KEN BURNS AMERICA: BROOKLYN BRIDGE

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• Release Year: 1981
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: The 'Great East river Bridge' was the largest bridge of its era, a technical achievement of unparalleled scope, marked by enormous construction problems, equally ingenious solutions, and heroic human achievement. In unexpected and wonderful ways, the Brooklyn Bridge captured the imagination of all Americans, and in the process became a symbol in American culture of strength, vitality, ingenuity and promise.; ; in Brooklyn Bridge, Ken Burns captures the physical majesty of all this greatest of all achievements of the industrial age, the dramatic story of the larger-than-life men who imagined and built it, and the immense charm this granite and steel structure has exerted on generations of city dwellers.
• Cast: Paul Roebling, Julie Harris, Arthur Miller, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Richard Pini, Fred Sherry, Austin Stevens, Richard Rescia, David McCullough, Mel Blanc, Sheelah Feinberg, Paul Goldberger, Oliver Hardy, Anna Hostvedt, Stan Laurel, Lewis Mumford, George Raft, Adam Schefflan, Frank Sinatra, Xanthus Valan, Johnny Weissmuller, Ken Burns, Amy Stechler
• Director: Ken Burns
• Runtime: 0:58
• Company: PBS Home Video
• Media Format: Series