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The Story of English / a BBC TV co-production with MacNeil-Lehrer Productions in association with WNET.
LIBRA VHS PE1075 .M582 1986 programs 1-2,5-9 on 1,3-5 tapes replacement tape 2; rec'd 7/24/06; added 10/23/06
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- McCrum, Robert, author.
- MacNeil, Robert, 1931-2024, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--History.
- English language.
- History.
- English language--Usage.
- English language--Dialects.
- Genre:
- Television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 5 videocassettes (520 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Chicago?] : Public Media Home Vision : Distributed by Public Media Inc., [1986]
- System Details:
- VHS format.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Details the history of the English language and provides a unique focus on current English usage worldwide with a special emphasis on American English.
- Contents:
- [tape 1.] An English speaking world (58 min.) ; Mother tongue (57 min.)
- [tape 2.] A muse of fire (58 min.) ; The guid Scots tongue (58 min.)
- [tape 3.] Black on white (58 min.) ; Pioneers! O Pioneers (58 min.)
- [tape 4.] Muvver tongue (58 min.) ; The loaded weapon (57 min.)
- [tape 5.] Next years words, a look into the future.
- Credits:
- Producer and director William Cran ; series writer, Robert McCrum ; host and co-writer, Robert MacNeil.
- Notes:
- Companion book: Story of English / Robert McCrum, William Cran, Robert MacNeil. New York : Viking, 1986.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Contains:
- English speaking world.
- Mother tongue.
- Muse of fire.
- Guid Scots tongue.
- Black on white.
- Pioneers! O Pioneers!
- Muvver tongue.
- Loaded weapon.
- Next year's words, a look into the future.
- ISBN:
- 078000079X
- 078001121X
- 0780011228
- 0780011236
- 0780011244
- 0780011252
- OCLC:
- 46770228
- Publisher Number:
- 037429004531 (set)
- ENG030--ENG080 Public Media Home Vision
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