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The great famine [videorecording] / co-produced by Melissa S. Martin ; written & produced by Austin Hoyt ; directed by Austin Hoyt, Aisiyuak Yumagulov ; an Austin Hoyt Productions film for American experience ; WGBH.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AMX62306 | PBS DistributionPublication details: [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2011]Edition: [Widescreen format]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1608833992
  • 9781608833993
Other title:
  • Great famine
Uniform titles:
  • American experience (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Russia's plea for help -- American relief arrives -- Enlisting Russia's help -- Railroads delay relief -- Saving a nation.
Production credits:
  • Edited by Jon Neuberger ; original music by Michael Bacon ; cameras, Riyas Iskhakov and Stephen McCarthy.
Narrator, David Ogden Stiers.Summary: When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by a new Secretary of Commerce, 'The Great Humanitarian' Herbert Hoover, an operation hailed for its efficiency, grit, and generosity.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 947.0841 G786 Available 33111008283414
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This documentary takes an in-depth look at the U.S.'s role in the Russian Revolution, exploring how a nation facing famine and desperation evolved into the Soviet USSR that would come to be perhaps the greatest enemy and rival nation the United States ever faced. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

"Soviet Russia was a nation dying for help when America answered the call"--Container.

Based on the book "The big show in Bololand" by Bertrand M. Patenaude.

Originally broadcast April 11, 2011 as an episode of the television show American experience on PBS.

Russia's plea for help -- American relief arrives -- Enlisting Russia's help -- Railroads delay relief -- Saving a nation.

Edited by Jon Neuberger ; original music by Michael Bacon ; cameras, Riyas Iskhakov and Stephen McCarthy.

Narrator, David Ogden Stiers.

When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by a new Secretary of Commerce, 'The Great Humanitarian' Herbert Hoover, an operation hailed for its efficiency, grit, and generosity.

Not rated.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 5.1 surround.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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