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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6, Gold Rush
produced by Michael Ehrenzweig, fl. 1974-2015, in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, California, in 1848, some 300,000 people from the rest of the United States and abroad flooded the region to try to strike it rich. Using re-creations, archival photos, and interviews with noted historians, this program examines the quest for wealth as well as the far-rea...
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produced by Michael Ehrenzweig, fl. 1974-2015, in 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, 6 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 44 mins
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When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, California, in 1848, some 300,000 people from the rest of the United States and abroad flooded the region to try to strike it rich. Using re-creations, archival photos, and interviews with noted historians, this program examines the quest for wealth as well as the far-reaching impact the Gold Rush had on the nation's economic, geographic, and psychic landscape.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Michael Ehrenzweig, fl. 1974-2015, Zachary Drake
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Speaker / Narrator
Zachary Drake
Topic / Theme
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, California Gold Rush, 1849, American History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright 2008 A&E Television Networks
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10 Things You Don't Know About, Season 3, Episode 10, The Gold Rush
directed by Dominique Anders, fl. 2003-2017; presented by Henry Rollins, 1961-; produced by Mary Courtney, fl. 2004-2016, Asylum Entertainment, in 10 Things You Don't Know About, Season 3, Episode 10 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2014), 43 mins
In "10 Things You Don't Know About", punk rock icon Henry Rollins uncovers crazy twists and tidbits behind the historical tales, figures, and places you only thought you knew. Whether he's analyzing centuries-old documents at the National Archives or exploring the inside of a dead gangster's speakeasy, he's on a m...
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directed by Dominique Anders, fl. 2003-2017; presented by Henry Rollins, 1961-; produced by Mary Courtney, fl. 2004-2016, Asylum Entertainment, in 10 Things You Don't Know About, Season 3, Episode 10 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2014), 43 mins
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In "10 Things You Don't Know About", punk rock icon Henry Rollins uncovers crazy twists and tidbits behind the historical tales, figures, and places you only thought you knew. Whether he's analyzing centuries-old documents at the National Archives or exploring the inside of a dead gangster's speakeasy, he's on a mission to discover the info every casual history fan needs to know.
The Gold Rush was the largest mass migration in American History--w...
In "10 Things You Don't Know About", punk rock icon Henry Rollins uncovers crazy twists and tidbits behind the historical tales, figures, and places you only thought you knew. Whether he's analyzing centuries-old documents at the National Archives or exploring the inside of a dead gangster's speakeasy, he's on a mission to discover the info every casual history fan needs to know.
The Gold Rush was the largest mass migration in American History--with hundreds of thousands of fortune seekers eager to stake their claim to the billions buried beneath California.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mary Courtney, fl. 2004-2016, Asylum Entertainment
Author / Creator
Dominique Anders, fl. 2003-2017, Henry Rollins, 1961-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
10 Things You Don't Know About
Person Discussed
John Augustus Sutter, 1803-1880
Topic / Theme
Gold mines and mining, California Gold Rush, 1849, Trade and Commerce, Migration and Diaspora, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright 2016 A+E Networks. All Rights Reserved
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About Us, The Sephardic Jews and the Pike Place Market
directed by Stephen Sadis, fl. 1990; produced by Lisa Devlin, 1953-2013, Sadis & Vaughn Inc., in About Us (Seattle, WA: Great Northern Filmworks, 2001), 26 mins
This rich documentary short captures the story of the first generation of Sephardic Jewish immigrants who settled in Seattle, found work at the Pike Place Market and established one of the largest Sephardic communities in America.
