Great projects : the building of America / Great Projects Film Company, Inc. in association with South Carolina ETV and the National Academy of Engineering.

This series highlights major achievement of engineers in America. From the dazzling stature of New York's George Washington Bridge to the immense, awe-inspiring expanse of Nevada's Hoover Dam, viewers will be inspired by the triumph of technology over landscape and its impact on our daily lives. A t...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Great Projects Film Company
South Carolina Educational Television Network
National Academy of Engineering
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Keach, Stacy
Sterrett, T. O.
Kramer, Seth (Director)
Polin, Daniel B.
Miller, Daniel A.
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Close captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [United States] : PBS Home Video, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Civil engineering > United States > History.
Electrical engineering > United States > History.
Hydraulic engineering > United States > History.
River engineering > United States > History.
Engineering > United States > History.
Flood dams and reservoirs > Mississippi River.
Rivers > Mississippi.
Electrification > United States > History.
Bridges > New York Metropolitan Area > Design and construction.
Rivers > New York Metropolitan Area.
City planning > New York Metropolitan Area.
Tunnels > Massachusetts > Boston > Design and construction.
Engineering.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) > Design and construction.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
United States.
Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project (Mass.)
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary > Television.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary
Television.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 4 hr.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Building of America.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • disc 1. A tale of two rivers / written and produced by Seth Kramer, Daniel B. Polin ; Electric nation / written and produced by Daniel A. Miller
  • disc 2. Bridging New York / written and produced by Daniel A. Miller ; The Big Dig / written and produced by Seth Kramer.
  • A Tale of two rivers: Introduction: America takes on two mighty rivers
  • The Salton Basin becomes the Salton Sea
  • Plans for the world's largest dam
  • Mississipi levees break
  • St. Bernard Parrish sacrificed
  • Hoover's work results in the presidency
  • Jobs during the Depression
  • Ingenuity needed during 24/7 dam building
  • Dependable source of water in the desert
  • Different solution for the Mississippi
  • Continuing challenges.
  • Electric nation: Introduction: How America became an electric nation
  • Downtown Manhattan wired
  • Changing work and life patterns
  • Insull provides electricity to the masses
  • Insull's downfall
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Electricity for ordinary people
  • Full circle.
  • Bridging New York: Introduction: Bridges as art
  • Fight over bridging the Hudson
  • Holland : the martyr engineer
  • Amman's efforts pay off
  • Lindenthal gone, but Amman's work goes on
  • Tacoma Narrow's Bridge failure
  • Career triumph : Verrazano Bridge.
  • The Big Dig: Introduction: The need for the Big Dig
  • Rebelling against highways
  • City closed for alterations?
  • The plan comes together
  • Politics
  • Convincing the rest of the stakeholders
  • Novel construction
  • Fort Point Channel section
  • Submerging the central artery
  • Marvellous technological achievement.