The Statue of Liberty: Lady by the Sea ~ Rare Award Emmy DVD, MARTIN SCORSESE

Description: This is an official Emmy "For Your Consideration" DVD. These DVDs were produced in limited numbers, and sent ONLY to the Voting Members of the Hollywood Television Academy, to pick the nominees for the year's TV Awards. These DVDs are very RARE - since they are never released to the public, and cannot be purchased in a video store. A very valuable collectable. Original, not a copy, mint, in plain jewel case.The disc comes sealed in a plain jewel case. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese looks back over the impact of The Statue of Liberty on the 20th Century, her evolution and what she meant to people of the past and what she continues to mean in America after September 11th. The Statue of Liberty (“Liberty Enlightening the World”) is a 225-ton, steel-reinforced copper female figure, 152 ft in height, facing the ocean from Liberty Island1 in New York Harbor. The right hand holds aloft a torch, and the left hand carries a tablet upon which is inscribed: “July IV MDCCLXXVI.”

The statue was designed by Fredéric Auguste Bartholdi of Alsace as a gift to the United States from the people of France to memorialize the alliance of the two countries in the American Revolution and their abiding friendship. The French people contributed the $250,000 cost.

The 150-foot pedestal was designed by Richard M. Hunt and built by Gen. Charles P. Stone, both Americans. It contains steel underpinnings designed by Alexander Eiffel of France to support the statue. The $270,000 cost was borne by popular subscription in this country. President Grover Cleveland accepted the statue for the United States on Oct. 28, 1886.

The Statue of Liberty was designated a National Monument in 1924 and a World Heritage Site in 1984. On Sept. 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon dedicated the American Museum of Immigration, housed in structural additions to the base of the statue. In 1984 scaffolding went up for a major restoration and the torch was extinguished on July 4. It was relit with much ceremony July 4, 1986, to mark its centennial. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

Price: 14.99 USD

Location: Santa Monica, California

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