New York, a documentary film. Episode one. The country and the city, 1609-1825
(DVD)

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Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS television series, The American experience, on November 14, 1999.

Special features include: Charlie Rose interview with Ric Burns; Archival motion pictures including turn-of-the-century films by Thomas Edison, Manhatta (1921), Over the East River (1919), and Empires of Steel (1930-31); original trailer.

Disc 1 of an 8 disc set.

Narrated by David Ogden Stiers.

"This dramatic and lyrical first episode chronicles the rise of New York from its settlement by the Dutch in the early 17th century through the explosion of commercial growth sparked by the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. Beginning with a consideration of themes to be explored throughout the entire series, the episode goes on to treat five crucial chapters in New York's fascinating early history: the defining role the Dutch played in establishing the city's character, the impact of the British empire and the horrors of slavery, New York's strange and fateful role in the American Revolution, its brief tenure as the nation's capital, and the extraordinary burst of entrepreneurial energy that in the early 19th century launched it on its course to becoming the greatest city on Earth."--Container.

Not rated.

DVD; NTSC; Region 1; Dolby digital; full screen presentation.