@article{455379,
      recid = {455379},
      author = {Zwonitzer, Mark. and Chin, Michael. and Murphy, Michael,},
      title = {Transcontinental railroad [videorecording] /},
      publisher = {WGBH Educational Foundation ;},
      address = {Boston :},
      pages = {1 videodisc (ca. 120 min. [i.e. 107 min.]) :},
      year = {2005},
      note = {Special features: Teacher's guide [PDF files require a  DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat]; PBS.org [text feature].},
      abstract = {On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, a boisterous  crowd gathered to witness the completion of one of the  greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: the  building of the transcontinental railroad. The electrifying  moment--the realization of a dream first pursued by a  farsighted and determined engineer decades earlier--marked  the culmination of six years of grueling work. Peopled by  the ingenious entrepreneurs whose unscrupulous financing  got the line laid, the brilliant engineers who charted the  railroad's course and hurdled the geological obstacles in  its way, the armies of workers who labored relentlessly on  the enterprise, and the Native Americans whose lives were  destroyed in its wake, this film presents a remarkable  story of greed, innovation, and gritty determination. It  reveals both why the railroad was built and how it would  shape the nation, while shedding light on the politics and  culture of mid-nineteenth century America.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/455379},
}