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Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color, Episode 3, Bloodbath
directed by Kevin Burns, 1955-; produced by Andy DeJohn, fl. 2007-2017, Prometheus Entertainment, in Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color, Episode 3 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2015), 43 mins
"Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color" is a four-part documentary series that brings the Civil War to life. With unprecedented access to government and private archives and using state-of-the-art technology, over 500 rare and compelling black and white photographs have been painstakingly colorized to illustrate...
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directed by Kevin Burns, 1955-; produced by Andy DeJohn, fl. 2007-2017, Prometheus Entertainment, in Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color, Episode 3 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2015), 43 mins
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"Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color" is a four-part documentary series that brings the Civil War to life. With unprecedented access to government and private archives and using state-of-the-art technology, over 500 rare and compelling black and white photographs have been painstakingly colorized to illustrate the story of the Civil War in breathtaking detail. Explores the shocking details of America's deadliest war.
As the scope of the war w...
"Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color" is a four-part documentary series that brings the Civil War to life. With unprecedented access to government and private archives and using state-of-the-art technology, over 500 rare and compelling black and white photographs have been painstakingly colorized to illustrate the story of the Civil War in breathtaking detail. Explores the shocking details of America's deadliest war.
As the scope of the war widened, the ferocity of each battle resulted in horrific casualties. Battles at Antietam and Gettysburg would live in infamy as two of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andy DeJohn, fl. 2007-2017, Prometheus Entertainment, Robert Clotworthy, 1955-
Author / Creator
Kevin Burns, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Clotworthy, 1955-
Person Discussed
William Tecumseh Sherman, 1820-1891
Topic / Theme
Civil war, War casualties, Military officers, Photographs, Battles, Military prisons, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Battle of Gettysburg, PA, July 1-3, 1863, Battle of Antietam, MD, September 17, 1862, Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863, War and Violence, Civil War (1860–1865), African Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Century of Flight, 8, Air Power and Armies
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Philip Nugus, in Century of Flight, 8 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997, originally published 1997), 52 mins
How aircraft were used in direct support of ground forces. Camera gun shots in colour of aircraft attacking ground targets. Blitzkrieg - the JU87 Stuka divebomber and the role it played in the German Blitzkrieg offensives. Colour
graphics are used to explain how the Stukas operated with the Panzers. Close Air Supp...
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Philip Nugus, in Century of Flight, 8 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997, originally published 1997), 52 mins
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How aircraft were used in direct support of ground forces. Camera gun shots in colour of aircraft attacking ground targets. Blitzkrieg - the JU87 Stuka divebomber and the role it played in the German Blitzkrieg offensives. Colour
graphics are used to explain how the Stukas operated with the Panzers. Close Air Support (The Allied version) in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, including colour footage. Descent from the Skies - The employment of...
How aircraft were used in direct support of ground forces. Camera gun shots in colour of aircraft attacking ground targets. Blitzkrieg - the JU87 Stuka divebomber and the role it played in the German Blitzkrieg offensives. Colour
graphics are used to explain how the Stukas operated with the Panzers. Close Air Support (The Allied version) in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, including colour footage. Descent from the Skies - The employment of airborne
forces during World War II. Examples include Norway 1940, Belgium and Holland 1940, Crete 1941, Sicily, Normandy, Arnhem, Rhine Crossings. Gliders are also included. Secret War - how aircraft inserted agents into enemy territory.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Philip Nugus, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Century of Flight
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Topic / Theme
Airplane pilots, Airplanes, Bombardment, Espionage, Military intelligence, Military maneuvers, Weapons and ordnance, Photography, Sciences, Paratroops, D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944, German Invasion of France, May 10-June 22, 1940, German Invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000...
Airplane pilots, Airplanes, Bombardment, Espionage, Military intelligence, Military maneuvers, Weapons and ordnance, Photography, Sciences, Paratroops, D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944, German Invasion of France, May 10-June 22, 1940, German Invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Century of Flight, 21, Strike from the Air
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Century of Flight, 21 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997, originally published 1997), 52 mins
The aircraft soon bought civilians into the firing line as never before and brought about a new form of total war. The shows the origins of aerial bombing initially from Zeppelins. In turn, how the Zeppelins were defeated and how heavy bombers were developed by the major nations. Strategic bombing is examined in t...
