Golden Gate Bridge [videorecording] / written and produced by Andy Thomas, Richard Jones ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc.
2007
TG25.S225 G656 2007
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Title
Golden Gate Bridge [videorecording] / written and produced by Andy Thomas, Richard Jones ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc.
Uniform Title
Modern marvels (Television program)
ISBN
0767097734 (container)
9780767097734 (container)
0767097165 (boxed set)
9780767097161 (boxed set)
9780767097734 (container)
0767097165 (boxed set)
9780767097161 (boxed set)
Publication Details
[New York] : A & E Television Networks : New Video [distributor], c2007.
Language
English
Description
1 videodisc (44 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
TG25.S225 G656 2007
Distributor No.
AAE-77268 A & E Television Networks (container)
AAE-77208 A & E Television Networks (boxed set)
AAE-77208 A & E Television Networks (boxed set)
Summary
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.
Note
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.
Dolby digital stereo.
Issued as part of an 8-disc boxed set entitled Modern marvels : architectural wonders.
Narrator, Max Raphael.
System Details Note
DVD.
Added Corporate Author
Actuality Productions.
History Channel (Television network)
History Channel (Television network)
Record Appears in
On-Campus Resources > DVDs
All Resources
All Resources
Table of Contents
San Francisco's signature landmark
Bridging the Golden Gate
Mighty towers
Protection from the elements
Crafting the main cables
Ensuring the bridge's longevity.
Bridging the Golden Gate
Mighty towers
Protection from the elements
Crafting the main cables
Ensuring the bridge's longevity.