Transcontinental railroad [videorecording] / PBS ; directed by Mark Zwonitzer and Michael Chin ; produced and written by Mark Zwonitzer ; a Hidden Hill Productions film for American Experience ; a production of WGBH Boston.
Zwonitzer, Mark.; Chin, Michael.; Murphy, Michael, 1938-; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); Hidden Hill Productions.; WGBH Educational Foundation.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); PBS Home Video.
2005
HE2751 .T736 2006
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Title Transcontinental railroad [videorecording] / PBS ; directed by Mark Zwonitzer and Michael Chin ; produced and written by Mark Zwonitzer ; a Hidden Hill Productions film for American Experience ; a production of WGBH Boston.
Uniform Title American experience (Television program)
ISBN 0793691214
9780793691210
Imprint Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2005.
Language English
Language Note In English; closed-captioned.
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min. [i.e. 107 min.]) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers 841887006224
Call Number HE2751 .T736 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 385./0973
Distributor No. AMER6507 PBS Home Video
Summary 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.
Note Special features: Teacher's guide [PDF files require a DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat]; PBS.org [text feature].
Narrator, Michael Murphy; commentators, Phil Roberts, Fred Gamst, Wendell Huffman, Donald Fixico, David Bain, Carol Bowers, Stanley Hirshson, Sue Fawn Chung, Frank Chin; voices, Boyd Gaines, Kathleen McNenny, Ronald Lew Harris.
Credits Editor, Bruce Shaw ; director of photography, Michael Chin ; original music, Brian Keane ; researchers, Andrew Blossom, Susan Hormuth, Robin O'Sullivan ; map design & animator, William Bourbeau ; consultants, Maxine Chan, Charles Sweet, Norman Wilson.
Time and Place of Event Originally broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television series American Experience on January 27, 2003.
System Details Note DVD; Region 1, NTSC; stereo; full screen presentation.
Added Author Zwonitzer, Mark.
Chin, Michael.
Murphy, Michael, 1938-
Added Corporate Author Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Hidden Hill Productions.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Home Video.
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Introduction
Mapping the route
Central Pacific
Union Pacific and Credit Mobilier
Chinese laborers
Civil War veterans
Conflicts with Plains Indians
"Hell on wheels"
Blasting through Donner Summit
Buying influence and fighting Indians
Governing new settlements
Central Pacific advances
Race to Utah
East and West meet
Epilogue
Credits.

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