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Article: RECENT TV DOCUMENTARIES APPEAR ON VIDEO SHELVES.(PREVIEW)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 26, 1996
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Byline: SUSAN KING Los Angeles Times
Several eclectic TV documentaries, covering such subjects as country music and Egyptian mummies, were released last week on video.
Turner Home Entertainment and PBS Home Video are offering Ken Burns' latest historical epic, ``The West,'' in single installments ($20), as well as a nine-volume set ($150). The 12-hour chronicle of the American West premiered on PBS and concluded its run Tuesday, the same day it debuted in video stores. ``The West'' also has been available through mail order from Time-Life Home Video since late July.
Also new from Turner is the acclaimed TBS documentary miniseries ``America's ...