Summary
A portrait of the Statue of Liberty, created by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi. Includes archival photographs, paintings, drawings and readings from diaries, letters and newspaper accounts to tell the story of the statue's construction and installation. Interviews with Americans from all walks of life, including: New York Governor Mario Cuomo, writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski and musician Ray Charles. Film clips show Charlie Chaplin, Jimmy Stuart and Charleton Heston in Hollywood episodes with the statue.Contents
Bonus DVD features: Ken Burns : making historyA conversation with Ken Burns.
Additional Information
Series | Ken Burns' America collection. |
Subjects |
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste,
-- 1834-1904.
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) -- History. Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York -- Design and construction. New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Historical television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Nonfiction films. |
Publisher | [Alexandria, Va.?] : Burbank, CA :PBS Home Video ;2002 Distributed by Warner Home Video, |
Edition | Full screen. |
Contributors |
Burns, Ken,
1953- Squires, Buddy. Weisberger, Bernard A., 1922- Ward, Geoffrey C. Burns, Ric. Stechler, Amy, 1955- McCullough, David G. Irons, Jeremy, 1948- Jacobi, Derek. Roebling, Paul, 1934- Miller, Arthur. Forman, Miloš. Burr, Tucker. Tilghman, Wendy. Rockwell, Camilla. Dard, Bertrand. Blanchet, Christian. Florentine Films. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) American Heritage Publishing Company. Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. PBS Home Video. Warner Home Video (Firm) |
Participants/Performers |
Narrator, David McCullough ; voices, Jeremey Irons, Derek Jacobi, Paul Roebling, Arthur Miller, Milos Forman, Tucker Burr, Wendy Tilghman, Camilla Rockwell. |
Other Contributors |
Editor, Paul Barnes ; historical consultants, Bertrand Dard, Christian Blanchet. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Language |
English Closed-captioned. |
Notes |
Documentary. "PBS DVD Video"--Container. Program content: c1985. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen presentation. |
Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN | 0780639618 9780780639614 1415702578 9781415702574 |
Other | Classic View |