• 1999
New York: A Documentary Film

Summary Exploration of New York City's rich history as a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals. View more details

  • 1999

New York: A Documentary Film

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : David Ogden Stiers Kenneth Jackson Mike Wallace Mike Wallace

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 13, 1999

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : PBS

Language : English

Filming locations : New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Steeplechase Films New York Historical Society

Summary Exploration of New York City's rich history as a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Nov 13, 1999

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : PBS

Language : English

Filming locations : New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Steeplechase Films New York Historical Society

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 13, 1999
The Country and the City
Beginning in 1609, episode one chronicles the arrival of the Dutch, the impact of the English, the horrors of colonial slavery, and New York's critical role in the American Revolution.
Episode 2 • Nov 14, 1999
Order and Disorder
Episode two looks at New York's rise as a burgeoning cultural center and multi-ethnic port, concluding with the Civil War Draft Riots -- America's bloodiest civil disturbance.
Episode 3 • Nov 15, 1999
Sunshine and Shadow
Episode three turns the spotlight on the period when greed and wealth fueled an expanding metropolis, even as politics and poverty defined it.
Episode 4 • Nov 16, 1999
The Power and the People
Episode four follows New York into a new century, examining the interplay of capitalism, democracy, and transformation, in the wake of an extraordinary wave of immigration and the birth of the skyscraper.
Episode 5 • Nov 17, 1999
Cosmopolis
Episode five tells the African-American experience, the birth of the new media industries and the incredible array of human and cultural energies converge, ending with construction of the world's tallest building.
Episode 6 • Sep 29, 2001
City of Tomorrow
The sixth episode chronicles the dramatic events that followed the Crash of '29, as the greatest depression in American history plunged the city and the nation into economic gloom.
Episode 7 • Sep 30, 2001
The City and the World (1945-2000)
Episode seven chronicles the history of New York from the end of the Second World War to the present, exploring the complexities of the modern city and the turbulent years of physical, social and cultural change in the decades following the war.
Episode 8 • Sep 07, 2003
The Center of the World
Episode seven charts the turbulent and often harrowing years from 1945 to the present. Emerging from the Depression and the Second World War as the most powerful metropolis on earth.
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