Chicago : : City of the Century
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"PBS DVD Gold."
Based on the book City of the Century by Donald L. Miller.
Special features: Chicago by 'L': touring the neighborhoods; Behind the scenes interviews with producers Austin Hoyt, Patricia Garcia Rios and historian Donald Miller; Trivia questions: Do you know Chicago?
Disc 1. Mudhole to metropolis / (edited by Bill Lattanzi) -- Disc 2. The revolution has begun / (edited by Bill Lattanzi, Jon Neuburger) -- Disc 3. Battle for Chicago / (edited by Jon Neuburger). -- Disc 4. Chicago by 'L': touring the neighborhoods / (produced by Kelly Luchtman ; written by Geoffrey Baer) and additional interviews.
David Ogden Stiers, narrator.
"City of the century tells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world". -- Container. Chicago by 'L" is part travelogue, part history, and part tour of Chicago's neighborhoods by 'L', Chicago's elevated train.
DVD, Dolby surround stereo., Region 1 encoding ; widescreen.
Contents: City of the century.
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SERIES
American experience (Television program)
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2003]
Year Published: 2003
Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0780641418 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Hoyt, Austin.
Stiers, David Ogden.
Chin, Michael.
Bacon, Michael.
Hopkins, Terry.
Miller, Donald L., 1944-
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Chicago Historical Society.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
Window to the World Communications, Inc.
PBS Home Video.
SUBJECTS
Chicago Transit Authority.
Railroads, Elevated -- Chicago -- History.
Urban transportation -- Chicago -- History.
Architecture -- Chicago -- Tours.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Tours.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.