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Annie Oakley
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One summer afternoon in 1922, a petite, elegant woman faced a packed arena on Long Island for what would be her last big shooting exhibition. Even at age 62, Annie Oakley never missed. She was one ...
One summer afternoon in 1922, a petite, elegant woman faced a packed arena on Long Island for what would be her last big shooting exhibition. Even at age 62, Annie Oakley never missed. She was one of the greatest sharpshooters of all time, thrilling crowds across America and Europe, feted by princes and presidents -- the first American woman ever to become a superstar. Oakley's beginnings were more than humble--her childhood horrific--but she had built a career doing what she loved while excelling in a man's world. This film examines how a mistreated, half-starved little girl from Ohio became an icon of the American West.
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- Creator
- PBS ; produced and directed by Riva Freifeld ; written by Ken Chowder ; co-produced by Amy Brown ; a Riva Productions film for American Experience ; WGBH Boston
- Included Title
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- American experience (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Freifeld, Riva, television director, television producer
- Chowder, Ken, screenwriter
- Linney, Laura, narrator
- Mirowitz, Sheldon
- Shapiro, Joel, 1968-
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Riva Productions (Firm)
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
- PBS Home Video
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publication
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- Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Hollywood, CA : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2006
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical stereo
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- ISBNs
- 141571701X, 9781415717011
- OCLC
- ocm68941070
- Credits
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- Narrated by Laura Linney; commentators, Paul Fees, Virginia Scharff, Shirl Kasper, Mary Zeiss Stange, R.L. Wilson, Don B. Wilmeth, Joy Kasson, Donald Fixico, Elliott West; voices, Marilyn Spanier, Bob Ader, Scott Klavan
- Edited by David Espar ; directors of photography, Joel Shapiro ... [et al.] ; music by Sheldon Mirowitz ; research, Bonnie Rowan
- Originally broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television series American experience on May 8, 2006.
- DVD; Region 1, NTSC; stereo; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions.
- In English; closed-captioned.
Subjects
- Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show -- History.
- Women entertainers -- Biography.
- Shooters of firearms -- United States.
- Entertainers -- United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
- Women -- United States -- History.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
- United States -- History -- 19th century.