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Around the World in 72 Days : the Audacious Adventures of Nelly Bly

DVD - 2006 DVD 921 Bly, Nellie None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.3 out of 5

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Originally broadcast on the "American experience" television program in 1997.
Special features: Access to the "American experience" web site; printable materials for educators.
On January 25, 1890, the world waited for a young reporter named Nellie Bly to arrive back home. For 72 days, newspaper readers followed her progress in one of the most highly publicized journeys of all times.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.

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Communicates excitement of her journey submitted by willow on August 15, 2015, 6:17am This episode of American Experience describes Nellie Bly's trip around the world, a response to Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days, as well as providing detailed information about Bly's career imcluding other journalistic stunts such as getting committed to an insane asylum. This is a thoroughly absorbing show.