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directed by Stephen Sadis, fl. 1990; produced by Lisa Devlin, 1953-2013, Sadis & Vaughn Inc., in About Us (Seattle, WA: Great Northern Filmworks, 2001), 26 mins
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This rich documentary short captures the story of the first generation of Sephardic Jewish immigrants who settled in Seattle, found work at the Pike Place Market and established one of the largest Sephardic communities in America.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lisa Devlin, 1953-2013, Sadis & Vaughn Inc., Keith Dahlgren, fl. 1985
Author / Creator
Stephen Sadis, fl. 1990
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Great Northern Filmworks
Series
About Us
Speaker / Narrator
Keith Dahlgren, fl. 1985
Topic / Theme
Farmers' markets, Fisheries, Trade and commerce, Immigration and emigration, Immigrant life, First generation immigrant populations, World War II, 1939-1945, Jewish, Judaism, Jews
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Copyright © 2001 Sadis Filmworks
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Aerial Views of Plant and Ore Bins
produced by Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1927), 2 mins
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, shows aerial views of plant and ore bins.
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produced by Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1927), 2 mins
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This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, shows aerial views of plant and ore bins.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ford Motor Company
Date Published / Released
1927
Publisher
Ford Motor Company
Topic / Theme
Coal mines and mining, Mining industry, Industrial buildings, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1927 by Ford Motor Company
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Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation (1562–1750), Season 1, Episode 1, Interview with Akosua Perbi, Professor of History, Univ...
directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Orlando Bagwell, 1951- and Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation (1562–1750), Season 1, Episode 1 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998), 44 mins
Akosua Perbi is interviewed about the impact of raids and kidnappings, warfare as a source of enslavement in Ghana, slave markets in Ghana, slaves given as tributes, minor offences leading to enslavement, external enslavement vs internal enslavement, fear, suspicion and insecurity during the time of slavery, the...
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directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Orlando Bagwell, 1951- and Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation (1562–1750), Season 1, Episode 1 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998), 44 mins
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Akosua Perbi is interviewed about the impact of raids and kidnappings, warfare as a source of enslavement in Ghana, slave markets in Ghana, slaves given as tributes, minor offences leading to enslavement, external enslavement vs internal enslavement, fear, suspicion and insecurity during the time of slavery, the role of guns and gunpowder, kidnappings in Ghana, songs telling the history of slavery, in Ghana no slave owner had the power of life a...
Akosua Perbi is interviewed about the impact of raids and kidnappings, warfare as a source of enslavement in Ghana, slave markets in Ghana, slaves given as tributes, minor offences leading to enslavement, external enslavement vs internal enslavement, fear, suspicion and insecurity during the time of slavery, the role of guns and gunpowder, kidnappings in Ghana, songs telling the history of slavery, in Ghana no slave owner had the power of life and death over the slave unlike Atlantic slavery, Ghanaians were unaware of the harsh treatment of slaves overseas.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation (1562–1750)
Person Discussed
Akosua Perbi, fl. 1998
Topic / Theme
Missing persons, Firearms, Treatment of slaves, Slave trade, Family and Culture, Trade and Commerce, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, Europeans, Africans, Ghanaians, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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© 1998-2017 WGBH Educational Foundation
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Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation (1562–1750), Season 1, Episode 1, Interview with Barry Unsworth, Author, "The Sacred Hung...
directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Orlando Bagwell, 1951- and Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation (1562–1750), Season 1, Episode 1 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998), 1 hour 7 mins
Barry Unsworth is interviewed about the economies of Europe, first British slave trader John Hawkins, the brutality of life, indentured servants, rise in slaving a response to the increased demand for sugar and tobacco, desperation of European slave traders, how slave traders kept control of the ship with fear, th...
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directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Orlando Bagwell, 1951- and Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation (1562–1750), Season 1, Episode 1 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998), 1 hour 7 mins
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Barry Unsworth is interviewed about the economies of Europe, first British slave trader John Hawkins, the brutality of life, indentured servants, rise in slaving a response to the increased demand for sugar and tobacco, desperation of European slave traders, how slave traders kept control of the ship with fear, the Middle Passage, the threat of fasting during the Middle Passage, economic damage to African interior, impact of slavery, inhumanity.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation (1562–1750)
Person Discussed
Barry Unsworth, 1930-2012, John Hawkins, 1532-1595
Topic / Theme
Trade and commerce, Treatment of slaves, Slave trade, Seafaring life, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, War and Violence, Imperialism and Colonialism, Trade and Commerce, Africans, Europeans, British, Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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© 1998-2017 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, The Gold Rush
directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Laura Longsworth and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 1 hour 54 mins
On January 24, 1848, James Marshall found gold near the fork of the American and Sacramento Rivers, and unleashed a massive migration from around the world to what had been a forgotten backwater. With head-spinning speed, these gold-seekers created one of the most extraordinary societies in history -- hard-driving...
