Brave New World: USA - Episode 2

Details

Location

Appomattox - Virginia, Carnegie Mellon University, Manassas Junction - Virginia, Pittsburgh, Princetown - New Jersey

Year

2016

Date

Length

29min 17sec

Audio

sound

Format

Digital

colour

Source

Doubleband Films

Courtesy

BBC Northern Ireland, Doubleband Films, Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund

Rights Holder

BBC Northern Ireland, Doubleband Films

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Description

William Crawley travels to the USA to reveal the remarkable stories of the Ulstermen and women who have helped shape the country's industry, culture and politics. In the second episode of the series, William Crawley travels from New Jersey to Pittsburgh as he reveals the role played by men from Ulster in the American Civil War, how an Ulster financier bankrolled the Pittsburgh steel industry and the remarkable story of a daring undercover journalist with roots in Ulster.

Credits

Presenter - William Crawley
Executive Producer for BBC NI - Deirdre Devlin, Michael Hewitt & Diarmuid Lavery
Producer - Ben O'Loan
Written and Directed by Jane Magowan

Additional archive from: Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, Rivers of Steel National Heritage Corporation 

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