3 videodiscs (360 minutes) :sound, colour ;4 3/4 inches
Originally broadcast on PBS as a three-part documentary television series in 2022.
Title from container.
"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
Disc 1.Episode 1.The golden door(beginnings-1938).
Disc 2.Episode 2.Yearning to breathe free(1938-1942).
Disc 3.Episode 3.The homeless, tempest-tossed(1942-).
Cinematography, Buddy Squires and Wojciech Staroń ; edited by Tricia Reidy and Charles E. Horton.
Narrated by Peter Coyote ; voices: Adam Arkin, Hope Davis, Paul Giamatti, Olivia Gilliatt, Elliott Gould, Murphy Guyer, Werner Herzog, Josh Lucas, Joe Morton, Carolyn McCormick, Liam Neeson, Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Bradley Whitford, Helena Zengel.
The U.S. and the Holocaust examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a "nation of immigrants," but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.
E.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereophonic.
For private home use only.
Audio track in English, Spanish, captions in English, Spanish.
1.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Foreign public opinion, American.2.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.3.Mass media--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.4.National socialism in popular culture--United States.5.World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage--United States.6.World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion.Dynamic Details