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It has altered our sense of space, fueled our mega-economy, knifed into the hearts of thriving city neighborhoods, and changed the lives of millions of people in the 40 years it's taken to build. This program about the Interstate Highway System combines archival material, newsreels, and interviews t...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Florentine Films
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], ©1997.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Cultural geography.
Human ecology.
Population policy.
Rural-urban migration.
Social change.
Social ecology.
Human geography.
Urbanization.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (85 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • America's Interstate Highway System (6:49)
  • Automobile: 20th Centurys Defining Technology (3:35)
  • First National System of Roads (4:42)
  • America On the Move (3:52)
  • Pennsylvania Turnpike (5:37)
  • Post-World War II Prosperity (2:27)
  • Automobiles and Changing Urban Landscape (3:39)
  • Eisenhower and America's Interstates (5:19)
  • World's Largest Public Works Project (3:21)
  • Highways and Public Education (5:28)
  • Clearance for Highway Construction (2:40)
  • Highway Planners and Racial Discrimination (5:25)
  • Highway Department vs. Citizens (5:04)
  • Boston's Beltway Controversy (6:09)
  • Transportation and Public Architecture (5:58)
  • America's Highway Communities (4:32)
  • America's Oil Dependency (1:57)
  • America's Freeway Culture (5:02)