You Are There Series: Jefferson Makes a Difference
The Great CBS NEWS SERIES is here on DVD! "What sort of a day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our time...and You Were There." You Are There, the multiple Emmy Award winning weekly live CBS TV series, remains a daring innovation with its faithful and dramatic reconstructions of significant historical narratives-utilizing actual primary sources and historical quotations, and employing real CBS NEWS reporters as if some of the most significant moments in history were live television events. Some of the country's greatest writers, producers, directors and actors worked on this series. THE VOTE THAT MADE JEFFERSON PRESIDENT: Feb 17th, 1801. The house is  deadlocked on a vote to decide the 3rd President of the United States because of the vagueness of the Constitution and the role of the electoral college. The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton (Wesley Addy), refuse to vote in favor of Thomas Jefferson(Cameron Prud'homme) who received a majority of the vote. Instead they will vote for Federalist Aaron Burr (Hurd Hatfield). Representative James Bayard (Rusty Lane) confers with Jefferson and ultimately casts the historical deciding vote. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE: April 12th, 1803. The port of New Orleans has been closed to planters, denying them the ability to sell their produce. United States negotiations with France for the purchase of the Louisiana Territory for the past 2 years have been unsuccessful. With tensions at a boiling point, President Jefferson (Dan Morgan) sends James Monroe (David White) to Paris to negotiate with Ambassador Livingston (Addison Richards) and Barbe Marboise (Jacques Aubuchon). DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE: Digitally Remastered from Restored Prints AND Interactive Menu