Crucible of Empire

{{Short description|1999 television documentary film}}

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| alt_name = Crucible of Empire: The Spanish–American War

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| genre = Documentary

| creator =

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| writer = {{Plainlist|

• Daniel A. Miller{{cite web|title=Film Credits for Crucible of Empire|url=https://www.pbs.org/crucible/frames/_film.html|website=Crucible of Empire : The Spanish–American War|publisher=Great Projects Film Company, Inc.|accessdate=September 25, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000407185117/http://www.pbs.org:80/crucible/frames/_film.html |archive-date=2000-04-07 }}
• Daniel B. Polin}}

| director = Daniel A. Miller

| voices = {{Plainlist|

• Larry Linville
• Laurence Luckinbill
• Lou Diamond Phillips
• Shawn Elliot
• Jeff DeMunn
• Roger Pretto}}

| narrated = Edward James Olmos

| music = T. O. Sterrett

| country = United States

| language = English

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| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Daniel A. Miller
• Daniel B. Polin}}

| editor = Ted Winterburn

| cinematography = Roger T. Grange III

| runtime = 120 minutes{{cite web|title=Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War|url=https://www.amazon.com/Crucible-Empire-Spanish-American-War/dp/B000VWZ0L6|website=Amazon.com|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc.|accessdate=September 25, 2020}}

| company = {{Plainlist|

• Great Projects Film Company
• South Carolina ETV

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| network = PBS

| released = {{Start date|1999|08|23}}

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Crucible of Empire: The Spanish–American War is a 1999 television documentary film about the Spanish–American War and American imperialism at the turn of the 20th century. Produced by the Great Projects Film Company and South Carolina ETV for PBS, it details how the United States' imperial ambitions largely grew out of its war with the Spanish Empire and was the harbinger for the American Century. Directed by Daniel A. Miller, written and produced by Miller and Daniel B. Polin, and narrated by Edward James Olmos, the film first aired on PBS in the United States on August 23, 1999.{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=Walter|author-link=Walter Goodman (critic)|title=TELEVISION REVIEW; 'Remember the Maine,' and So They Did|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/23/arts/television-review-remember-the-maine-and-so-they-did.html|accessdate=September 25, 2020|work=The New York Times|date=August 23, 1999|page=6}}