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THE AMERICAN HERITAGE SPECIALS (1973-1974)

LINCOLN: TRIAL BY FIRE

A Wolper Production in Association with Produced in the Association with the Editors of American Heritage

Doc. Series & Series of Special

Synopsis

A dramatic special which focuses on tne little-known life-and-death struggle for power between President Lincoln and his general in command of the Army of the Potomac, George McClellan, and the events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Sponsored by Texaco
Air Date 1/20/74
NETWORK ABC
RATINGS 14
SHARES 22

Main Credits

Writer Theodore H. Strauss
Executive Producer Warren V. Bush
Producer Ed Spiegel
Director Ed Spiegel
Narrator Cliff Robertson
Cinematographer William B. Hartigan
Editor Peter C. Johnson

Full Credit List

Writer Theodore H. Strauss
Executive Producer Warren V. Bush
Producer Ed Spiegel
Director Ed Spiegel
Cast John Anderson
Cast Bryan Clark
Cast Norman Fitz
Cast James L. O'Neill
Cast Robert Prosky
Cast Larry Lewman
Narrator Cliff Robertson
Production Manager Harry F. Hogan
Production Associate Faye Hogan
Historian Bruce Catton
Production Coordinator James Mohlmann
Production Supervisor Conrad Holzgang
Production Assistant Sarah Lukinson
Cinematographer William B. Hartigan
Gaffer William Brauniger
Makeup Robert Westmoreland
Production Services Christine Foster
Editor Peter C. Johnson
Assistant Editor John Farrell
Post Production Supervisor Phillips Wylly
Music Editor Neiman-Tillar Associates
Negative Cutter Elva Fraser
Acknowledgements North-South Skirmish Association, Westmoreland Davis Foundation, Inc., Morven Park, Leesburg, Virginia, National Park Services, The People and City Government of Alexandria, Virginia and The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, East Broad Top Railroad, Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, Forrest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, First Brigade Band, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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