Erie : the canal that made America
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Newark Public Library - Nonfiction Video
DVD 974.7 ERI
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

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General Note
"PBS/WCNY presents"--Container.
General Note
"© 2017 The Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York, Inc."--Container.
General Note
Special features include: Clinton's Ditch: the champion of the Erie Canal (5 min.); Music of the Erie Canal (4 min.); Canal connections: the making of Erie: the canal that made America (6 min.).
Participants/Performers
Narrated by David Muir.
Description
"The Erie Canal, one of the earliest transcendent tales of the American experience, became the nation's first great technical innovation and a gateway to prominence. In Erie: The Canal That Made America, WCNY Connected, Syracuse, New York, marks the bicentennial of the start of construction of the Erie Canal when surveyors and excavators began linking the young United States' east to its west in 1817 and depicts how a young nation broke through with its first great crusade of ingenuity by willing an impossible-to-build, 363-mile man-made waterway to the American frontier. Often credited with helping to create what America now knows as the Empire State, the story of the Erie Canal is more than a New York tale. The towpath certainly made New York City America's leading port and economic hub once the waters of the Great Lakes were wed with the Atlantic. The Erie Canal is a defining story of immigration and American culture. farmers and new citizens poured their lives into digging and developing businesses and communities along what became known as 'Clinton's Ditch.' We learn how six presidents, including Washington, Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt, are linked to the canal's destiny. The documentary illustrates how the canal was a route for immense social change. Slaves fleeing the south found safe paths to freedom in Canada along the canal. The ideals of the women's rights movement and the tenets of new and renewed religions were transported along the canal. The Erie Canal lives on today as a treasured national landmark, drawing tourists from around the world to cruise its waters, bike its paths, and learn where '15 miles on the Erie Canal' can take you."--Container.
Target Audience
Rating: G: general audiences.
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DVD ; high definition format.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Aroune, J., Stack, D. D., Muir, D., & Hayden, E. (2017). Erie: the canal that made America (DVD.). WCNY Connected ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jim, Aroune et al.. 2017. Erie: The Canal That Made America. [Syracuse, N.Y.]: WCNY Connected.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jim, Aroune et al.. Erie: The Canal That Made America [Syracuse, N.Y.]: WCNY Connected, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Aroune, Jim,, Debbie Daino Stack, David Muir, and Eric Hayden. Erie: The Canal That Made America DVD., WCNY Connected ;, 2017.

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