| Description |
2 videodiscs (348 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC. |
| Credits |
Narrators, Joseph Giotta (Disc 1), Nick Schatzki (Disc 2). |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally broadcast as episodes of the television series on the Discovery Channel in 2003 and 2004. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
"On every part of the planet, men and women are achieving the impossible. Mountains of earth are drilled, blasted, and moved while massive structures are erected to tame and traverse great bodies of water"--Container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Widening the Panama Canal / produced and directed by Pip Gilmour ; written by Pip Gilmour, Ed Fields (43 min.) -- Boston's big dig / produced, directed and edited by Sarah Holt (43 min.) -- Building Hong Kong's airport / produced and directed by Jennifer Lorenz; written by Ed Fields, Allen Lindgren (44 min.) -- Tunneling under the Alps / produced and directed by Jackie Mow ; written by Jackie Mow, Ed Fields, Alan Lindgren (43 min.). |
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Disc 2. Iceland tunnels / produced and directed by Peter Frumkin (44 min.) -- Container ships / produced and directed by Rebecca Graham, Peter Frumkin ; written by F. Peter Mason, Rebecca Graham (43 min.) -- Oakland Bay Bridge / produced and directed by Olivia Reeves ; written by Noah Nicholas, Olivia Reeves (44 min.) -- Venice flood gates / produced, written and directed by Anne Tarrant (44 min.). |
| Performer |
Danny Forster (host), Larc Spies (narrator). |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Construction projects.
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Engineering.
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Structural engineering.
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Civil engineering.
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Tunneling.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Giotta, Joseph.
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Schatzki, Nick.
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Powderhouse Productions.
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Discovery Channel (Firm)
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Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Note |
Subtitle from episode screens: Under construction |
| Added Title |
Extreme engineering (Television program)
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| Standard No. |
014381411027 |
| Music No. |
DIS4110DVD Image Entertainment |
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