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America's lost landscape : the tallgrass prairie / a production of New Light Media, Inc. ; written and directed by David O'Shields ; produced by Daryl Smith, David O'Shields.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prairies--North America.
- Prairies.
- Prairie ecology--North America.
- Prairie ecology.
- Grasslands--North America.
- Grasslands.
- Prairie animals--North America.
- Prairie animals.
- Prairie plants--North America.
- Prairie plants.
- Indians of North America.
- History.
- United States--History--19th century.
- United States.
- United States--Territorial expansion.
- Territorial expansion.
- North America.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming media file (59 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences
- Other Title:
- Tallgrass prairie.
- Place of Publication:
- Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- System requirements: access to Internet or Intranet ; media player.
- Summary:
- Tells the story of one of the world's great ecosystems and its transformation from natural landscape to farmland. The tallgrass prairie was once a prominent feature of the North American continent that was reduced, in less than a century, to the vanishing point.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Annabeth Gish.
- Credits:
- Executive producer, Daryl Smith ; director of photography, William Carlson ; editor, Clayton Condit ; music, Brian Keane.
- Notes:
- Produced in association with the University of Northern Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa Foundation and the University of Northern Iowa Native Roadside Vegetation Center Prairie Institute.
- Publisher Number:
- bf-alltgp Docuseek
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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