PBS American Experience - Alexander Hamilton (2007.HDTV.SoS)

TV : Documentary : Other quality : English

Originally aired: 2007.05.14



"One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor, and arrogance. His life and career were marked by a stunning rise to power, scandal, and tragedy. He had one of the most notorious love affairs of any public figure in American history, and met his death in a startling act of political violence -- the famous duel with Aaron Burr. But his contributions as a statesman survive. As first Secretary of the Treasury during the tumultuous early years of the republic, Hamilton led the transformation of the young country into a commercial and industrial powerhouse. He was the one founder who had a vision, not of what America was, but of what it could become. This two-hour AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tells the story of the underappreciated genius who laid the groundwork for the nation's modern economy - including the banking system, Wall Street, and an 'opportunity society' in which talent and hard work, not birth, determined success."



more info: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hamilton/
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Runtime: 1hour53mins

Source: OTA High Definition 1080i

Encoding: xvid.640x368.996kbps.mp3.128.vbr

File Size: 900MB



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