Shanachie Entertainment Corp.
Publisher
Shanachie Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This ground breaking television series features authentic traditional music played in the atmosphere of an informal back porch picking party. "Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee": Sonny and Brownie were one of the most enduring blues acts of the post-war era, forming an association that was to last for three decades. "Mississippi John Hurt, Hedy West and Paul Cadwell": Superb guitar playing and gentle, expressive voice has made Mississippi John one of...
Publisher
Shanachie Entertainment
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of the seven million Irish who emigrated to America in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries including the causes of the exodus and the immigrant experience in the United States. Uses photographs, archival footage, manuscript material and interviews with Irish immigrants to describe their experiences and the profound influence they have had on American culture.
Publisher
Shanachie Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 520 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Eleanor Bramwell is the public health heroine of 1890s London, and David Calder is her society doctor dad, Dr. Robert Bramwell. Feisty and unconventional, Eleanor's desire to take the medical profession out of the dark ages often draws her into conflict with the medical establishment, her colleagues and friends. In this season, Eleanor continues her volatile love affair with the charismatic Dr. Finn O'Neill, now a widely acclaimed figure in the...
