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Frederick Law Olmsted designing America Cover Image DVD

Frederick Law Olmsted [videorecording] : designing America / a production of WNED-TV, Buffalo/Toronto and Florentine Films/Hott Productions Inc. ; a film by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey ; written by Ken Chowder.

Beveridge, Charles E. (interviewee.). Channing, Stockard, (narrator.). Chowder, Ken, (screenwriter.). Garey, Diane, (filmmaker.). Hott, Lawrence R. (filmmaker.). Rybczynski, Witold. (interviewee.). Scott, Campbell, (voice actor.). Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) (Added Author). Florentine Films. (production company.). Hott Productions, (production company.). PBS Distribution (Firm) (film distributor.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (publisher,, broadcaster.). WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.) (production company.).

Summary:

A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.

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  • ISBN: 1627890459
  • ISBN: 9781627890458
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Distributor: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast in 2014 on PBS.
Special feature: Olmsted's enduring legacy.
Title from container.
Wide screen.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematography, Stephen McCarthy [and 5 others] ; music, Judy Hyman.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator, Stockard Channing ; voice of Olmsted, Campbell Scott ; interviews with: Betsy Shure Gross, Charles Birnbaum, Garrett Nelson, Adam Gopnik, Charles E. Beveridge, Justin Martin, Wytold Rybczynski, Douglas Blonsky, David Scobey, Francis R. Kowsky, Harrison Hogan.
Language Note:
English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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Subject:
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
Landscape architects > United States > Biography.
Landscape architecture > United States > History.
Genre:
Biographical television programs.
Educational television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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