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Century of Flight, 21 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1997, originally published 1997), 52 mins
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The aircraft soon bought civilians into the firing line as never before and brought about a new form of total war. The shows the origins of aerial bombing initially from Zeppelins. In turn, how the Zeppelins were defeated and how heavy bombers were developed by the major nations. Strategic bombing is examined in terms of its early role to hit targets behind the trenches, eventually extending to civilian targets as well as industrial targets.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Century of Flight
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Bombardment, Hot air balloons, Weapons and ordnance, Photography, World War I, 1914-1918, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1997 BBC Worldwide
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Finding Kalman
directed by Roz Jacobs, fl. 2000 and Laurie Weisman; produced by Roz Jacobs, fl. 2000 and Laurie Weisman (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2011, originally published 2010), 27 mins
How will we tell the story of the Holocaust when the survivors are gone? In this profoundly touching, intergenerational documentary, a charismatic Holocaust survivor inspires her family to connect to relatives they could never meet. Focusing on her brother Kalman, Anna recounts tales of a mischievous boy who tried...
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directed by Roz Jacobs, fl. 2000 and Laurie Weisman; produced by Roz Jacobs, fl. 2000 and Laurie Weisman (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2011, originally published 2010), 27 mins
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How will we tell the story of the Holocaust when the survivors are gone? In this profoundly touching, intergenerational documentary, a charismatic Holocaust survivor inspires her family to connect to relatives they could never meet. Focusing on her brother Kalman, Anna recounts tales of a mischievous boy who tried to escape the Warsaw ghetto with her.
Her daughter Roz, an artist, devours the stories and paints his portrait over and over again. A...
How will we tell the story of the Holocaust when the survivors are gone? In this profoundly touching, intergenerational documentary, a charismatic Holocaust survivor inspires her family to connect to relatives they could never meet. Focusing on her brother Kalman, Anna recounts tales of a mischievous boy who tried to escape the Warsaw ghetto with her.
Her daughter Roz, an artist, devours the stories and paints his portrait over and over again. As Kalman's face emerges on canvas, the film travels back and forth in time from archival Warsaw ghetto footage to summers in a Catskills bungalow colony, from vibrant family life before World War II to today.
Four generations grapple differently with their shared history. In spite of parental attempts to shield their children from the horrors, Roz grew up entangled in her mother’s pain. Maya, an Israeli-born granddaughter, expresses her life’s passion by playing the viola. Performing with Arab and Israeli youth, she questions why there has to be war when she finds natural ease in making music with someone she’s told should be her enemy. Maya performs the original music composed for the film. Eleven-year-old great-grandson Roy wonders with concern how the members of his generation will understand the Holocaust when it seems like just another story. Anna, a survivor, lives with her pain, while never losing her commitment to living life to the fullest.
As the loving family that grew from two survivors celebrates together, the film shows how four generations find light even in the darkest of places—with a resiliency that moves viewers to do the same.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Roz Jacobs, fl. 2000, Laurie Weisman
Author / Creator
Roz Jacobs, fl. 2000, Laurie Weisman
Date Published / Released
2010, 2011
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Fine arts, Blessings, Brothers, War casualties, Family separation, Inner city ghettos, Grandparents, Memories, Paintings, Photography, Portraits, Refugees, Holocaust, 1939-1945, Family and Culture, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Greats, Episode 6
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011 and Merran Williams, in Greats (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 24 mins
Margaret Thatcher, Part 2: Margaret Thatcher's 1979 election victory was a stunning result for the 53-year-old politician. The 44-seat majority represented a significant mandate and Thatcher made full use of the opportunities. She was given a rock star's welcome by the adoring crowd that mobbed her outside number...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011 and Merran Williams, in Greats (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 24 mins
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Margaret Thatcher, Part 2: Margaret Thatcher's 1979 election victory was a stunning result for the 53-year-old politician. The 44-seat majority represented a significant mandate and Thatcher made full use of the opportunities. She was given a rock star's welcome by the adoring crowd that mobbed her outside number 10 Downing Street during her first days in office. And Thatcher wasted no time in rolling out her 'conservative manifesto'.
Salvador Da...
Margaret Thatcher, Part 2: Margaret Thatcher's 1979 election victory was a stunning result for the 53-year-old politician. The 44-seat majority represented a significant mandate and Thatcher made full use of the opportunities. She was given a rock star's welcome by the adoring crowd that mobbed her outside number 10 Downing Street during her first days in office. And Thatcher wasted no time in rolling out her 'conservative manifesto'.
Salvador Dali: The name 'Dali' has become a synonym for the fantastic and the absurd, an immortality that delighted quirky artist Salvador Dali. Throughout his colorful and productive life, Dali played on people's fascination with the weird and wacky, although he was sometimes criticized for putting commerce before art.
