The men who built America
(DVD) 

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Contributors
David, Stephen, television producer,
Reams, Patrick, television director,
Palmer, Keith (Television producer), screenwriter,
Counsman, Randy, screenwriter.
Fields, Ed, screenwriter.
Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : A & E Television Networks, LLC, [2012].
Format
DVD
Edition
3-disc collection.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : A & E Television Networks, LLC, [2012].
Edition
3-disc collection.
Language
English
UPC
031398164128

Notes

General Note
Originally broadcast as a mini-series on the History channel in 2012; copyright held by A & E Television Networks.
General Note
"Includes all 8 episodes on 3 discs"--Container.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1: Andrew Carnegie; Rich to richer; Trailers. Disc 2: The American dream; Monopoly. Disc 3: Competitive nature; The every man; The rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt; Traits of a titan.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Richard V. Lopez ; production designers, Sharon Lomofsky, Ernesto Solo ; costume designer, Sarah Beers ; lead editors, Tim W. Kelly, Jonathan Soule, Beatrice Sisul ; editors, Tina Pacheco, John Kilgour, Sheri Bylander ; director of photography, Brian O'Carroll ; music, David Vanacore.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Campbell Scott ; cast, John C. Bailey (Henry Frick), Michael Chmiel (William Vanderbilt), David Donahoe (Cornelius Vanderbilt), Cary Donaldson (Henry Ford), John M. Dow (old John D. Rockefeller), Alex Falberg (Nikola Tesla), Tim Getman (John D. Rockefeller), Richard F. Klein (Abraham Lincoln), Justin Mork (Thomas Edison), Dan Odell (President William McKinley), Ray Reynolds (old J.P. Morgan), Eric Rolland (J.P. Morgan), Ed Schiff (old Andrew Carnegie), Adam Segaller (Andrew Carnegie), Joseph Wiegand (Teddy Roosevelt).
Description
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
System Details
DVD format; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language
In English with Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Subjects

LC Subjects
Biographies.
Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
Carnegie, Andrew, -- 1835-1919.
Documentary television programs.
Edison, Thomas A. -- (Thomas Alva), -- 1847-1931.
Ford, Henry, -- 1863-1947.
Historical television programs.
Industrialists -- United States -- Biography.
Morgan, J. Pierpont -- (John Pierpont), -- 1837-1913.
Nonfiction television programs.
Rockefeller, John D. -- (John Davison), -- 1839-1937.
Tesla, Nikola, -- 1856-1943.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Vanderbilt, William H. -- (William Henry), -- 1821-1885.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
Biographical television programs.
Estados Unidos -- Condiciones económicas -- 19th century.
Estados Unidos -- Condiciones económicas -- 20th century.