DVD
Hoover Dam
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Narrated by Peter Coyote.
Publication Information
[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
It is one of the world's greatest engineering feats, a colossus of concrete rising high above the Colorado River. Built during the Great Depression, Hoover Dam drew men desperate for work to a remote canyon near Las Vegas. There they struggled against oppressive heat and perilous heights to make a monument to American ingenuity and sheer human will. Drawing on remarkable archival footage, evocative cinematography, and interviews with witnesses, this AMERICAN EXPERIENCE production tells the dramatic story of how a ragtag army of workers re-routed the mighty Colorado and erected the 700-foot-high dam. More than 100 workers died building this marvel that forever transformed the West.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 1999.
This edition released as part of a five-disc set called The 1930s.
Special features: Printable materials for educators ; access to the American Experience Web site.