Dr. Daniel Hale Williams : first Black heart surgeon in America / adaptation and re-editing produced and edited by Brian Stewart.

Biography of the African American surgeon, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who was the first person to successfully perform an operation on the human heart. Covers his life and career and his heart operation that gave him critical acclaim in 1893. He also founded the nation's first interracial hospital, P...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Black American experience ; [v. 2].
Corporate Authors: TMW Media Group
History on Video, Inc
Other Authors: Stewart, Brian
Barnett, Rex
Coulter, Steve
Language:English
Published: Venice, Calif. : TMW Media Group, [2009], ©2009.
Series:Black American experience ; [v. 2].
Subjects:
Williams, Daniel Hale, > 1856-1931.
African American surgeons > Biography.
Heart > Surgery > History > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
African Americans > History.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (44 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD).
Variant Title:
Daniel Hale Williams.
Doctor Daniel Hale Williams. [Other title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Biography of the African American surgeon, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who was the first person to successfully perform an operation on the human heart. Covers his life and career and his heart operation that gave him critical acclaim in 1893. He also founded the nation's first interracial hospital, Provident Hospital in Chicago.
Note:Adapted and re-edited from the 1997 videocassette by History on Video, Inc., produced, written and directed by Rex Barnett.
"African Americans who left their stamp on history"
Videorecording.
Call Number:E185.97.W5555 D6 2009 VideoDVD
Audience:
Grades 8-12 through college students and adults.
System Details:DVD-R. - recorded DVD - not compatible with standard DVD players.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator: Steve Coulter.