Prohibition. [videorecording (DVD)]

Prohibition. [videorecording (DVD)]

Publication Date
2011

Publication Information
[S.I.] : PBS Distribution,

Physical Description
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.)

Subject Term
Prohibition -- United States.
 
Liquor laws.
 
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- United States.
 
Documentary television programs.
 
Historical television programs.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Geographic Term
United States -- History -- 1919-1933.

Additional Contributors
Burns, Ken, 1953-
 
Novick, Lynn.
 
Coyote, Peter,

Performer
A film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick. Narrator, Peter Coyote.. [et al.].

Summary
Explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.

Language
English

ISBN
9781608834303

General Note
DVD.
 
Unrated.

Language Note
In English or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.


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