DVD
Untold history of the United States
Languages
In English, with English, Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Narrated by Oliver Stone.
Publication Information
Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2014]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (796 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
This 12-chapter documentary series was created and executive produced by Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone. As Americans, do we really know and understand our shared and complicated history? How do we recall the small details and forgotten players that influenced some of the biggest events from America's past? Will children actually get the whole story from reading history books? And how will it affect the future of the country?
Notes
Title from container.
Originally broadcast as a 12-part documentary series on Showtime in 2012-2013.
Contents
- World War II. WW II ; Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace ; The bomb
- The cold war. The cold war ; The '50s ; JFK ; Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam
- Reagan/Bush/Clinton/Obama. Reagan & Gorbachev ; George H.W. Bush & Clinton ; George W. Bush & Obama
- Bonus material. Prologue
- Chapter A: WW I & the Russian Revolution ; Prologue
- Chapter B: 1920-1940 ; A conversation with history: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone.