Title The great transatlantic cable [(DVD) videorecording] / a Green Umbrella film for American Experience.

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[United States] : PBS Home Video, 2005.

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1107289~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
Nichols Adult DVD Nonfiction	384.15 GRE	AVAILABLE

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Description	1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD; Dolby digital, widescreen (16:9).
Language	Closed-captioned.
Audience	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Credits	Written and produced by David Axelrod, directed by Peter Jones, edited by Kate Amend.
Performer	Linda Hunt, narrator; with John MacKay.
Summary	This is the story behind the laying of the transatlantic cable. The physical challenges to laying the cable were enormous. The project would require the production of a 2,000 mile long cable that would have to be laid three miles beneath the Atlantic.
Note	For specific features see interactive menu.
Subject	Transatlantic cables -- History -- Videodiscs.
	Telegraph -- United States -- History -- Videodiscs.
	Telegraph -- Great Britain -- History -- Videodiscs.
	DVDs.
Genre	Documentary films Videodiscs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Axelrod, David.
	Hunt, Linda.
	MacKay, John.
Added Title	American experience (Television program) Great transatlantic cable.
ISBN	0793690269
Music No.	AMEX6707 PBS Home Video

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