The G.I. bill : the law that changed America / WNET ; Film Odyssey.
Chronicles the history and impact of the famous bill that guaranteed education, housing and business loans to the 16 million Americans who served in World War II. Viewers hear stories from some of the GIs who were helped by the bill, including Harry Belafonte, Art Buchwald, Nobel Prize Laureate Mart...
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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GI bill the law that changed America |
| Format: | Video DVD |
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Chronicles the history and impact of the famous bill that guaranteed education, housing and business loans to the 16 million Americans who served in World War II. Viewers hear stories from some of the GIs who were helped by the bill, including Harry Belafonte, Art Buchwald, Nobel Prize Laureate Martin Perl, NASA engineer Dan Herman, historian William Leuchtenburg, former Senator Bob Dole and economist Andrew Brimmer. |
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| Note: | Originally broadcast in October 1997 on PBS. Digitized for preservation purposes from VHS version published by PBS Home Video in 1997. Description based on VHS version record. |
| Call Number: | UB356 .G5 1997a VideoDVD |
| Credits: | Producer/director/writer, Karen Thomas ; executive producers, Ward Chamberlin and Tamara Robinson ; music, Peter Rodgers Melnick ; editor, Mark Muheim. |
| System Details: | Burned DVD (DVD-R), all regions, NTSC format. |
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Narrator, Cliff Robertson. |