Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (49 min.)) : sound, color and with black and white sequences |
Summary |
Dan Snow travels back to a seething Manhattan in the throes of the industrial revolution. Millions fled persecution, poverty and famine in Europe in the 19th century in search of the promised land. When they arrived what they found was even worse than what they had left behind. New York was a city consumed by filth and corruption, its massive immigrant population crammed together in the slums of Lower Manhattan. Dan succumbs to some of the deadly disease-carrying parasites that thrived in the filthy, overcrowded tenement buildings. He has a go at cooking with some cutting edge 19th century ingredients - clothes dye and floor cleaner - added to disguise reeking fetid meat. And he marvels at some of the incredible feats of engineering that transformed not just the city, but the world |
Notes |
Originally broadcast as an episode the British televison mini-series, Filthy Cities in 2011 |
Credits |
Director of photographery, Andrew Muggleton ; composer, Andy Hopkins ; editor, Peter Norrey |
Performer |
Presenter, Dan Snow |
Notes |
In English |
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Title from title screen (viewed March 17, 2022) |
Subject |
Cities and towns -- Growth -- History
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Pollution -- New York (State) -- New York
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
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Pollution.
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SUBJECT |
New York (N.Y.) -- Pollution
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Subject |
New York (State) -- New York.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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History.
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Internet videos.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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Television programs.
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Internet videos.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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Television programs.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Documentaires télévisés.
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Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
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Miniséries.
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Émissions télévisées.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Robbins, Andy (Director), television director, television producer.
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Snow, Dan, narrator.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. production company, publisher.
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Discovery Channel (Firm), production company.
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