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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The Alcatraz escape / produced by Hoggard Films and Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET in association with Discovery Networks International and Yesterday, UKTV ; written and directed by Steven Hoggard ; producer, Daphna Rubin.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]

Description:

1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video Region 1

Summary:

In 1962, three prisoners escaped from Alcatraz, a prison surrounded on all sides by the waters of San Francisco Bay, and disappeared. The fates of the three men have remained unknown to the present day. In this program, three scientists from the Netherlands employ 3D modeling technology to reconstruct the water currents of the day of the prison break in an attempt to uncover whether or not it was possible for the men to have survived.

Target Audience Note:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggested; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children).

Subjects:

United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.

Escapes -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- Case studies.

Water currents -- California -- San Francisco Bay.

Prisons -- California -- Alcatraz Island.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Science television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Other Author:

Sanders, Jay O., 1953- narrator.

Hoes, Olivier, commentator.

Hut, Rolf, commentator.

Baart, Fedor, commentator.

Babyak, Jolene, commentator.

Hoggard, Steven, film director, screenwriter.

Rubin, Daphna, film producer.

Hoggard Films, production company.

Thirteen Productions, production company.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.

Discovery Networks International, production company.

Yesterday (Television network), production company.

UKTV (Firm), production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

Other Title:

Alcatraz escape : history's greatest prison break

Secrets of the dead. The Alcatraz escape

Secrets of the dead (Television program)

Notes:

Documentary.

"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.

Subtitle on container: History's greatest prison break.

Originally produced as an episode of the television series: Secrets of the dead.

Widescreen (16x9)

Running time indicated on container: approx. 60 min.; actual running time: 56 min.

Director of photography, Nick Midwig ; editors, Lyman Smith, Asako Ushio ; music, Extreme Production Music ; executive producers for Hoggard Films, Steven Hoggard, Daphna Rubin.

Narrator, Jay O. Sanders ; commentators, Olivier Hoes, Rolf Hut, Fedor Baart, Jolene Babyak.

DVD, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.

In English with optional English subtitles; audio-described.

ISBN:

9781627897020

162789702X

0841887028394

Publisher Number:

SEDE6153

Other Number:

947734148

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

602102

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD 365.9794 Alcatraz