Dolly Parton: Despite schoolboy jokes that would have you think otherwise, Dolly Parton actually has three amazing natural assets that mark her out as one of the true greats in the pantheon of country music stars. Not only is she a terrific singer, and extremely gifted songwriter, she also has outstanding business smarts. Smarts that have kept her at the top of the show business tree for over four decades.
Jesse Owens: Jesse Owens was the son of a sharecropper and the grandson of a slave. But he had the world's attention at the 1936 Berlin Olympics when he left Hitler's Aryan supremacy theories in the dust and collected four individual gold medals.
Humphrey Bogart: The man who the American Film Institute dubbed the 'greatest male star of all time' in 1999 was born exactly one hundred years before on Christmas Day 1899. With wealthy upper middle class parents, Humphrey Bogart's natural milieu was the drawing rooms of Manhattan and yet he eventually found fame as Hollywood's favorite gangster and tough guy.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Merran Williams, John Stanton
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Greats
Speaker / Narrator
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, Dolly Parton, 1946-, John Stanton
Person Discussed
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, Dolly Parton, 1946-, Lauren Bacall, 1924-2014, Humphrey Bogart, 1899-1957, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Jesse Owens, 1913-1980, Salvador Dalí, 1904-1989
Topic / Theme
Actors, Athletes, Celebrities, Heads of state, Painters, Politicians, Singers, Visual artists, Grand Hotel Bombing, Brighton, England, October 12, 1984, Family and Culture, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Hadrian
directed by John Trefor; produced by John Trefor (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2008, originally published 2008), 1 hour
Emperor Hadrian is well known for his eponymous wall. 70 miles long, it was a prodigious feat and remains one of the greatest physical remnants of the Roman Empire. But in reality, the wall was nothing more than a sideshow ...
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directed by John Trefor; produced by John Trefor (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2008, originally published 2008), 1 hour
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Emperor Hadrian is well known for his eponymous wall. 70 miles long, it was a prodigious feat and remains one of the greatest physical remnants of the Roman Empire. But in reality, the wall was nothing more than a sideshow ...
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Trefor, Dan Snow, 1978-
Author / Creator
John Trefor
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Speaker / Narrator
Dan Snow, 1978-
Person Discussed
Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 0076-0138
Topic / Theme
Archaeological artifacts, Archaeological sites, Architecture, Places of worship, Rebellions, Sculpture, Travel, Bar Kokhba Revolt, Judaea, 132-136, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, World History
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Copyright © 2008 BBC Worldwide
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How Jacques Jaujard Saved the Louvre
directed by Jean-Pierre Devillers, fl. 1980-2015 and Pierre Pochart, fl. 1991-2015; produced by Hélène Badinter, fl. 2004-2015 and Laura Barraud, fl. 2012-2014, Ladybirds Films (France: Wide House, 2014), 56 mins
At the dawn of World War II, a resistance group organized an incredible raid of masterpieces from the Louvre, lest they end up in the hands of the Nazis. Jacques Jaujard, the assistant director of the museum, conceived and executed this daring operation. Without his ingenuity and bravery, many of the museum’s ma...
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directed by Jean-Pierre Devillers, fl. 1980-2015 and Pierre Pochart, fl. 1991-2015; produced by Hélène Badinter, fl. 2004-2015 and Laura Barraud, fl. 2012-2014, Ladybirds Films (France: Wide House, 2014), 56 mins
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At the dawn of World War II, a resistance group organized an incredible raid of masterpieces from the Louvre, lest they end up in the hands of the Nazis. Jacques Jaujard, the assistant director of the museum, conceived and executed this daring operation. Without his ingenuity and bravery, many of the museum’s masterpieces on display today could have been forever lost. Combining interviews, rare footage, including Jaujard’s notebook, and anima...
At the dawn of World War II, a resistance group organized an incredible raid of masterpieces from the Louvre, lest they end up in the hands of the Nazis. Jacques Jaujard, the assistant director of the museum, conceived and executed this daring operation. Without his ingenuity and bravery, many of the museum’s masterpieces on display today could have been forever lost. Combining interviews, rare footage, including Jaujard’s notebook, and animated sequences tell the story of this unknown hero.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Hélène Badinter, fl. 2004-2015, Laura Barraud, fl. 2012-2014, Ladybirds Films, Mathieu Amalric, 1965-
Author / Creator
Jean-Pierre Devillers, fl. 1980-2015, Pierre Pochart, fl. 1991-2015
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Wide House
Speaker / Narrator
Mathieu Amalric, 1965-
Person Discussed
Jacques Jaujard, 1895-1967
Topic / Theme
Fine arts, Museums, Art preservation and conservation, World War II, 1939-1945, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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In Search of Medieval Britain, 6, London & the South East
directed by Paul King, fl. 2002-2014; produced by Paul King, fl. 2002-2014, in In Search of Medieval Britain, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2008, originally published 2008), 30 mins
In this fascinating historical documentary series with a difference, Dr Alixe Bovey from the University of Kent, retraces the steps of our medieval ancestors as she journeys through the beautiful British countryside with the 14th Century Gough Map - the oldest surviving map of Britain - as her guide. Following pil...
