| Title |
The Swamp / produced by Randall MacLowry, Rebecca Taylor ; telescript by Michelle Ferrari & Randall MacLowry ; story by Randall MacLowry ; directed by Randall MacLowry ; a Film Posse, Inc. production for American Experience. |
| OCLC |
1078537344 |
| ISBN |
9781531706258 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
841887038003 |
| Music number |
AE61804 PBS |
| Publisher |
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2019] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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stamping rdapm |
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4 3/4 in. color rda |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdapm |
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surround rdapc |
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Dolby Digital 5.1. |
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widescreen. |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video. |
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Region 1 rdare |
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Nature television programs lcgft |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman.
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Wetlands -- Florida.
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Natural areas -- Florida.
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Everglades (Fla.)
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LC
Genre heading/s |
DVD-Video discs.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| System details note |
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround. |
| Source of Description |
Title from disc surface. |
| Participant or performer note |
Tim Hopper, narrator. |
| Target audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The history of the Everglades is a dramatic yet little known story of humanity's attempt to conquer nature. This program, told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, explores the repeated efforts to reclaim, control and transform what was seen as a vast wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, and, ultimately, the drive to preserve America's greatest wetland. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Stephen McCarthy ; editor, Mark Dugas ; music, Tom Phillips. |
| Language note |
In English; English subtitles. |
| General note |
Originally broadcast on television as an episode of the series American Experience in 2019. |
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Based in part on the book The swamp: the Everglades, Florida, and the politics of paradise by Michael Grunwald. |
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