Coney Island
(DVD Video)
Contributors
Burns, Ric, director,
Squires, Buddy, producer.
Snow, Richard, 1947- screenwriter.
Bosco, Philip, narrator.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Squires, Buddy, producer.
Snow, Richard, 1947- screenwriter.
Bosco, Philip, narrator.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Published
Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ;, [2006], c1991].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ;, [2006], c1991].
Format
DVD Video
Language
English
UPC
841887050562
Notes
Creation/Production Credits
Edited by Paul Barnes ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; consultants, Marshall Berman, John Carlin, Frederick P. Fried, John Kasson, Jerome Liebling, John Manbeck, Sam Bass Warner, Steve Zeitlin ; music arranged and directed by Brian Keane.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Philip Bosco; commentators, Al Lewis, Elliot Willensky, Frederick Fried, Richard Snow; voices by Andrei Codrescu, Vincent Gardenia, Judd Hirsch, Nathan Lane, John Mahoney, Jerry Orbach, George Plimpton, Lois Smith, Frances Sternhagen, Eli Wallach.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television series American Experience on February 4, 1991.
Description
In scale, in variety, in sheer inventiveness, Coney Island was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and eventually, everyone came to see it. At the turn of the century, Coney Island exploded in a forest of glittering electric towers and a riot of rides, restaurants, recreated disasters, freak shows, and historical displays when three vast amusement parks -- Steeplechase, Luna Park, and Dreamland -- were built. Indicative of its overwhelming popularity, on a single day in September 1906, 200,000 postcards were mailed from Coney Island. A showcase for the wonders of the machine age, Coney Island was an extraordinary amusement empire that astonished, delighted, and shocked the nation -- and took Americans from the Victorian age into the modern world.
Target Audience
MPAA Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; stereo; full screen presentation.
Language
In English; closed-captioned.
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Prescott Public Library - DVD/Blu-ray Collection | 791.068 CON | Find It Now |
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Burns, R., Squires, B., Snow, R., & Bosco, P. (20061991). Coney Island . WGBH Educational Foundation ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ric, Burns et al.. 20061991. Coney Island. WGBH Educational Foundation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ric, Burns et al.. Coney Island WGBH Educational Foundation, 20061991.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Burns, Ric,, Buddy Squires, Richard Snow, and Philip Bosco. Coney Island WGBH Educational Foundation ;, 20061991.
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