The Great Wall of China [videorecording] / written and produced by Ann Toler ; producer, Bruce Nash ; Actuality Productions ; Jaffe Productions in association with Actuality Productions, Inc. for the History Channel ; a presentation of Hearst Entertainment.
2007
DS793.G67 G746 2007
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Title
The Great Wall of China [videorecording] / written and produced by Ann Toler ; producer, Bruce Nash ; Actuality Productions ; Jaffe Productions in association with Actuality Productions, Inc. for the History Channel ; a presentation of Hearst Entertainment.
Uniform Title
Modern marvels (Television program)
ISBN
0767097718 (container)
9780767097710 (container)
0767097165 (boxed set)
9780767097161 (boxed set)
9780767097710 (container)
0767097165 (boxed set)
9780767097161 (boxed set)
Publication Details
[New York] : A & E Television Networks : New Video [distributor], c2007.
Language
English
Description
1 videodisc (48 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
DS793.G67 G746 2007
Distributor No.
AAE-77266 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 design and construction of the Great Wall of China, which winds through roughly 6,700 kilometers of undulating mountains, grasslands, and desert. Examines its changing role as a symbol of China.
Note
Originally broadcast on the History Channel in 1997 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, Earl Boen.
Dolby digital stereo.
Issued as part of an 8-disc boxed set entitled Modern marvels : architectural wonders.
Narrator, Earl Boen.
System Details Note
DVD.
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Table of Contents
An imposing mass
The land of the sleeping demon
The demon barrier
The fall of the House of Ch'in
Wan Li's wall
The West discovers the wall.
The land of the sleeping demon
The demon barrier
The fall of the House of Ch'in
Wan Li's wall
The West discovers the wall.