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Triangle fire [videorecording] / an Apograph Productions Inc. film for American experience ; presented by American Experience Films ; written by Mark Zwonitzer ; produced and directed by Jamila Wignot.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AMX62305 | PBSLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2011.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1608833984
  • 9781608833986
Other title:
  • Subtitle on container: Tragedy that forever changed labor and industry
Uniform titles:
  • American experience (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Editing, David Espar ; recreations cinematographer, Kyle Kibbe ; interviews cinematographer, Gregory Andracke ; music, Joel Goodman.
Narrator, Michael Murphy.Summary: The fire that tore through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the gruesome culmination of years of unrest in America's most profitable manufacturing industry. Two years earlier, led by a spontaneous walkout in the same factory, twenty thousand garment workers, in the largest women's strike in American history, took to the streets of New York to protest working conditions. They gained the support of both progressives and leading women in New York's society.
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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 974.7041 T821 Available 33111006638569
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This documentary examines a horrific fire that killed 146 factory workers when it engulfed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City on March 25, 1911. The filmmakers explain how that particular factory had been a focal point in the battle for laborers to gain more rights on the job. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Originally produced in 2011; copyright held by WGBH Educational Foundation.

Editing, David Espar ; recreations cinematographer, Kyle Kibbe ; interviews cinematographer, Gregory Andracke ; music, Joel Goodman.

Narrator, Michael Murphy.

The fire that tore through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the gruesome culmination of years of unrest in America's most profitable manufacturing industry. Two years earlier, led by a spontaneous walkout in the same factory, twenty thousand garment workers, in the largest women's strike in American history, took to the streets of New York to protest working conditions. They gained the support of both progressives and leading women in New York's society.

MPAA: Not rated.

DVD; 5.1 surround; NTSC; widescreen; region 1.

English SDH, subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).

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