The Promised land
Before there is an America, disparate bands of settlers strive to carve out an identity in a virgin land. In the west, Spanish missions use art to convert the natives to Catholicism. In the east, plain Protestant settlers are suspicious of art's pleasures. And in Virignia, an exiled aristocracy...
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| Corporate Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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[Alexandria, Va.] :
BBC : [PBS Video],
c1996.
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| Edition: | PBS Video index version. |
| Series: | PBS Video database of America's history & culture ;
v. 79. |
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| Summary: | Before there is an America, disparate bands of settlers strive to carve out an identity in a virgin land. In the west, Spanish missions use art to convert the natives to Catholicism. In the east, plain Protestant settlers are suspicious of art's pleasures. And in Virignia, an exiled aristocracy recreates its deal of England. Early portraits of these settlers ask us to consider the emergence of this new person, this American. |
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| Item Description: | Specially prepared set enhanced by PBS with time code visible on the screen. This series is supplemented by the "PBS Videodatabase of America's History & Culture Merged Index" which provides subject references to specific videocassette volume numbers within the series and to specific locations within individual videocassettes based according to on-screen counter numbers indicating number of minutes and seconds elapsed within a particular referenced videocassette. PBS Video: XMVI-DX2. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Co-producer Bob Geldof ; photographer, Alan Palmer ; music, David Ferguson. |