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directed by Paul King, fl. 2002-2014; produced by Paul King, fl. 2002-2014, in In Search of Medieval Britain, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2008, originally published 2008), 30 mins
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In this fascinating historical documentary series with a difference, Dr Alixe Bovey from the University of Kent, retraces the steps of our medieval ancestors as she journeys through the beautiful British countryside with the 14th Century Gough Map - the oldest surviving map of Britain - as her guide. Following pilgrim trails and visiting many magnificent buildings and ruins, she provides a unique window onto life at the height of the middle ages...
In this fascinating historical documentary series with a difference, Dr Alixe Bovey from the University of Kent, retraces the steps of our medieval ancestors as she journeys through the beautiful British countryside with the 14th Century Gough Map - the oldest surviving map of Britain - as her guide. Following pilgrim trails and visiting many magnificent buildings and ruins, she provides a unique window onto life at the height of the middle ages and reveals clues to the origins of the map itself. Part travelogue, part history series, all of Britain is explored as Alixe reveal a face of Britain that has never been seen before.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Paul King, fl. 2002-2014, Alixe Bovey
Author / Creator
Paul King, fl. 2002-2014
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
In Search of Medieval Britain
Speaker / Narrator
Alixe Bovey
Person Discussed
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377, John, King of England, 1166-1216, William of Sens, William Fitzstephen
Topic / Theme
Architects, Architecture, Fine arts, Castles, Churches, Clergy, Epidemics, Food preparation, Maps, Monarchs, Religious beliefs, Rivers, Seaports, Sieges, Trade and commerce, Black Death in Europe, 1348-1350, Siege of Rochester Castle, England, 1215, Disease and Health, Religion and Belief Systems, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, World History, Post-Classical Period (500–1450)
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Infamous Places, 20, Cuba
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 20 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Cuban Missile Crisis: In October of 1961, tensions rose when the United States deployed 15 Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey, a Jupiter's range of 1500 miles meant they were a direct threat to Moscow. The Russians reacted immediately and US reconnaissance planes were sent out and on the 14th of October they spott...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 20 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Cuban Missile Crisis: In October of 1961, tensions rose when the United States deployed 15 Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey, a Jupiter's range of 1500 miles meant they were a direct threat to Moscow. The Russians reacted immediately and US reconnaissance planes were sent out and on the 14th of October they spotted missile launching sights being constructed in Cuba. This was the start of a standoff between Russia and US which ended on the 28th o...
Cuban Missile Crisis: In October of 1961, tensions rose when the United States deployed 15 Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey, a Jupiter's range of 1500 miles meant they were a direct threat to Moscow. The Russians reacted immediately and US reconnaissance planes were sent out and on the 14th of October they spotted missile launching sights being constructed in Cuba. This was the start of a standoff between Russia and US which ended on the 28th of October.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Madeleine Swain
Person Discussed
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Fidel Castro, 1926-2016, Nikita Khrushchev, 1894-1971
Topic / Theme
Blockades, International relations, Weapons and ordnance, Photography, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, War and Violence, World History
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Life Magazine's Best Photojournalists Tell Their Stories
directed by David Hoffman, fl. 2012; produced by David Hoffman, fl. 2012 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 57 mins
David Hoffman captured the stories of 15 Life Magazine photographers for this TV special. Each photographer presents best photographs and tells behind-the-scenes stories of how they were made. The results are extremely valuable for photographers and photojournalists, but also emotional for other viewers who want t...
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directed by David Hoffman, fl. 2012; produced by David Hoffman, fl. 2012 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 57 mins
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David Hoffman captured the stories of 15 Life Magazine photographers for this TV special. Each photographer presents best photographs and tells behind-the-scenes stories of how they were made. The results are extremely valuable for photographers and photojournalists, but also emotional for other viewers who want to relive some of the greatest moments of the 20th century, and some of the silliest as well. Narrated by Walter Cronkite.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Hoffman, fl. 2012, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
Author / Creator
David Hoffman, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Speaker / Narrator
Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
Topic / Theme
Magazines (Publications), Photography
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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