Huey Long / an RKB/Florentine Films production ; produced by Ken Burns, Richard Kilberg ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward.
Format | Video (DVD) |
Publication Info | [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2002], ©1985. |
Description | 1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Other author/creator | Burns, Ken, 1953- |
Other author/creator | Kilberg, Richard. |
Other author/creator | Ward, Geoffrey C. |
Other author/creator | McCullough, David G. |
Other author/creator | RKB Productions. |
Other author/creator | Florentine Films. |
Other author/creator | PBS Home Video. |
Series | Ken Burns' America Collection Ken Burns' America collection. ^A399485 |
Contents | Every man a king -- The kingfish -- Sure enough bigshot -- Share the wealth -- Wildness in the air. |
Abstract | Uses archival film footage to portray events in the life of the charismatic Louisiana politician Huey Long who built roads, bridges, and schools, but whose brutal, corrupt reign suddenly ended in a hail of bullets. Incorporates interviews with scholars and the recollections of Louisianans who knew Long. |
General note | Funded by National Endowment for the Humanities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Louisiana Committee for the Humanities. |
General note | Mono. |
General note | Special features: A conversation with Ken Burns and Ken Burns : making history. |
Credits | Editor, Amy Stechler Burns. |
Performer | Narrator, David McCullough. |
Technical details | DVD. |
Language | Closed-captioned. |
ISBN | 0780640381 : |
UPC | 794054874624 |
Publisher number | B8746 PBS Home Video |
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