Title New York : a documentary film / a Steeplechase Films production for the American Experience in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET in New York, and the New-York Historical Society ; produced by Lisa Ades and Ric Burns ; directed by Ric Burns ; co-director, Lisa Ades ; written by Ric Burns and James Sanders.

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[United States] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2004]

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Connect to http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork

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Moore Video	F128.3 .N52 2004 disc.1	Available	Ask at Circulation Desk
Moore Video	F128.3 .N52 2004 disc.2	Available	Ask at Circulation Desk
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Moore Video	F128.3 .N52 2004 disc.8	Available	Ask at Circulation Desk

Description	8 DVDs (approximately 1040 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
	Dolby
System Details	DVD; Region 1 encoding; Dolby digital; ep. 1-7 full screen version; ep. 8 widescreen version.
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).
Performer	Featured interviews with: Martin Scorsese, Senator Daniel Patrick Maynihan, Fran Lebowitz, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, Former Mayor Ed Koch, and others.
Note	DVD release of a 1999-2003 television production.
	Ep. 1-5 aired in 1999, ep. 6-7 in 2001, and ep. 8 in 2003.
	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.
Summary	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 influential cities in the world. The final episode was created in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center.
Audience	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Contents	Ep. 1. The country and the city, 1609-1825 -- ep. 2. Order and disorder, 1825-1865 -- ep. 3. Sunshine and shadow, 1865-1898 -- ep. 4. The power and the people, 1898-1918 -- ep. 5. Cosmopolis, 1919-1931 -- ep. 6. City of tomorrow, 1929-1941 -- ep. 7. The city and the world, 1945-2000 -- ep. 8. The center of the world, 1946-2003.
Language	Closed captioned.
Subject	New York (N.Y.) -- History.
	National Book Committee.
	History.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce -- History.
	Commerce.
	New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form	Video recordings.
	Video recordings.
	Documentary films.
	Documentary films.
Added Author	Burns, Ric.
	Sanders, James, 1955-
	Ades, Lisa.
	Ness, Marilyn.
	Stiers, David Ogden.
	Steeplechase Films Inc.
	WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
	WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
	New-York Historical Society.
	PBS Home Video.
	Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title	American experience (Television program)
ISBN	1415702462
	9781415702468
Standard No.	097368858145
Music No.	88581 Paramount Home Entertainment

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