 1895-1974
Contributor
Leslie Zemeckis, 1969-, Jackie Levine, fl. 2003-2013, Sheri Hellard, fl. 1997-2008, Mistress, Inc., Phil Marshall, fl. 1970-2015
Author / Creator
Leslie Zemeckis, 1969-, Joan Arline, 1932-2011, Alan Alda, 1936-, Bud Abbott, 1895-1974
Date Published / Released
2010-04-23
Publisher
First Run Features
Topic / Theme
Burlesque, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by First Run Features Inc.
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