Record details

• Physical Description: videorecording
  videodisc
  3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• Edition: Widescreen.
• Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Distributed by Lionsgate, 2012.
• Distributor: Santa Monica, Calif. : Distributed by Lionsgate, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Bonus footage ("From rich to richer"; "The American dream"; "Monopoly"; "Competitive nature"; "The every man"; "The rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt"; "Traits of a titan"; "Carnegie").

Originally broadcast as a mini-series on the History channel in 2012.

Formatted Contents Note:

Disc 1. A new war begins ; Oil strike ; A rivalry is born ; bonus footage (135 min.) -- disc 2. Blood is spilled ; A new rival emerges ; Owning it all ; Bonus footage (135 min.) -- disc. 3. Taking the White House ; The new machine ; Bonus footage (90 min.)

Participant or Performer Note:

Narrator, Campbell Scott.
Adam Jonas Segaller, Eric Rolland, Michael Chmiel, Justin Mork.

System Details Note:

DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Language Note:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

In English with optional Spanish subtitles.

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Subject:

Carnegie, Andrew 1835-1919

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont) 1837-1913

Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931

Tesla, Nikola 1856-1943

Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry) 1821-1885

Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison) 1839-1937

Businesspeople United States Biography

Industrialists United States Biography

Capitalists and financiers United States Biography

United States Economic conditions 19th century

United States Economic conditions 20th century

Television mini-series

Historical drama

Genre:

Historical television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.