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Using archival film and photographs; interviews with historians, writers, and relatives; and new cinematography, this film documents the life of Andrew Carnegie from his impoverished beginnings in Dunfermline, Scotland to his family's arrival in Pittsburgh in 1848. It chronicles the influence o...

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Format: Video VHS
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston WGBH c1997, [1999?]
Ausgabe:PBS Video index [version]
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Zusammenfassung:Using archival film and photographs; interviews with historians, writers, and relatives; and new cinematography, this film documents the life of Andrew Carnegie from his impoverished beginnings in Dunfermline, Scotland to his family's arrival in Pittsburgh in 1848. It chronicles the influence of Thomas A. Scott on young Carnegie and his successes in the railroad and steel industries. The showdowns between Carnegie Steel and the unions are well documented as are the views of Carnegie and his partner, Henry Clay Frick. It concludes with the purchase of Carnegie Steel by J.P. Morgan and Carnegie's donation of $350 million to philanthropies which included libraries, museums, world peace
Beschreibung:Originally broadcast on the PBS television series The American experience with David McCullough in 1997. - VHS.
Series host, David McCullough; interviews with: Owen Dudley Edwards, Harold Livesay, Joseph Frazier Wall, Molly Rorke, David Greenway, John Ingham, Paul Krause, Martha Sanger
Director of photography, Terry Hopkins ; editor, Sarah Holt ; original music composed by Michael Bacon ; narrated by David Ogden Stiers
Part 1 (VC 11404) -- Part 2 (VC 11405)
Beschreibung:2 videocassettes (117 min.) sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in

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