The Adams Chronicles. Volume 2
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Based on the family's personal diaries and correspondences.
Originally broadcast on television in 1976.
Set contains all 13 episodes of the television mini-series.
Chapter V: John Adams, Vice President -- Chapter VI: John Adams, President -- Chapter VII: John Quincy Adams, Diplomat.
George Grizzard, Kathryn Walker, William Daniels, David Birney, John Beal, Peter Brandon, Charles Siebert, Nancy Marchand.
Television mini-series that dramatizes four generations of Adamses and 150 years of American history from the birth of the Revolution through the Gilded Age. Meet John Adams, a passionate revolutionary and second president; John Quincy Adams, proud son of a famous father and sixth president; Charles Francis Adams, skillful minister to Great Britain during the Civil War; historian Henry Adams; and railroad magnate Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Going beyond politics, this mini-series portrays these men as husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, as well as leaders.
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2008]
Year Published: 2008
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kassel, Virginia.
Costello, Robert.
Bailey, Anne Howard.
Jacker, Corinne.
Reisman, Philip H., 1916-1999.
Hall, Sam.
Davis, Barry, d. 1980.
Page, Anthony, 1935-
Grizzard, George.
Walker, Kathryn.
Daniels, William, 1927-
Birney, David, 1944-
Beal, John, 1909-1997.
Brandon, Peter, 1926-1983.
Siebert, Charles, 1938-
Marchand, Nancy, 1928-2000.
Morris, John, 1926-
Educational Broadcasting Corporation.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Acorn Media (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Adams family -- Drama.
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826 -- Drama.
Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Drama.
Adams, Charles Francis, -- 1807-1886 -- Drama.
Adams, Henry, -- 1838-1918 -- Drama.
Adams, Charles Francis, -- 1835-1915 -- Drama.
Presidents -- Drama.
United States -- History -- Drama.
Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.