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Experiencing America : a Smithsonian tour through American history / Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian.
"The Smithsonian is a repository of America's history, achievements, aspirations, and identity. It holds the artifacts of great leaders, and those of ordinary Americans. It houses scientific specimens and technological wonders. It is home to art, music, films, writings -- a vast treasure trove of objects of extraordinary beauty and outstanding design. With a collection of some 137 million items in more than two dozen museums and research centers, the Smithsonian brings our national epic to life as nothing else can"--Publisher's website.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629970912
- ISBN: 1629970913
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2014]
- Copyright: © 2014
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | disc 1. The Star-Spangled Banner: inspiring the anthem ; Presidents and generals: images of leadership ; Conscience and conflict: religious history ; The growth and spread of slavery ; Emancipation and the Civil War ; Gold, guns, and grandeur: the West -- disc 2. The first Americans: then and now ; Planes, trains and automobiles ... and wagons ; Communications: from telegraph to television ; Immigrant dreams and immigrant struggles ; User friendly: democratizing technology ; Extinction and conservation -- disc 3. Kitty Hawk to Tranquility: innovation and flight ; Cold War: red badges, bombs, and the Berlin Wall ; National tragedy: Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 ; For the greater good: public health ; Women making history ; The power of portraits -- disc 4. Two centuries of American style ; Hollywood: the American myth machine ; The Hope diamond: America's crown jewel ; Sing out for justice: American music ; Exploring the land, exploring the universe ; "All men are created equal": civil rights. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian. |
System Details Note: | DVD. |
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Subject: | United States > History > Sources > Exhibitions. United States > Civilization > Sources > Exhibitions. Smithsonian Institution > Exhibitions. |
Genre: | Educational films. |