The men who built America

Author

Patrick Reams

Call Number

• DVD 920.073 M534 (WSQ)

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Languages

In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Eric Rolland, Tim Getman, Adam Jonas Segaller, Ray Reynolds, Justin Morck, Michael Chmiel, David Donahoe.

Publication Information

[New York] : A&E Television Networks ; Santa Monica, Calif. : Distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment, [2013]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Vanderbilt. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. This mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as a mini-series on History in 2012.

Bonus footage: "From rich to richer," "The American Dream," "Monopoly," "Competetive nature," "The every man," "The rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt," "Traits of a titan," "Carnegie."

Contents

• Disc 1. A new war begins ; Oil strike ; A rivalry is born ; bonus footage (135 min.)
• Disc 2. Blood is spilled ; A new rival emerges ; Owning it all ; Bonus footage (135 min.)
• Disc. 3. Taking the White House ; The new machine ; Bonus footage (90 min.).