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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Crucible of empire : the Spanish-American War / written and produced by Daniel A. Miller and Daniel B. Polin ; directed by Daniel A. Miller ; based on an idea by Leon Wolff and Perry Wolff ; [a production of] Great Projects Film Company, Inc. [in association with] South Carolina ETV.

Edition:

Full-screen version.

Publisher, Date:

[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2007]

Description:

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

4 3/4 in. stamping

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

An account of the United States' war with Spain beginning in 1898 which eventually led to U.S. control of Cuba and the Philippines, and later resulted in the independence of those two countries. Explains the United States' experiment in imperialism, which it later decided against. Tells the story of the war from all perspectives, not just the American side.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Spanish-American War, 1898.

United States -- Territorial expansion.

Cuba -- History -- 1895-

Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946.

United States -- Colonial question.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Other Author:

Miller, Daniel A., author, director, producer.

Polin, Daniel B., author, producer.

Olmos, Edward James, narrator.

Sterrett, T. O., composer.

Grange, Roger T., III, director of photography.

Wolff, Leon, creator.

Wolff, Perry, creator.

Linville, Larry, 1939-2000, voice actor.

Luckinbill, Laurence, voice actor.

Phillips, Lou Diamond, 1962- voice actor.

Elliot, Shawn, voice actor.

DeMunn, Jeffrey, 1947- voice actor.

Pretto, Roger, voice actor.

Great Projects Film Company, production company.

South Carolina Educational Television Network, production company.

PBS Home Video, publisher.

Other Title:

Spanish-American War

Notes:

Originally broadcast on PBS in 1999.

Director of photography, Roger T. Grange, III ; editor, Ted Winterburn ; graphic design, Clive Helfet ; music, T.O. Sterrett ; advisors, James C. Bradford [and others] ; executive producers, Kenneth Mandel, Daniel B. Polin.

Narrator, Edward James Olmos ; character voices, Larry Linville, Laurence Luckinbill, Lou Diamond Phillips, Shawn Elliot, Jeff DeMunn, Roger Pretto.

DVD-video; NTSC, region 1; stereo; full-screen.

Closed-captioned in English.

Contents:

That battleship of "Maine" -- The only recourse -- Playing the Cuba story -- Steps to war -- They are our redeemers -- To Cuba -- The liberator -- One man and all our institutions -- The Philippine disaster -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0793693276

9780793693276

Publisher Number:

CESP601

Other Number:

176631401

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

983166

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 973.89 Crucible