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The Congress
Title
The Congress / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) [1988]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2009.
Copyright Notice Date
©1988
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (90 min.) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 16, 2009.
Ken Burns America Collection
Originally produced by Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), 1988.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
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Summary
Part of the Ken Burns America Collection, this incisive documentary profiles our government's legislative branch. Narrated by David McCullough, the program uses historic footage and interviews with veteran political observers-including David Broder, Alistair Cooke, and Cokie Roberts-to detail the first 200 years of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Incorporating readings from diary entries, letters, and famous speeches, the film chronicles the careers of notable lawmakers and charts the evolution and development of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Mode of access: Internet.
Audience
6 and up.
Contents
Introduction: Engine of Democracy (0:38)
Hallowed Halls of Congress (1:26)
First Branch of Government (1:10)
Congress as National Temple (2:00)
Congress as Great Commanding Theater (1:12)
Congress: Creation of Founding Fathers (1:27)
First Congress (1:26)
Congress Invents Itself (2:24)
New Capitol City (0:58)
First Years (0:59)
Henry Clay: Speaker of the House (1:44)
Slavery (2:16)
The Missouri Compromise (0:47)
Daniel Webster (2:54)
John C. Calhoun (1:16)
California:Slave or Free? (1:55)
Compromise of 1850 (1:20)
Capitol Hill Gets a New Dome (1:39)
A Divided House (2:00)
Capitol Becomes Makeshift Barracks (0:52)
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1:12)
Post Civil War Congress: The Millionaires Club (3:21)
Election of 1876 (1:24)
Thomas Brackett Reed (3:26)
Joseph Gurney Cannon (2:49)
George W. Norris and the Progressive Movement (3:03)
World War I (1:46)
Fiorello La Guardia: Progressive Voice (1:04)
George W. Norris and the Tennessee Valley Authority Act (0:49)
Congressman Robert Wagner and New Deal Legislation (1:29)
Percy Gassaway: Cowboy Congressman (0:50)
Jeannette Rankin: Lady of the House (1:32)
Political Cathedral (1:41)
One Town Under One Roof (1:27)
America's House (1:54)
Upstairs Downstairs: A Brief Tour of the Capitol (1:34)
Place for Politics (2:36)
Hero on the Hill: Sam Rayburn (1:35)
Famous Hearings (1:21)
Everett Dirksen: Conservative Clown (1:14)
Capitol Gets a Bath (0:30)
Congress Takes a Beating (2:19)
Congress Debates Civil Rights (2:50)
Death of President John F. Kennedy (1:30)
Master of the Senate Moves to the White House (0:40)
Dangers for Congress (1:50)
Power of Congress (3:38)
Promise of Congress (2:15)
Mr.Smith Goes to Washington (1:59)
Videorecording number
41083 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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