Land of the eagle. Episode 1, The great encounter / produced by Peter Crawford, Steve Nicholls ; a BBC-TV production in association with WNET New York.
The story of how North America was discovered and tamed is told through two sets of eyes: the native Indians and the European newcomers. The series, which received a Finalist Certificate at the New York Festival, is a magnificent hotchpotch of paintings, photographs, old songs played on period instr...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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BBC Worldwide,
1990.
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| Genre/Form: | Documentary television programs. Nature television programs. |
| Summary: | The story of how North America was discovered and tamed is told through two sets of eyes: the native Indians and the European newcomers. The series, which received a Finalist Certificate at the New York Festival, is a magnificent hotchpotch of paintings, photographs, old songs played on period instruments, contemporary Indians voicing the words of their ancestors, and magnificent wildlife filming, revealing the shifting balance between man and nature. From Chesapeake Bay, the largest and most prolific estuary in North America, to the seemingly endless deciduous woods of the Appalachian Mountains, lies a rich tapestry of natural habitats, unparalleled in Europe. Yet many of the colonists starved to death. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed April 16, 2019). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (50 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:49:13 |
| Participant or Performer: | Narrator, Alan Ereira. |
| Language: | In English. |