Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Burns, Ric.
2. McCullough, David G.
3. Steeplechase Films Inc.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w segments; 1/2 in. +

Summary

1. Uses family journals, newspaper accounts and interviews with historians and descendants of the party to recreate the drama of the ill-fated 1846 expedition to California in which the travellers were trapped by snow and forced to cannibalism to survive.

Series statement

1. American experience

Uniform title

1. American experience (Television program)

Subject

1. Donner Pass (Calif.)
2. Overland journeys to the Pacific
3. Documentary films
4. Donner Party
5. Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Note

1. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Credits (note)

1. Director of photography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; editor, Bruce Shaw ; voices by Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Gene Jones, Goerge Plimpton ; music, Brian Keane.

Original version (note)

1. Originally telecast on the PBS series The American experience: c1992.

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Title

1. The Donner Party [videorecording] / A Steeplechase Films production ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; WNET-13 ; produced by Lisa Ades and Ric Burns ; written and directed by Ric Burns.

Imprint

1. Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, c1992.

Series

1. American experience

System details

1. VHS.

Credits

1. Director of photography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore ; editor, Bruce Shaw ; voices by Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Gene Jones, Goerge Plimpton ; music, Brian Keane.

Performer

1. Presenter, David McCullough.

Original version

1. Originally telecast on the PBS series The American experience: c1992.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Reserve Film and Video Collection Special Collections material

Added author

1. Burns, Ric.
2. McCullough, David G.
3. Steeplechase Films Inc.

Added title

1. American experience (Television program)

Publisher no.

1. AMEX-503 PBS Video

ISBN

1. 0793609046 : $35.00

Branch call number

1. VC 979.403 D