New York : a documentary film
(DVD)

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[United States] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c1999-2003.
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DVD
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs (approximately 1040 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Southside - Media
DVD 974.71 New Episode 1
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Published
[United States] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c1999-2003.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
DVD release of a 1999-2003 television production.
General Note
Ep. 1-5 aired in 1999, ep. 6-7 in 2001, and ep. 8 in 2003.
General Note
Special features: Charlie Rose interview with Ric Burns; additional interviews with Donald Trump and others; archival motion pictures; original trailer; deleted scenes; outtakes ; interview with Ric Burns on making of ep. 8.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Buddy Squires and Allen Moore; music, Brian Keane; editor, Li-Shin Yu; narrator, David Ogden Stiers; co-producers, Steve Rivo (ep. 6 & 7) and Marilyn Ness (ep. 8).
Participants/Performers
Featured interviews with: Martin Scorsese, Senator Daniel Patrick Maynihan, Fran Lebowitz, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, Former Mayor Ed Koch, and others.
Description
This series chronicles the history of New York City from its beginnings in 1609 as a Dutch trading post, through the depression, onto the turbulent years of change in the following decades after WWII, to its present day status as one of the most important and influencial cities in the world. The final episode was created in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center.
System Details
DVD format; region 1 encoding; Dolby digital; ep. 1-7 full screen version; ep. 8 widescreen version.
Language
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

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