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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 23 November, 1997 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Pbs Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary, Movie, TV Shows |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 3 |
| UPC: | 794054567335 |
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Customer Reviews of Liberty - The American Revolution
Beware of buying from Fot Records Liberty: The American Revolution has great depth of information, but it's a little too much for junior high age students. Unfortunately we bought the DVD from Fot Records who will not allow returns if the package has been opened without penalizing the buyer a hefty 80%! <
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>We are a school library, and we must preview every DVD we buy before we show it to our students. When we realized the DVD was inappropriate for our age group, we returned it to Fot Records only to find out that we were receiving only $8.99 of our original $44.98 because we had opened the package! Essentially we have paid $41.17, including shipping, for a video we RETURNED! We could have just kept the DVD and given it to the high school if we had known in advance of Fot Record's extremely unfair practices. <
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>Amazon states in their policies that "if a new item is returned opened, or an item is returned as unwanted (i.e., not defective), the seller may deduct a reasonable restocking fee from your refund." Eighty percent is not a reasonable restocking fee! <
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>Although we offered an compromise to Fot Records, they refused. I suggest if you want to purchase this DVD, do it from someone other than Fot Records.
Better than an introduction
Liberty! The American Revolution is an excellent foray into the events of the Revolutionary war. Beginning in 1765 with the Stamp Act, the documentary covers the events that lead up to the war thus giving a good background both from the Colonist and the British points of view.
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>There are history talking heads throughout the documentary that illuminate the event being shown at the time. Re-enactments are some of the best I've seen, with not just a shot of soldiers' feet marching and such ilk. There are battle scenes showing the full view of the battle lines of the soldiers.
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>Each battle of the war is documented and for the first time revolutionary historian, it is plenty of information to give a good idea of how each event went. I was somewhat disappointed in the short time given to the crossing of the Delaware and the attack on Trenton, as well as Arnold's betrayal at West Point. It was talked about, but I would've liked to have seen more.
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>This is also where I first heard about Joseph Plumb Martin, the soldier who kept a diary of the seven years he was with Washington, then later wrote a book about his times in the army when he was 70 years old.
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>There is very good acting by actors who play familiar and not so familiar characters giving recitals of people's writing. This includes again, Colonial and British people. It's a great look at both sides. Some documentaries have someone reading off-camera. I like seeing a person re-enacting.
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>I recommend getting this DVD set, especially if you don't have a domumentary of the Revolutionary Period. It's a great intro. Over the past 2 years, I've viewed it four times.
Highly informative and highly entertaining
A most enjoyable way for learning the basics of the American revolution. The book by Thomas Fleming really compliments it quite well.
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>I really enjoyed the actor portrayals of the men and women involved giving voice to the words they actually wrote. And the way they were combined by the film served quite well. Thomas Hutchinson really comes across as Parliment's Quisling, seeking their support for his ambitions to hold local offices. Contrasting Hutchinson is Ben Franklin (extremely well portrayed) whose ambitions are clearly imperial. Or Rochambou, seasoned and experienced, contrast with Lafayett's youthful idealism.
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>I also enjoyed the Historian interviews. Clearly the Brits still don't understand what this war was over. They really should study their own civil war between Parliment and Charles I before they even try to tell us what our war with them was over.
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>Overall, I enjoyed this series. Superbly filmed. Narated nicely. Portrayed realisticly. A joy to watch.