Holocaust : the untold story / produced by Newseum Productions for the History Channel ; producer, Colette P. Fox ; writers, Colette P. Fox, Paul Sparrow.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Fox, Colette P., producer, screenwriter.

Sparrow, Paul, producer, screenwriter.

Kent, Arthur, 1953- host.

Barnette, Charlie, composer.

Newseum, producer.

History Channel (Television network), producer.

Arts and Entertainment Network, producer.

Harvey Sheldon Jewish American Music Video Research Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Press coverage--United States.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

New York Times Company.

Journalism--Social aspects--United States.

Journalism.

Journalism--Social aspects.

Press coverage.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings.

Penn Provenance:

Sheldon, Harvey (donor)

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]

System Details:

DVD-R.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Documents the way in which the New York Times and other mainstream U.S. newspapers downplayed the story of Nazi Germany's systematic extermination of European Jews and the potential relationship of this failure to lack of public awareness and the weak response of the United States government to the Holocaust.

Participant:

Host, Arthur Kent.

Credits:

Editor, David Dill ; composer, Charlie Barnett.

Notes:

Originally produced as an episode of the television program History undercover in 2000.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.