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2000

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Longitude [videorecording] / a Granada Film production for Channel Four in association with A & E Television Networks ; producer, Selwyn Roberts ; written and directed by Charles Sturridge.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : A & E : New Video Group [distributor, 2000]
Description:	2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chronometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.
Subjects:	Harrison, John, 1693-1776 -- Drama. Gould, Rupert Thomas, 1890-1948 -- Drama. Longitude -- Measurement -- History -- Drama. Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- Drama. Made-for-TV movies. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Sturridge, Charles. Irons, Jeremy, 1948- Gambon, Michael. Sobel, Dava. Longitude. Granada Films. Channel Four (Great Britain) Arts and Entertainment Network. New Video Group.
Notes:	Originally produced for television in 1999. Based on the book by Dava Sobel. Includes behind-the-scenes featurette, interactive menus, and scene selection. Director of photography, Peter Hannan ; editor, Peter Coulson ; music, Geoffey Burgon. Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon. DVD. Closed-captioned.
ISBN:	076702771X 9780767027717 0767027728 9780767027724 0767027736 9780767027731
Publisher Number:	AAE-70123-AAE-70125
Other Number:	45004578
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	293060
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD TV Longitud
Medium:	[videorecording]

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