Philadelphia [videorecording] : the great experiment

This series of films is a study of key moments and movements which have changed the history of 'Penn's green country town.' The first episode covers the span of years from the end of the Civil War to the Centennial Exhibition, and the stresses of a vibrant African-American community...

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Main Author: Caumette, Patrick de. (Composer)
Corporate Author: History Making Productions (Firm) (Producer)
Contributors: Moskowitz, Mark. (Director), Popkin, Nathaniel R. (Screenwriter), Katz, Sam. (Screenwriter), Katz, Phil. (Producer), Sinclair, Damon. (Producer), Boatman, Michael, 1964- (Narrator), Armstrong, Robert. (Researcher)
Format: DVD
Language:English
Published: [Philadelphia, PA] : History Making Productions, c2012-
Edition:[Widescreen presentation].
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245 0 0 |a Philadelphia  |h [videorecording] :  |b the great experiment  |c a film by History Making Productions ; produced by Phil Katz, Damon Sinclair ... [et al.] ; directed by Mark Moskowitz ... [et al.] ; written by Nathaniel Popkin, Sam Katz ... [et al.] 
246 3 3 |a Philadelphia, the great experiment 
250 |a [Widescreen presentation]. 
260 |a [Philadelphia, PA] :  |b History Making Productions,  |c c2012- 
300 |a videodiscs :  |b sd., col. with b&w seq. ;  |c 4 3/4 in. 
538 |a DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1. 
511 1 |a Speakers, Allen Guelzo, James Mundy, Sharon Ann Holt ... [et al.]. 
511 0 |a Narrated by Michael Boatman. 
508 |a Director of photography, Jeff Confer ... [et al.]; editors, Nicholas Schwartz, Phil Katz; music, Patrick de Caumette; historical research, Rob Armstrong ... [et al.]. 
500 |a Videodisc release of a series of short documentary films produced beginning in 2010. 
500 |a Special features: webisodes; interview clips. 
505 0 |a Episode 1. The floodgates open (1865-1876) [32 min.] -- Episode 2. Fever, 1793 [29 min.] 
500 |a Aspect ratio 16:9. 
520 |a This series of films is a study of key moments and movements which have changed the history of 'Penn's green country town.' The first episode covers the span of years from the end of the Civil War to the Centennial Exhibition, and the stresses of a vibrant African-American community and the conflict with the Irish immigrant community. The second episode covers a single year in which 13,000 Philadelphians caught yellow fever, and 3000 did not survive the disease. 
651 0 |a Philadelphia (Pa.)  |x History  |y 18th century. 
651 0 |a Philadelphia (Pa.)  |x History  |y 19th century. 
651 0 |a Philadelphia (Pa.)  |x Politics and government  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia  |x History. 
650 0 |a Irish Americans  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia  |x History. 
650 0 |a Yellow fever  |z Pennsylvania  |z Philadelphia  |y 18th century. 
655 7 |a Documentary films.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Short films.  |2 lcgft 
700 1 |a Moskowitz, Mark.  |4 drt 
700 1 |a Popkin, Nathaniel R.  |4 aus 
700 1 |a Katz, Sam.  |4 aus 
700 1 |a Katz, Phil.  |4 pro 
700 1 |a Sinclair, Damon.  |4 pro 
700 1 |a Guelzo, Allen C.  |4 ive 
700 1 |a Mundy, James.  |4 ive 
700 1 |a Holt, Sharon Ann,  |d 1958-  |4 ive 
700 1 |a Boatman, Michael,  |d 1964-  |4 nrt 
700 1 |a Caumette, Patrick de.  |4 cmp 
700 1 |a Armstrong, Robert.  |4 res 
710 2 |a History Making Productions (Firm)  |4 pro  |4 dst 
852 |a Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Closed Stacks  |h F 149 .K11 2012  |t 1 
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