Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Dams / written, produced and directed by Judith Dwan Hallet ; a co-production of WGBH Science Unit and Production Group, Inc.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (64 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

metal plastic.

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

NTSC

Summary:

Changing the course of rivers has changed the course of history. Award-winning author/illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay goes to extremes to bring you an unprecedented look at the power of dams. From the banks of the Nile to the top of the Hoover Dam, you'll meet the courageous and ambitious builders, relive the deadly disasters, and discover the little-known personal triumphs and tragedies behind the greatest dams ever built.

Series:

Building big

Building big.

Subjects:

Dams -- Design and construction.

Dams.

Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown (Cambria County)

Aswan Dam (Egypt)

Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)

South Fork Dam (Pa.)

Genre:

Educational television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Television mini-series.

Other Author:

Hallet, Judith Dwan, 1941-

Macaulay, David.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit.

Production Group, Inc.

WGBH Video (Firm)

Other Title:

Building big. Dams

Building big (Television program)

Notes:

Originally broadcast in 2000 as an episode of the public television mini-series, Building big.

Special features: printable materials for educators and parents; access to the Building big Web site.

Edited by Sam Green.

Hosted by David Macaulay.

DVD, NTSC, letterboxed; Dolby digital.

System requirements for DVD-ROM features: computer with DVD-ROM drive, Adobe Reader and Internet access.

Public performance rights (PPR) on selected copies.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

Dam basics -- Aswan High Dam politics -- Building the Aswan High Dam -- Hoover Dam politics -- Hoover Dam engineering -- Environmental and social impacts -- Building small : dams.

ISBN:

1593752091

9781593752095

1593751982

9781593751982

1593752091

Publisher Number:

WG32249

Other Number:

57336563

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

232880

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 627.8 Dams