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Barnum's big top [videorecording] / WGBH-TV, Boston, MA ; WNET-TV, New York, NY, and kCET-TV, Los Angeles, CA.

Published
[Alexandria, VA?] : Distributed by PBS Video, [1991]
Copyright Date
©1991
Physical Description
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.), PBS Video, and WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

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Summary
Chronicles Phineas T. Barnum's transformation of the American circus from a backward, horse-drawn show into a traveling technological spectacle that brought the wonders of the world to small towns everywhere. Uses archival film, photographs, journal entries, and interviews with past and present performers to examine America's love affair with the "greatest show on Earth".
Subject(s)
ISBN
0793606349
Related Titles
American experience (Television program)
Audience Notes
For a variety of ages.
Note
Closed captioned.
"AMEX-412."
Title from cassette.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Produced by Matthew Collins.
Technical Details
VHS format.
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