The Congress [videorecording] / a film by Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; producers, Ken Burns and Stephen Ives ; writers, David McCullough and Bernard A. Weisberger.
Contributor(s): Burns, Ken | Ives, Stephen | McCullough, David G | Weisberger, Bernard A | Florentine Films | WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) | PBS Video.Material type: Visual materialSeries: Ken Burns' America collection. Publisher: Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c2002Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0780640608.Subject(s): United States. Congress -- History | Legislation -- United States | United States -- Politics and governmentGenre/Form: Video recordings for the hearing impaired. | Documentary films.DDC classification: 328.73 David McCullough.Summary: Explores the history and promise of the country's most important and least understood institutions. The film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of congress.
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Videodisc release of 1988 PBS television program.
Bonus DVD features: Conversation with Ken Burns and Ken Burns : Making history.
Explores the history and promise of the country's most important and least understood institutions. The film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of congress.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.