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Synopsis. This eight-part, 16½-hour television event explores New York City’s rich history as the premier laboratory of modern life. A sweeping narrative covering nearly 400 years and 400 square miles, it reveals a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals. Cast. Crew.
Ric Burns' New York is clearly made in the style of Ken Burns' excellent documentary series, but, whilst it achieves the mixture of informative commentators and historical detail, it lacks the pace and interest of Kern Burns' long documentaries such as the Civil War, The West, and The Roosevelts.
Aug 2001. Episode six reveals the immense new forces were unleashed in New York, from the Depression to the New Deal, which permanently altered the city. Along the way, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and master builder Robert Moses attempted to create a bold new city of the future. 8.3/10 (33) Rate.
This episode of NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM follows New York into a new century in the wake of an extraordinary wave of immigration and the birth of the skyscraper. As New York spilled into the new century, the extraordinary interplay of capitalism, democracy and transformation surged to a climax. During a single generation, over 10 million ...
Sep 1999. The period of 1825 to 1865 in the history on New York City is narrated by David Ogden Stiers. We see the rise of the city as a cultural centre, to influx of blacks, Italians and Germans. This show concludes with the Civil War Draft Riots, American's bloodiest civil disturbance. 8.7 /10 (34)
motion picture | Made-for-TV series. Feature film (over 60 minutes). "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Harry Akst, performed by Louis Armstrong; "C-jam blues" by Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, performed by Duke Ellington; "Rhapsody in blue" by George Gershwin; piano pieces by Scott Joplin. (Songs). Films clips of Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra. (Personnel ...
Episode Seven of the New York: A Documentary. In the aftermath of World War II, southern African-Americans moved north and Puerto Rican immigrants poured into the city, a trend which would continue for the next thirty years. Robert Moses waged a campaign of urban renewal, including adding highways to the city, hastening white flight to the suburbs.
