Inventing LA : the Chandlers and their Times / presented in association with KCET/Los Angeles ; produced by Peter Jones Productions, Inc. ; written, directed and produced by Peter Jones ; producer, Mark Catalena.

The story of the Chandler family's influence over Los Angeles through their publication, the Los Angeles times, and its entwinement with politics, civic ideals, and personal agendas.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.) PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors:	Jones, Peter, 1956 February 24- (Screenwriter, Producer, Director) Catalena, Mark (Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Film editor) Schreiber, Liev (Narrator) Holbrook, Hal (Actor)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Arlington, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2009], ©2009.
Edition:	Widescreen.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Los Angeles Times (Firm) Otis, Harrison Gray, > 1837-1917. Chandler, Harry, > 1864-1944. Chandler, Norman, > 1899-1973. Chandler, Otis, > 1927-2006. Newspaper publishing > California > Los Angeles. Los Angeles (Calif.) > History. Television programs > United States. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History. Newspaper publishing. California > Los Angeles.
Genre:	Television programs Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. History.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Chandlers and their Times. Chandlers & their times.
Format:	Video DVD

Contents:

Introduction
Harrison Gray Otis
Harry Chandler
The bombing
Empire building
William Randolph Hearst
Norman & Dorothy Chandler
Richard Nixon
Cultural matriarch
Otis Chandler
Tranforming the Times
The age of journalism
Succession
Family moves in
The legacy unravels.