New York: A Documentary Film Season 1 Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898) 1999
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Now the spotlight shines on the growth, glamour and grief of New York during America's giddy postwar "Gilded Age." Exploring the incomparable wealth of the robber barons and the unabashed corruption of political leaders, such as Tammany Hall boss William M. Tweed, the episode examines the era when the expansion of wealth and poverty -- and the schism between them -- built to a crescendo. The program ends as the city itself dramatically expands its boundaries, annexing Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island into a single massive metropolis -- Greater New York.
- Released: 1999-11-16
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Kenneth Jackson, Mike Wallace, John Steele Gordon, Robert A.M. Stern
- Director: Ric Burns, Brian Keane, Ric Burns, James Sanders, Allen Moore
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1. The Country and the City (1609–1825) 1999-11-14
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2. Order and Disorder (1825–1865) 1999-11-15
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3. Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898) 1999-11-16
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4. The Power and the People (1898–1918) 1999-11-17
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5. Cosmopolis (1919–1931) 1999-11-18
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6. City of Tomorrow (1929–1941) 2001-09-30
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7. The City and the World (1945–2000) 2001-10-01
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8. The Center of the World (1946–2003) 2003-09-08
