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American Cinema, 4, The Western
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directed by Sasha Alpert, fl. 1994; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Lesley Karsten, fl. 1994 and Sasha Alpert, fl. 1994, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 4 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins

The western is an American myth that has been translated by other cultures and reinterpreted time and again, but never dies. With clips and critical commentary on westerns from John Ford's Stagecoach through the work of Arthur Penn, Sam Peckinpah, and Clint Eastwood, the program traces the aesthetic evolution of...

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directed by Sasha Alpert, fl. 1994; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Lesley Karsten, fl. 1994 and Sasha Alpert, fl. 1994, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 4 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins
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American Cinema, 5, Romantic Comedy
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directed by Molly Ornati, fl. 1990; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Molly Ornati, fl. 1990, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 5 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins

Breezy and silly to witty and intelligent, romantic comedies have been with us since the 1930s. But the surface humor has often just barely masked issues of gender and sexuality. This program looks back on screwball comedies including It Happened One Night and His Girl Friday. Directors James Brooks and Nora E...

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directed by Molly Ornati, fl. 1990; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Molly Ornati, fl. 1990, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 5 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins
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American Cinema, 6, The Combat Film
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directed by Lawrence Pitkethly, fl. 1985; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Danielle Gardner, fl. 1993-2012, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 6 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins,
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Beginning with World War II combat films - produced under directives from the federal government - this program examines the role of the combat film in filling a social and political need. Critics and directors describe the evolution of these films, the rise of the Vietnam film, and the influence of the newsreel d...

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directed by Lawrence Pitkethly, fl. 1985; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Danielle Gardner, fl. 1993-2012, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 6 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins,
Source: www.learner.org
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American Cinema, 7, Film Noir
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directed by Jeffrey Schon, fl. 1977; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Sasha Alpert, fl. 1994, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 7 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins,
Source: www.learner.org

These cynical and pessimistic films from the 1930s and '40s touched a nerve in Americans. Historians link the genre's overriding paranoia to Cold War-related angst over the nuclear threat and the Hollywood blacklist. In addition, a cinematographer demonstrates the creation of noir lighting, which gave films their...

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directed by Jeffrey Schon, fl. 1977; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Sasha Alpert, fl. 1994, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 7 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins,
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American Cinema, 8, Film in the Television Age
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directed by Alain Klarer, fl. 1976; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Elizabeth Foster, fl. 1994, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 8 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins,
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Television first arrived in American homes just as the Hollywood studio system was collapsing. As the new medium took hold, so did a new era of motion picture entertainment. Top directors, actors, and film scholars trace the influence of each medium on the other, from the live and fresh dramas of the Golden Age of...

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directed by Alain Klarer, fl. 1976; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Elizabeth Foster, fl. 1994, KCET, Los Angeles, CA, New York Center for Visual History and British Broadcasting Corporation, in American Cinema, 8 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins,
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American Cinema, 9, The Film School Generation
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directed by Steve Jenkins, fl. 1994; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Illuminations, KCET, Los Angeles, CA and New York Center for Visual History, in American Cinema, 9 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins,
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Maverick filmmakers of the 1960s and '70s, including Brian DePalma, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg, capitalized on new technology and borrowed from classical Hollywood and French New Wave as they reinvented the American film. The financial and cultural forces that contributed to their success and commercial...

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directed by Steve Jenkins, fl. 1994; presented by John Lithgow, 1945-; produced by Illuminations, KCET, Los Angeles, CA and New York Center for Visual History, in American Cinema, 9 (District of Columbia: Annenberg Learner, 1995), 56 mins,
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American Experience, The Gold Rush
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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
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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American Experience, Silicon Valley
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directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Randall MacLowry, 1963- and Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991, Film Posse, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 23 mins
SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley. The film spotlights the creativity of the young men who founded Fairchild Semiconductor and in particular the brilliant, charismatic young phys...
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directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Randall MacLowry, 1963- and Tracy Heather Strain, fl. 1991, Film Posse, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2013), 1 hour 23 mins
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American Experience, Season 23, Episode 8, Triangle Fire
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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
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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American Experience, Season 28, Episode 6, The Boys of '36
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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
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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