| Description |
5 videodiscs (10 hr., 21 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
History classics |
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History classics.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally broadcast as episodes on the History Channel. |
| Summary |
A sweeping saga of bloodshed, betrayal, and big business, this comprehensive collection of documentaries offers a cold-blooded examination of organized crime, from Prohibition and WWII to the hitmen and women who are currently administering the brutal judgments of the mob. A groundbreaking investigation into the origins, and present-day activities, of the ethnic gangs that turned criminal activities into family enterprises, The Mafia exposes an underworld of danger, money, glamour, and murder. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Mafia: the history of the mob in America ; The prohibition years ; Birth of the American mafia ; The Kennedys and the mob -- disc 2. Unions and the mob ; Mob hitmen -- disc 3. Al Capone and the machine gun massacre ; America and the mob: wartime friends ; The Gambinos: first family of crime -- disc 4. Taking out Al Capone ; The underboss -- disc 5. Mob ladies ; Mob rats. |
| Subject |
Mafia -- United States -- History.
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Organized crime -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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| Added Author |
History (Television network)
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Arts and Entertainment Network.
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New Video Group.
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| ISBN |
142299547X |
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9781422995471 |
| Standard No. |
733961231755 |
| Music No. |
AAAE231751 A & E Television Networks |
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