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directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Laura Longsworth and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2006), 1 hour 54 mins
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On January 24, 1848, James Marshall found gold near the fork of the American and Sacramento Rivers, and unleashed a massive migration from around the world to what had been a forgotten backwater. With head-spinning speed, these gold-seekers created one of the most extraordinary societies in history -- hard-driving, overwhelmingly male, often brutal.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Laura Longsworth, Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Michael Murphy, 1938-
Author / Creator
Randall MacLowry, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Murphy, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Mining industry, Gold mines and mining, Gold, California Gold Rush, 1849, War and Violence, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), American Indians, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright © 2006 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, Season 23, Episode 8, Triangle Fire
directed by Jamila Wignot, fl. 2009-2014; produced by Jamila Wignot, fl. 2009-2014, Apograph Productions, in American Experience, Season 23, Episode 8 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011), 54 mins
The Triangle Fire chronicles the fire that tore through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City killing one hundred and forty-eight young women and forever changed the relationship between labor and industry in the United States. A relationship that is still in question today as Americans re-examine the b...
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directed by Jamila Wignot, fl. 2009-2014; produced by Jamila Wignot, fl. 2009-2014, Apograph Productions, in American Experience, Season 23, Episode 8 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2011), 54 mins
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The Triangle Fire chronicles the fire that tore through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City killing one hundred and forty-eight young women and forever changed the relationship between labor and industry in the United States. A relationship that is still in question today as Americans re-examine the balance between the welfare of citizens and the motivations of global capitalism.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jamila Wignot, fl. 2009-2014, Apograph Productions, Michael Murphy, 1938-
Author / Creator
Jamila Wignot, fl. 2009-2014
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Murphy, 1938-
Person Discussed
Isaac Harris, Max Blanck, Anne Tracy Morgan, 1873-1952
Topic / Theme
Public safety, Factory workers, Fires, Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire, New York, NY, March 25, 1911, Political and Social Movements, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Experience, Season 28, Episode 6, The Boys of '36
directed by Margaret Grossi, fl. 2000; produced by Mary Carillo, 1957- and Margaret Grossi, fl. 2000, WGBH Educational Foundation and Elastic String Productions, in American Experience, Season 28, Episode 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2016), 54 mins
In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boy's victory, and the obstacles, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression.
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directed by Margaret Grossi, fl. 2000; produced by Mary Carillo, 1957- and Margaret Grossi, fl. 2000, WGBH Educational Foundation and Elastic String Productions, in American Experience, Season 28, Episode 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2016), 54 mins
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In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boy's victory, and the obstacles, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mary Carillo, 1957-, Margaret Grossi, fl. 2000, WGBH Educational Foundation, Elastic String Productions
Author / Creator
Margaret Grossi, fl. 2000, Oliver Platt, 1960-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Sports careers, Contests and competitions, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 WGBH Educational Foundation
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The American Indian: How He Earns a Living
in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection (New York, NY: Harmon Foundation, 1933, originally published 1933), 14 mins
Scenes, introduced by intertitles, of Indians engaged in arts and crafts, fishing, logging, agriculture, irrigation projects.
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in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection (New York, NY: Harmon Foundation, 1933, originally published 1933), 14 mins
Description
Scenes, introduced by intertitles, of Indians engaged in arts and crafts, fishing, logging, agriculture, irrigation projects.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1933
Publisher
Harmon Foundation
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, American Indians, Buffalo, Farming, Fish (Animal), Logging, Vocational education, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Aka, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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