| Description |
4 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Just the facts learning series |
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Just the facts learning series.
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| System Details |
DVD format. Full screen presentation. |
| Note |
Presented by Goldhil Entertainment and Goldhil Video. Produced by Full Circle Entertainment in association with Goldhil Home Media. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Greg Heimer ; commentary, Alan Taylor, Brenda Stevenson, Clarence Walker, John Smolenski, Steven Crum, Karen Ordahl Kupperman. |
| Credits |
Executive producers, Gary Goldman, Dwight Hilson ; director of photography, Leon Ishmael ; editors, John Rodgers, Ned Rodgers. |
| Note |
Running time on container, 240 min. Actual running time, 124 min. |
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Menu screen for English settlements erroneously lists pt. 1 and pt. 2, but the DVD was intended to contain only one program. |
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"Educational series." |
| Audience |
For middle school students. |
| Summary |
An account of the colonization of North America, from the European situations that encouraged migration to America, to the adventurous explorers and settlers and their quests for riches or religious freedom, to the friendships and conflict between the colonists and Native Americans. The first settlements explores the settlement of St. Augustine, Fla., Ponce de Leon's quest for riches, and the dominance of Spain over France and England in the colonization of Florida. . The Spanish settlements chronicles the exploits of Cortes, De Soto, and Coronado; Spanish incursions into South and Central America, Mexico and the American Southwest. The French settlements discusses the French tradiing networks, their alliances with Native Americans, and their conflicts witih settlers. The English settlements examines the establishment of Roanoke in 1585; the successful settlement of Jamestown, Va.; the roles of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, and Chief Powhatan; the settlement of Plymouth, Mass. in 1620; Plymouth Rock and the first Thanksgiving |
| Contents |
First settlement (30 min.) -- Spanish settlements (33 min.) -- French settlements (30 min.) -- English settlements: (31 min.). |
| Subject |
North America -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Juvenile films.
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North America -- Civilization -- Juvenile films.
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North America -- Colonization -- Juvenile films.
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Indians of North America -- History -- Juvenile films.
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Indians of North America -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Juvenile films.
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| Added Author |
Rodgers, Ned.
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Heimer, Greg.
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Taylor, Alan, 1955-
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Stevenson, Brenda E.
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Walker, Clarence Earl.
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Smolenski, John.
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Crum, Steven J. (Steven James), 1950-
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Kupperman, Karen Ordahl, 1939-
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Cerebellum Corporation.
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Goldhil Entertainment (Firm)
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Goldhil Video (Firm)
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Full Circle Entertainment.
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Goldhil Home Media International (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Early settlements collection |
| ISBN |
1594431175 |
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9781594431173 |
| Standard No. |
743452174423 |
| Music No. |
GH1744 Goldhil Home Media (set) |
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GH1745 Goldhil Home Media |
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GH1746 Goldhil Home Media |
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GH1749 Goldhil Home Media |
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GH1750 Goldhil Home Media |
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