West Virginia: A Film History (DVD)

(2 DVD discs - 6 ½ hours)

The popular 6½-hour documentary has been issued as a special two-DVD set. Originally broadcast on public television in West Virginia, "West Virginia: A Film History" weaves motion picture footage, historic photographs, first-person interviews, quotes from letters and diaries, and live cinematography into a compelling narrative enhanced by a rich musical score.

An unforgettable story of America’s Mountain State and narrated by Richard Thomas, the film begins with the native people, early exploration and the struggle for the land, chronicling the frontier era, settlement, the Civil War and statehood, railroads, immigration and industrialization, then moves down through the 20th century. The two DVDs are broken down into four parts and 27 topical chapters.