Extreme engineering. Collection one / produced by Powderhouse Productions for Discovery Channel.

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"On every part of the planet, men and women are achieving the impossible. Mountains of earth are drilled, blasted, and moved while massive structures are erected to tame and traverse great bodies of water"--Container.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors:	Powderhouse Productions Discovery Channel (Firm) Discovery Communications, Inc Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Giotta, Joseph Schatzki, Nick
Language:	English
Published:	[United States] : Chatsworth, CA : Discovery Communications ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2007], ©2007.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Construction projects. Engineering. Structural engineering. Civil engineering. Tunneling. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television programs. Documentary > Television series.
Genre:	Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television programs. Documentary Television series.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (348 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Under construction.
Format:	Video DVD

Contents:

Disc 1. Widening the Panama Canal / produced and directed by Pip Gilmour ; written by Pip Gilmour, Ed Fields (43 min.)
Boston's big dig / produced, directed and edited by Sarah Holt (43 min.)
Building Hong Kong's airport / produced and directed by Jennifer Lorenz; written by Ed Fields, Allen Lindgren (44 min.)
Tunneling under the Alps / produced and directed by Jackie Mow ; written by Jackie Mow, Ed Fields, Alan Lindgren (43 min.).
Disc 2. Iceland tunnels / produced and directed by Peter Frumkin (44 min.)
Container ships / produced and directed by Rebecca Graham, Peter Frumkin ; written by F. Peter Mason, Rebecca Graham (43 min.)
Oakland Bay Bridge / produced and directed by Olivia Reeves ; written by Noah Nicholas, Olivia Reeves (44 min.)
Venice flood gates / produced, written and directed by Anne Tarrant (44 min.).