Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC. |
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Enhanced DVD. |
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System requirements for DVD-ROM features: Computer capable of playing DVD movies; Windows 95 or higher (or a Mac with 0S 9.0 or higher). Will not work in a CD-ROM drive. |
Performer |
Narrator: Ruby Dee ; voice of Frederick Douglass, Ivan Dixon. |
Credits |
Editor, Gail Yasunaga ; director of photography, Michael Chin. |
Note |
Originally broadcast in 2005 as a segment of the television program, American Experience. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Recounts the story of the underground railroad through narratives of escaped slaves. Includes interviews with descendants of slaves and slave holders, who describe the personal danger and terrible risk involved in each slave's departure. |
Note |
Special features: DVD-ROM access to American Experience web site. |
Language |
Closed captioned. |
Subject |
Underground Railroad.
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Underground Railroad. |
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Fugitive slaves -- United States.
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Fugitive slaves. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
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African Americans. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 1863 |
Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Freed persons -- United States.
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Freed persons. |
Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Television programs.
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Educational television programs.
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Educational television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Bagwell, Orlando.
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Bellows, Susan.
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Thomas, Theodore, 1951-
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Dee, Ruby.
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Dixon, Ivan.
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ROJA Productions.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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WGBH Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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ISBN |
1593754752 |
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9781593754754 |
Standard No. |
783421400894 |
Music No. |
WG40089 WGBH Boston Video |
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