Golden Gate Bridge [videorecording] / written and produced by Andy Thomas, Richard Jones ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc.

Golden Gate Bridge [videorecording] / written and produced by Andy Thomas, Richard Jones ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc.

Modern marvels (Television program)

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0767097165 (boxed set)
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[New York] : A & E Television Networks : New Video [distributor], c2007.

English

1 videodisc (44 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

TG25.S225 G656 2007

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AAE-77208 A & E Television Networks (boxed set)

Discusses the engineering challenges of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, now a popular tourist attraction as well as an important traffic artery for the San Francisco area. Discusses how the suspension bridge overcame the problems of the wide span of the bay, the unstable shore, the turbulent tides, and the need for high clearance for ships.

Originally broadcast on the History Channel in 1995 as an episode of the television program Modern marvels.
Dolby digital stereo.
Issued as part of an 8-disc boxed set entitled Modern marvels : architectural wonders.
Narrator, Max Raphael.

DVD.

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