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• Title:Civilisation. The complete series [videorecording] : a personal view by Kenneth Clark / BBC TV ; produced by Michael Gill and Peter Montagnon ; written by Lord Clark ; directed by Michael Gill, Peter Montagnon, Ann Turner.
  
• ISBN:1419834681
  9781419834684
  
• Published/Created:New York : BBC America ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]
  
• Physical Description:4 videodiscs (ca. 670 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (34 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
  

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  • Location:FILM ARCHIVE--Video Collection
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  • Call Number: videodvd 39002130545776
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Library Has: disc 1-disc 4,
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• Notes:Originally broadcast on television Feb. 23-May 18, 1969.
  Bonus features: Sir David Attenborough remembers the making of Civilisation; Photo gallery of behind-the-scenes stills.
  Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
  
• Summary:Art historian Sir Kenneth Clark presents an epic examination of Western European culture, defining what he considers to be the crucial phases of its development. This lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was broadcast in 1969.
  
• Variant and related titles:Title on container: Civilisation : a personal view by Lord Clark : the complete series
  Civilisation (Television program)
  
• Format:Visual Material
• Credits:Editors, Roger Crittenden, Peter Heelas, Jesse Palmer, Michael Shah Dayan ; original music composed and conducted by Edwin Astley ; designer, Tony Cornell.
  
• Performers:Host, Sir Kenneth Clark.
  
• System details note:DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
  
• Contents:Skin of our teeth / directed by Michael Gill (1969, 52 min.) -- Great thaw / directed by Peter Montagnon (1969, 52 min.) -- Romance and reality / directed by Michael Gill (1969, 52 min.) -- Man : the measure of all things / directed by Ann Turner (1969, 52 min.) -- Hero as artist / directed by Michael Gill (1969, 52 min.) -- Protest and communication / directed by Peter Montagnon (1969, 52 min.) -- Grandeur and obedience / directed by Peter Montagnon (1969, 52 min.) -- Light of experience / directed by Michael Gill (1969, 52 min.) -- Pursuit of happiness / directed by Peter Montagnon (1969, 52 min.) -- Smile of reason / directed by Michael Gill (1969, 52 min.) -- Worship of nature / directed by Peter Montagnon, Ann Turner (1969, 52 min.) -- Fallacies of hope / directed by Michael Gill (1969, 52 min.) -- Heroic materialism / directed by Michael Gill (1969, 52 min.).
  
• Subjects:Civilization--History.
  Art--History.
  Civilization, Western.
  Documentary television programs.
  Historical television programs.
  Films for the hearing impaired.
  Europe, Western.
  Europe--Civilization.
  
• Also listed under:Gill, Michael, 1923-2005.
  Montagnon, Peter.
  Turner, Ann.
  Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983.
  Astley, Edwin.
  BBC Video (Firm)
  Warner Home Video (Firm)