New York A documentary film

DVD - 2001

This series chronicles the history of New York City from its founding in 1624 as a Dutch trading post to its continuing pre-eminence in the culture and economy of the world.

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Subjects
Genres
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video 2001.
Language
English
Corporate Authors
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), New-York Historical Society
Corporate Authors
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (-), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), New-York Historical Society
Other Authors
James Sanders (-), Ric Burns, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Keane
Edition
Full screen; volume 8 is widescreen
Item Description
Volume 8 originally published in 2003.
Title from container.
"PBS DVD gold."
Special features: Charlie Rose interview; additional interviews including Donald Trump and more; archival motion pictures; deleted scenes.
Originally released: 1999.
Physical Description
8 volumes (1 videodisc per volume) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards
Emmy Award: 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Non-fiction Programming; Picture Editing.
ISBN
9780780636354
9780780643147
9781415702468
  • disc 1. (approximately 120 min.). Episode one: 1609-1825. The country and the city
  • disc 2. (approximately 120 min.). Episode two: 1825-1865. Order and disorder
  • disc 3. (approximately 120 min.). Episode three: 1865-1898. Sunshine and shadow
  • disc 4. (approximately 120 min.). Episode four: 1898-1918. The power and the people
  • disc 5. (approximately 120 min.). Episode five: 1919-1931. Cosmopolis
  • disc 6. (approximately 120 min.). Episode six: 1929-1941. City of tomorrow
  • disc 7. (approximately 140 min.). Episode seven: 1945 to present. The city and the world
  • disc 8. (approximately 180 min.).Episode eight: 1946-2003. The center of the world.