A&E Home Video Mafia: The History of the Mob in America VHS 4-Tape Box Set

This listing is for A&E Home Video Mafia: The History of the Mob in America VHS 4-Tape Box Set. 

Language: English

Run time: 4 hours and 10 minutes

Release date: April 24, 2001

Actors: Collector's Choice

Studio: A&E Home Video 

Starting with the Prohibition years, this groundbreaking investigation traces the origins of the ethnic gangs that dominated criminal activities by turning them into family enterprises. Leading historians recall how they changed the face of crime in America. Meet legendary figures and trace their exploits through rare photos, footage and period accounts. Get the real story behind the Kennedy connection, and see how the Mob helped to win WWII and piled up huge profits at the same time. The episodes are hosted by Bill Kurtis. As always he's doing a great job.

• The Prohibition Years/Birth of the American Mafia: The program covers Prohibition and its profitability in America's big cities, and the arrival of the mob's first families from Sicily. Vintage newsreels and Hollywood re-enactments of mob life tell the story. In addition, a series of flamboyant Mafia historians and enthusiasts give interviews, first-hand accounts, and analyses that fill in the gaps. This collection provides a broad overview of one of the most popular facets of criminology.

• The Kennedys and the Mob: The relationship between the Mafia and the Kennedy family is explored; Joseph Kennedy's past, the possibility that John F. Kennedy might have won the elections because of the mob, and more. Only a few minutes are dedicated to the Kennedy Assassination, this show is not about Conspiracy theories around the assassination, it's more of a biography of the Kennedy family.

• Unions and the Mob: The program explores how organized crime attempted to wrestle control of the unions from the Communists. Political connections and mass penetration into the work force are explored. This is by far the most interesting episode of this set. A must see.

• Empire of Crime: This episode shows how organized crime first came to the United States and how it changed and evolved over time. The program covers the beginning of World War II when the mob was in a gold mine of money-making and power-charged opportunities.

Overall this is a solid set.

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