The boys of '36

DVD

The boys of '36 / an Elastic String Productions film for American experience ; produced by Margaret Grossi, Mary Carillo ; written by Aaron R. Cohen ; directed by Margaret Grossi.

Grossi, Margaret, (television director,, television producer.). Bowden, Mary Carillo, (television producer.). Samels, Mark, (television producer.). Cohen, Aaron R., (screenwriter.). Platt, Oliver, (narrator.). Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott), (composer (expression)). Krause, Benjamin, (composer (expression)). Dugas, Mark, (editor of moving image work.). Chan, Samson, (director of photography.). Elastic String Productions, (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (publisher.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (film distributor.).

Summary:

"In 1936, nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and the nation by storm when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. These sons of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers overcame tremendous hardships--psychological, physical, economic--to beat not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast, but Adolf Hitler's elite German rowers. The boys' unexpected victory, and the obstacles they overcame to achieve it, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression. The Boys of '36 recounts their remarkable journey"--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 9781627897419
ISBN: 1627897410
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Arlington, Virginia : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:: Documentary.

"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed-captions"--Container.

Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience.

DVD release of the 2016 documentary.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Edited by Mark Dugas ; director of photography, Samson Chan ; original music by Joel Goodman & Benjamin Krause ; executive producer, Mark Samels.
Participant or Performer Note:: Narrator, Oliver Platt ; commentators, Daniel James Brown, Eric Cohen, Timothy Egan, Bob Ernst, David Clay Large, Peter Mallory, Marilynn Moch, Michael Moch, Judy Willman.
System Details Note:: DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:: English language soundtrack with optonal English subtitles.