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The American Future: A History



History, Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Simon Schama and published by BBC in 2008 - English narration







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To coincide with the US elections of 2008 comes this refreshing antidote to the whir of sensationalist spin and scandal,
measuring up to the seriousness of the moment without diluting the excitement of campaign politics. After 9/11, after
Katrina, Enron and Baghdad, the robustness of American optimism is struggling to reassert itself against the sobering
reality of military frustration and domestic anxieties. This is an America grappling with an un-American sense of its
own limits. Turning to fascinating moments in American history to understand the present, connecting legendary presences
such as Thomas Jefferson, Henry Ford, Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln with contemporary soldiers, businessmen, truckers,
schoolteachers and (even) politicians, this series offers a timely and gripping vision of the United States - past and
present - facing its moment of truth. (ref. BBC Shop)



(c.f. BBC Online TV programme catalogue) Simon Schama travels through America to dig deep into the conflicts of its
history as a way to understand the country's contemporary political situation.





1)  American Plenty 

13 Oct 2008 20:00 BBC HD



In American Plenty, Simon explores how American optimism about the infinite possibilities of its land and resources is
in danger of coming to a grinding halt. Nowhere is it more evident than in the American West, which has always been a
symbol of opportunity and freedom. Oil at 4 dollars a gallon may be dominating the headlines, but here it is the lack of
water that is an even bigger threat to the American future. The West is in the grip of a years-long drought.



America's optimism about its natural resources has always been spiced with clashes over conservation going back to the
first man to navigate the Colorado river, John Wesley Powell. American ingenuity made farming on an industrial scale
possible in the early years of the 20th century but at the cost of making Oklahoma a dust bowl. The Hoover Dam, a modern
American miracle which used to provide essential irrigation for farming and for the new city of Las Vegas, is not able
to cope with the demand for water any more.



In 1980, Ronald Reagan's optimism about American plenty defeated Jimmy Carter's campaign for self-restraint. But in the
2008 election, neither candidate can ignore the challenges facing America as it enters an era of limits.



2)  American War 

20 Oct 2008 20:00 BBC HD



Shot against the backdrop of the presidential campaign, Simon Schama travels through America to dig deep into the
conflicts of its history to understand what is at stake right now.



In American War, Simon reveals how different the American attitude to war is from what outsiders assume it to be. Two of
the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, disagreed about whether America should even have a
professional army - a division still evident when Simon visits America's premier military academy at West Point. From
the Civil War right through to Mark Twain's denunciation of President Teddy Roosevelt's imperial adventure in the
Phillipines, American wars have inspired profound debate. And nowhere more so in the 2008 election than San Antonio,
Texas, nicknamed Military City because of its high population of veterans and serving soldiers, where Simon finds
feelings about the war are deeply divided. As with the great war elections of the past, it's a debate which forces
America to dig deep and rediscover what it stands for.



3)  American Fervour 

27 Oct 2008 20:00 BBC HD



While the 2008 presidential campaign is in full swing, Simon Schama travels through America to dig deep into the
conflicts of its history to understand what is at stake right now.



Simon explores the ways in which faith has shaped American political life. His starting point is a remarkable fact about
the coming election: for the first time in a generation it is the Democrats who claim to be the party of God. It is
Barak Obama, not John McCain, who has been talking about his faith. In Britain we have always thought of American
religion as a largely conservative force, yet Simon shows how throughout American history it has played a crucial role
in the fight for freedom.



Faith helped create America - it was the search for religious freedom that led thousands to make the dangerous journey
to the colonies in the 1600s. After independence was won, that religious freedom was enshrined in the constitution;
America was the first country in the world to do so. Simon also looks at the remarkable role the black church has
played, first in the liberation of the slaves in the 1800s, and again in the civil rights movement of the 1960s; neither
would have happened without its religious activists. It is this very church that has been the inspiration for Barak
Obama, who traces the roots of his political inspiration to his faith.



4)  What is an American 

03 Nov 2008 20:00 BBC HD



While the 2008 presidential campaign is in full swing, Simon Schama travels through America to dig deep into the
conflicts of its history to understand what is at stake right now.



Simon looks at the bitter conflict over immigration in American history. Who should be allowed to enter America and call
themselves an American has always been one of the nation's most divisive issues, and it continues to be so at this
election. He traces the roots of this conflict to the founding of America.



The early settlers were themselves immigrants, but they saw America as fundamentally a white and Protestant nation.
Simon looks at the key events that challenged this view: the annexation of parts of Mexico in 1848 that made 100,000
non-whites American citizens, the immigration and subsequent expulsion of the Chinese in the late 19th century, and the
massive immigration from Eastern Europe during the industrialisation of the 1920s. Each time there have been those who
have insisted America must stay white if it's to stay true to itself, and each time they have been defeated by the sheer
force of history.



John F Kennedy defined America as a Nation of Immigrants in 1964 and Simon argues that the candidacy of Barack Obama
represents the final triumph of the vision of America as a multi-ethnic nation.



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 * Video Codec: x264 r1040M (2 pass)

 * x264 Profile: High @ Level 4.1

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 * Video Resolution: 1280 x 720 (AR= 16:9)

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 * Audio Codec: Dolby AC3

 * Audio Bitrate: 384 kbps(i think, 3/2 == 6 ch)

 * Subtitles: None

 * Length per episode: ~ 0:59:00

 * File size per episode: ~ 2215 MB (1/2 of DVD5)

 * Encoded by ashinc for MVGroup







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1)  Further Information 

 * BBC



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