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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 59 sec.) ; 314091503 bytes |
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America: The Story of the U.S is an epic five-hour television series that tells the extraordinary events that shaped America over the past 400 years, from the arrival of the earliest white settlers up to the present day. With cutting edge CGI animation, dramatic recreations and thoughtful insights from leading Americans, the series provides a comprehensive history of America.The program explores the pivotal moments in American history where technology overcame environment - from the rigours of linking the continent by transcontinental railroad, the internet of its day, to triumphing over vertical space through the construction of steel structured buildings to putting a man on the moon.It is also a story of conflict - Native American wars, slavery, the revolutionary war that birthed the nation, the civil war that divided it and the great world wars that shaped its future. This is an intensive look at the people, places and things that helped shape the country.Episode 3: DivisionIn the early 1800s, commerce and industry thrive across the new nation, now one of the wealthiest on Earth. The construction of the Erie Canal in 1825 creates a vital pathway through the nation. In the South, cotton is king but slavery fuels a growing divide. Violence flares across the territories and abolitionists make a stand for freedom. The election of Lincoln in 1860 is a harbinger of war. (From the US) (Documentary Series) (Part 3 of 5) PG CC |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2011-02-20 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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American Revolution (1775-1783)
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Slavery.
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Technological innovations -- Environmental aspects.
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Violence.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Ash, Jenny, director
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Bloomberg, Michael, cast
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Combs, Sean, cast
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Crow, Sheryl, cast
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Douglas, Michael, cast
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr, cast
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Johnson, Steven, cast
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Lasseter, John, cast
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Legend, John, cast
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Meigs, James, cast
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Milne, Marion, director
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Norris, Woody, cast
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Sharpton, Al, cast
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Stewart, Martha, cast
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W. Giuliani, Rudolph, cast
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Wales, Jimmy, cast
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Webb, Daniel, cast
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