In Search of History. Salem Witch Trials / A&E Television Networks, LLC.

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Drawing extensively on colonial-era documents and accounts as well as on the testimony of significant scholars, this program ventures back three centuries to separate facts from legends about the Salem witch trials.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], ©1998.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Trials (Witchcraft) > Massachusetts > Salem.
Witchcraft > Massachusetts > Salem.
America > Early accounts to 1600.
Salem (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Early accounts to 1600.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (45 min.) : sound, color
Variant Title:
Salem Witch Trials
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Changing Attitudes Toward Witchcraft (2:29)
  • Signs of a Witch (1:59)
  • Effective Witch Hunting Methods (1:42)
  • Puritan Charter: Creating a Perfect Society (2:11)
  • Early Salem Witch Trials (2:10)
  • Predetermined Fate and Misogyny (3:54)
  • Witchcraft in Salem (2:28)
  • Easy Targets for Witch Hunt (2:55)
  • Spectral Evidence of Witchcraft (2:05)
  • Witchcraft Confessions (2:43)
  • Puritan Pandora's Box (2:03)
  • First Victim of Witch Trials (3:12)
  • Accusations Spread through New England (3:27)
  • Witch Trials End (2:25)
  • Apology for Witch Trials (2:41)
  • Innocent Until Proven Guilty (2:41)
  • Credits: In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials (1:00)