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Statue of Liberty [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 88592 | PBS Home VideoSTAL601 | PBS Home VideoSeries: Ken Burns' America CollectionPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, 2004.Edition: Full screen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1415702578
  • 9781415702574
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 974.71
LOC classification:
  • F128.64.L6 S738 2004
Other classification:
  • HD 470
Contents:
The idea takes shape -- The statue's forbears -- The site for the statue -- Funding the statue -- The statue's design -- Building the statue -- Displaying the arm and torch -- Eiffel plans the inner structure -- Planning the base in America -- Shipping the statue to America -- Raising the money -- Erecting the statue in America -- The statue unveiled, October 28, 1886 -- The promise of the statue -- The statue as a symbol -- Immigrants describe coming to America -- The statue as propaganda -- The Statue of Liberty and the meaning of freedom -- The threat to liberty -- The statue's birthday.
Production credits:
  • Edited by Paul Barnes.
Narrated by David McCullough.Summary: "Filmmaker Ken Burns presents the definitive portrait of this great lady of the American imagination, in a program that won nominations for both an Academy Award and an Emmy. Follow her life, from her creation by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, through her painstaking construction and accident-prone dedication in 1886. Interviews with ordinary Americans reveal a deep understanding of the unique place the statue holds in our hearts." -- Publisher's website.
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.

Special features include: a conversation with Ken Burns; and, Ken Burns: making history.

The idea takes shape -- The statue's forbears -- The site for the statue -- Funding the statue -- The statue's design -- Building the statue -- Displaying the arm and torch -- Eiffel plans the inner structure -- Planning the base in America -- Shipping the statue to America -- Raising the money -- Erecting the statue in America -- The statue unveiled, October 28, 1886 -- The promise of the statue -- The statue as a symbol -- Immigrants describe coming to America -- The statue as propaganda -- The Statue of Liberty and the meaning of freedom -- The threat to liberty -- The statue's birthday.

Edited by Paul Barnes.

Narrated by David McCullough.

"Filmmaker Ken Burns presents the definitive portrait of this great lady of the American imagination, in a program that won nominations for both an Academy Award and an Emmy. Follow her life, from her creation by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, through her painstaking construction and accident-prone dedication in 1886. Interviews with ordinary Americans reveal a deep understanding of the unique place the statue holds in our hearts." -- Publisher's website.

DVD; Dolby digital surround; region 1; NTSC.

Closed captioned.

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