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"In 1936, nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and the nation by storm when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. These sons of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers overcame tremendous hardships--psychological, physic...

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Other Authors: Grossi, Margaret (Television director, Television producer), Bowden, Mary Carillo (Television producer), Samels, Mark (Television producer), Cohen, Aaron R. (Screenwriter), Platt, Oliver (Narrator), Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott) (composer (expression)), Krause, Benjamin (composer (expression)), Dugas, Mark (Editor of moving image work), Chan, Samson (director of photography.)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: Arlington, Virginia : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
Series:American experience (Television program)
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Rowing > United States > History.
Rowers > United States > Biography.
University of Washington > Rowing > History.
Olympic Games > (11th : > 1936 : > Berlin, Germany)
Sports television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"In 1936, nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and the nation by storm when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. These sons of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers overcame tremendous hardships--psychological, physical, economic--to beat not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast, but Adolf Hitler's elite German rowers. The boys' unexpected victory, and the obstacles they overcame to achieve it, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression. The Boys of '36 recounts their remarkable journey"--Container.
Item Description:Documentary.
"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed-captions"--Container.
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience.
DVD release of the 2016 documentary.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Production Credits:Edited by Mark Dugas ; director of photography, Samson Chan ; original music by Joel Goodman & Benjamin Krause ; executive producer, Mark Samels.
ISBN:9781627897419
1627897410

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