Statue of Liberty / a Florentine Films production ; a film by Ken Burns ; written by Bernard A. Weisberger and Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Buddy Squiers and Ken Burns.
"Filmmaker Ken Burns presents the definitive portrait of this great lady of the American imagination, in a program that won nominations for both an Academy Award and an Emmy. Follow her life, from her creation by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, through her painstaking construction and accident-pr...
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Language: | English |
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Closed captioned. |
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[Alexandria, Va.] :
PBS Home Video,
2004.
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Edition: | Full screen version. |
Series: | Ken Burns' America collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- The idea takes shape
- The statue's forbears
- The site for the statue
- Funding the statue
- The statue's design
- Building the statue
- Displaying the arm and torch
- Eiffel plans the inner structure
- Planning the base in America
- Shipping the statue to America
- Raising the money
- Erecting the statue in America
- The statue unveiled, October 28, 1886
- The promise of the statue
- The statue as a symbol
- Immigrants describe coming to America
- The statue as propaganda
- The Statue of Liberty and the meaning of freedom
- The threat to liberty
- The statue's birthday.