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Horatio's Drive America's First Road Trip
Title
Horatio's Drive [videorecording] : America's First Road Trip / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2003.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 21, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
Get set for an adventure that marked a new era in America! Filmmaker Ken Burns presents the hilarious 1903 saga of the first transcontinental automobile trip. On a visionary whim and a $50 bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent. His arrival in New York City, after every imaginable breakdown and delay, proved that the 'horseless carriage' really did have a future.
Variant and related titles
America's First Road Trip
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), 2003
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2021
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
Dr. Jackson Takes a Bet (3:56)
Transcontinental Travel (2:04)
First Gasoline Powered Engines (5:00)
Nuisance of Early Automobiles (3:47)
Road Conditions (1:41)
Failed Attempts (7:37)
Yours Till Death (10:09)
The Wonder (13:32)
Bud (7:41)
Problems on the Journey (2:14)
Second Car and Driver Team (2:46)
A Mighty Lucky Fellow (6:47)
Love Letters and Breakdowns (4:49)
Race Across the Continent (1:52)
History in the Making: Bad Weather (4:04)
History in the Making: Spreading News of the Quest (8:15)
Watch Me Now (3:42)
Triumph (3:08)
Home at Last (2:57)
The Distant Brought Near (3:08)
America on the Open Road (2:47)
Natural Endings (3:31)
Credits: Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip - A Film by Ken Burns (2:52)
Videorecording number
44283 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Video recording.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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