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Secrets of a master builder / WGBH ; written and produced by Carl Charlson ; coproducer, Sharon Grimberg.
LIBRA VHS TA140.E23 S43 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eads, James Buchanan, 1820-1887.
- Eads, James Buchanan.
- Civil engineers--United States--Biography.
- Civil engineers.
- United States.
- Art and architecture videos.
- Local Subjects:
- Art and architecture videos.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on container: Story of James B. Eads
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video [distributor], [2000]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- "At his death in 1887, James Eads was easily the most famous engineer in the world. He'd built gunboats that helped the Union win the Civil War; designed a stunning bridge for St. Louis -- the first in the world to be built of steel; and devised an ingenious scheme that kept the frequently silted-up Mississippi River open to ocean-going traffic -- a feat that turned New Orleans into the nation's second largest port. ... rediscovers the story of this remarkable man who began his working life as an errand boy, taught himself the principles of engineering ... and who was, by 37, one of the richest and most influential figures in the Midwest"--Container excerpt.
- Participant:
- Narrator, David McCullough.
- Credits:
- Cinematographers, Boyd Etus ... [et al.] ; editor, Bill Lattanzi ; art direction, Katha Seidman ; music, Brian Keane ; historical advisors, John M. Barry, Robert W. Jackson, Howard S. Miller.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a segment of the television program, The American experience.
- ISBN:
- 0780633792
- OCLC:
- 47164059
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