APT Worldwide Secures Representation Rights to Doc on 1904 World's Fair

North American Home Video Rights Licensed to PBS

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August 29, 2005 (Boston, Mass.) APT Worldwide, the international sales division of U.S. public television distributor American Public Television, has secured international representation rights for the two-hour documentary, THE WORLD'S GREATEST FAIR. Produced by Missouri, U.S.-based production company Civil Pictures, the film is an entertaining and exhaustively researched look at one of the crowning achievements of the early 20th century: the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. North American home video rights for the title have already been licensed to PBS Home Video.

By any stretch of the imagination, the 1904 World's Fair was a monumental undertaking. Estimated to cost over $40 million — around $820 million in today's currency — the event covered more than 1200 acres and featured close to 1500 individual buildings. It would eventually go on to draw an astounding 20 million visitors during its seven-month run.

THE WOLRD'S GREATEST FAIR highlights every aspect of this magnificent event: from the enormous Ferris wheel that could accommodate 2000 riders at one time, to the mock naval battle that used live shells. Combining actual film footage of the fair — from the earliest days of moviemaking — with painstakingly restored images originally shot on large glass negatives, the documentary provides a rare glimpse of a world on the brink of great technological and social changes. Through interviews with historians and authors, as well as narrated accounts from attendees, THE WORLD'S GREATEST FAIR captures the excitement and wonder of an exhibition that served as a preview for the coming century.

Civil Pictures
Civil Pictures is a nonprofit company dedicated to preserving history through cinema. The company's goal is always to engage, to entertain, to inspire, and most importantly, to educate a diverse local, national and international audience. For more information, visit CivilPictures.org

About PBS Home Video
PBS Home Video furthers PBS' mission of lifelong learning by expanding the availability of PBS' top-quality programs. Bringing diverse viewpoints to television, the Internet and home entertainment, PBS provides high-quality documentary, children's and dramatic entertainment, and consistently dominates the most prestigious award competitions. PBS is the leading provider of educational materials for K-12 teachers, and offers a broad array of educational services for adult learners. Video resources for educators are available at www.shoppbs.com/teachers. PBS' premier kids' TV programming and Web sites, PBS KIDS online (pbskids.org) and PBS KIDS GO! online (pbskidsgo.org), continue to be parents' and teachers' most trusted learning environments for children. More information about PBS is available at pbs.org, the leading dot-org Web site on the Internet. PBS is a private, nonprofit media enterprise that serves the nation's 348 public noncommercial television stations, reaching nearly 90 million people each week. PBS is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

APT Worldwide
APT Worldwide, located in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., is a major supplier of quality non-fiction programming to broadcasters around the world. It is a division of American Public Television, a leading distributor of television programming to public television stations in the United States. For more information, visit APTWW.org

About American Public Television
For 44 years, American Public Television (APT) has been a prime source of programming for the nation's public television stations. APT distributes more than 10,000 hours of programming including JFK: Breaking the News, Simply Ming, Globe Trekker, Rick Steves' Europe, Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home, Battlefield Britain, Jungle, America's Test Kitchen, Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen and classic movies. APT is known for identifying innovative programs and developing creative distribution techniques for producers. In four decades, it has established a tradition of providing public television stations nationwide with program choices that enable them to strengthen and customize their schedules.