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The Resource The men who built America, executive producer, Stephen David ; directed by Patrick Reams ; writers, Stephen David, Patrick Reams, Keith Palmer, Randy Counsman, Ed Fields, David C. White ; series producers, Keith Palmer, David C. White ; producers, Glenn Allen, Richard Friedlander, Randy Counsman, Brian Burstein ; director, Ruan Magan ; for History, executive producers, Dirk Hoogstra, Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana ; producer, Kristen Burns ; created for History by Stephen David Entertainment and Brainstorm Digital ; A&E Television Networks LLC

The men who built America, executive producer, Stephen David ; directed by Patrick Reams ; writers, Stephen David, Patrick Reams, Keith Palmer, Randy Counsman, Ed Fields, David C. White ; series producers, Keith Palmer, David C. White ; producers, Glenn Allen, Richard Friedlander, Randy Counsman, Brian Burstein ; director, Ruan Magan ; for History, executive producers, Dirk Hoogstra, Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana ; producer, Kristen Burns ; created for History by Stephen David Entertainment and Brainstorm Digital ; A&E Television Networks LLC

Label
The men who built America
Title
The men who built America
Statement of responsibility
executive producer, Stephen David ; directed by Patrick Reams ; writers, Stephen David, Patrick Reams, Keith Palmer, Randy Counsman, Ed Fields, David C. White ; series producers, Keith Palmer, David C. White ; producers, Glenn Allen, Richard Friedlander, Randy Counsman, Brian Burstein ; director, Ruan Magan ; for History, executive producers, Dirk Hoogstra, Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana ; producer, Kristen Burns ; created for History by Stephen David Entertainment and Brainstorm Digital ; A&E Television Networks LLC
Title variation
Men who built America
Title variation remainder
Ford Rockefeller Carnegie Morgan Vanderbilt
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Broadcaster
Composer
Costume designer
Director of photography
Film distributor
Film editor
Narrator
Production company
Production designer
Screenwriter
Television director
Television producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The 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
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Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
The men who built America (Television mini-series)
Credits note
Director of photography, Richard V. Lopez ; production designers, Sharon Lomofsky, Ernesto Solo ; costume designer, Sarah Beers ; lead editors, Tim W. Kelly, Jonathan Soule, Beatrice Sisul ; editors, Tina Pacheco, John Kilgour, Sheri Bylander ; director of photography, Brian O'Carroll ; music, David Vanacore
Dewey number
920.073
Language note
In English with Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
  • HC102.5.A2
  • E663
LC item number
  • M463 2012
  • .M46 2012
PerformerNote
Narrated by Campbell Scott ; cast, John C. Bailey (Henry Frick), Michael Chmiel (William Vanderbilt), David Donahoe (Cornelius Vanderbilt), Cary Donaldson (Henry Ford), John M. Dow (old John D. Rockefeller), Alex Falberg (Nikola Tesla), Tim Getman (John D. Rockefeller), Richard F. Klein (Abraham Lincoln), Justin Mork (Thomas Edison), Dan Odell (President William McKinley), Ray Reynolds (old J.P. Morgan), Eric Rolland (J.P. Morgan), Ed Schiff (old Andrew Carnegie), Adam Segaller (Andrew Carnegie), Joseph Wiegand (Teddy Roosevelt)
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1982-
  • 1948-
  • 1983-
  • 1953-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • David, Stephen,
  • Reams, Patrick,
  • Palmer, Keith
  • Counsman, Randy
  • Fields, Ed,
  • White, David C.
  • Allen, Glenn,
  • Friedlander, Richard
  • Burstein, Brian
  • Magan, Ruán,
  • Hoogstra, Dirk,
  • McCarroll, Russ
  • Cabana, Paul
  • Burns, Kristen,
  • Scott, Campbell,
  • Donahoe, David
  • Donaldson, Cary
  • Falberg, Alex,
  • Getman, Tim,
  • Klein, Fritz
  • Morck, Justin
  • Reynolds, Ray
  • Rolland, Eric,
  • Segaller, Adam Jonas,
  • Lopez, Richard V.
  • Lomofsky, Sharon,
  • Solo, Ernesto
  • Beers, Sarah,
  • Kelly, Tim W.,
  • Soule, Jonathan,
  • Sisul, Beatrice,
  • Pacheco, Tina
  • Kilgour, John
  • Bylander, Sheri
  • O'Carroll, Brian
  • Vanacore, David,
  • Stephen David Entertainment,
  • Brainstorm Digital (Firm),
  • Arts and Entertainment Network,
  • Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),
  • History (Television network),
Runtime
360
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  • Ford, Henry
  • Carnegie, Andrew
  • Morgan, J. Pierpont
  • Edison, Thomas A.
  • Tesla, Nikola
  • Vanderbilt, William H.
  • Rockefeller, John D.
  • Businesspeople
  • Industrialists
  • Capitalists and financiers
  • United States
  • United States
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The men who built America, executive producer, Stephen David ; directed by Patrick Reams ; writers, Stephen David, Patrick Reams, Keith Palmer, Randy Counsman, Ed Fields, David C. White ; series producers, Keith Palmer, David C. White ; producers, Glenn Allen, Richard Friedlander, Randy Counsman, Brian Burstein ; director, Ruan Magan ; for History, executive producers, Dirk Hoogstra, Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana ; producer, Kristen Burns ; created for History by Stephen David Entertainment and Brainstorm Digital ; A&E Television Networks LLC
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Originally broadcast as a mini-series on the History channel in 2012; copyright held by A&E Television Networks
  • "Includes all 8 episodes on 3 discs"--Container
  • Special features: Disc 1: Andrew Carnegie; Rich to richer; Trailers. Disc 2: The American dream; Monopoly. Disc 3: Competitive nature; The every man; The rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt; Traits of a titan
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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.)
Control code
20311717
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
3-disc collection.
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
031398164128
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
36576
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
Stock number
10018251
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn819123815
  • (OCoLC)819123815
System details
DVD format; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The men who built America, executive producer, Stephen David ; directed by Patrick Reams ; writers, Stephen David, Patrick Reams, Keith Palmer, Randy Counsman, Ed Fields, David C. White ; series producers, Keith Palmer, David C. White ; producers, Glenn Allen, Richard Friedlander, Randy Counsman, Brian Burstein ; director, Ruan Magan ; for History, executive producers, Dirk Hoogstra, Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana ; producer, Kristen Burns ; created for History by Stephen David Entertainment and Brainstorm Digital ; A&E Television Networks LLC
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Originally broadcast as a mini-series on the History channel in 2012; copyright held by A&E Television Networks
  • "Includes all 8 episodes on 3 discs"--Container
  • Special features: Disc 1: Andrew Carnegie; Rich to richer; Trailers. Disc 2: The American dream; Monopoly. Disc 3: Competitive nature; The every man; The rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt; Traits of a titan
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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.)
Control code
20311717
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
3-disc collection.
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
031398164128
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
36576
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
Stock number
10018251
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn819123815
  • (OCoLC)819123815
System details
DVD format; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD

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