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The Johnstown flood

Title
The Johnstown flood [videorecording] / a Guggenheim Productions, Inc. film expanded for The American Experience ; presented by WGBH/Boston, WNET/New York, and KCET/Los Angeles.
Publication
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Video, [1995?], c1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Guggenheim, Charles.
  • McCullough, David G.
  • Cariou, Len.
  • Guggenheim Productions, inc.
  • PBS Video.
Description
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., b&w with color sequences; 1/2 in. +
Summary
Examines the 1889 flood in western Pennsylvania that resulted in more than 2000 deaths. Explores the cause of the flood, a faulty dam constructed to provide a resort area for the wealthy residents of Pittsburg, the lives of people at the resort in the mountain; and the people who lived in Johnstown.
Series Statement
The American experience
Uniform Title
American experience (Television program)
Subject
  • Floods > Pennsylvania
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) > History
Note
  • Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
  • Originally produced as a 20-minute film in 1989.
  • A videocassette release of the 1989 film as it was expanded for the television episode of the American experience with the addition of a PBS indexing of the film.
  • This episode of The American Experience, was broadcast on Monday, February 15, 1993.
Credits (note)
  • Written, produced and directed by Charles Guggenheim ; photography, Erich Roland ; editor, Catherine Shields ; series editor, Llewellyn Smith ; music, Michael Bacon.
System Details (note)
  • VHS format.
Awards (note)
  • The original 20-minute production won an Oscar in 1990.
Call Number
*UGS-880
ISBN
0793606292
OCLC
42332665
Title
The Johnstown flood [videorecording] / a Guggenheim Productions, Inc. film expanded for The American Experience ; presented by WGBH/Boston, WNET/New York, and KCET/Los Angeles.
Imprint
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Video, [1995?], c1991.
Edition
PBS Video Index.
Series
The American experience
System Details
VHS format.
Performer
Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Len Cariou.
Credits
Written, produced and directed by Charles Guggenheim ; photography, Erich Roland ; editor, Catherine Shields ; series editor, Llewellyn Smith ; music, Michael Bacon.
Awards
The original 20-minute production won an Oscar in 1990.
Added Author
Guggenheim, Charles.
McCullough, David G.
Cariou, Len.
Guggenheim Productions, inc.
PBS Video.
Added Title
American experience (Television program)
Publisher No.
AMEI405 PBS Video
Research Call Number
*UGS-880 [Video]
*UGS-880+
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