Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Modern marvels. The Brooklyn Bridge / Jaffe Productions ; Hearst Entertainment Television in association with the History Channel ; senior producer, Tim Busa ; producer, Bruce Nash ; written and produced by Phillis Cannon.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : History Channel ; New York, NY : Distributed by New Video, [2005]

Description:

1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The Brooklyn Bridge was not only a landmark, but also the first bridge of its kind. No one had ever used steel for construction, nor used cables of metal, nor built a suspension bridge so long. In 19th-century New York, where buildings were no more than five stories tall, engineer John Roebling's soaring and majestic Brooklyn Bridge was nothing short of a technological miracle. But Roebling's innovation led to an uphill battle against the elements, corrupt politicians, and scientists who claimed the first strong wind would collapse the bridge to rubble.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Series:

Modern marvels series [DVD]

Modern marvels series.

Subjects:

Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869.

Suspension bridges -- Design and construction.

Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.