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DVD

The city

Call Number

  • DVD 307.1216 C5814 (CEN)

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Edition

Full screen version.

Performers

Narrator, Morris Carnovsky.

Publication Information

[Ontario] : Naxos, [2009]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 132 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Added Uniform Title

City (Motion picture : 1939)

Summary

Originally shown at the 1939 New York World's Fair, this documentary film comments on four types of cities: New England town, the unplanned industrial community, a crowded metropolis and the decentralized community.

Notes

Originally produced as a documentary film in 1939.

Special features: The city with the original soundtrack (1939) ; Which playground for your child : greenbelt or gutter? documentary film (2000) ; George Stoney in conversation with Joseph Horowitz (2007).

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