Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Murder of a president / American Experient Films ; an Apograph Production Inc. for American Experience ; teleplay by Rob Rapley ; producerd by Rob Rapley, Stephanie Haberman Bordas, Kathryn Lord ; directed by Rob Rapley.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : PBS Distribution, [2016]

Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Recounts the assassination and excruciating final months of President James Garfield's life. A brilliant scholar, courageous general, and fervent abolitionist, Garfield never wanted the job of president. But once in office, he worked tirelessly to reunite a nation still divided 15 years after the Civil War. As he lay dying, the North and South came together to pray for his recovery.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TVPG.

Subjects:

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

Biographical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Television adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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