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Title The Gateway Arch : a reflection of America / a production of Civil Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Mary Strauss, Mike Stroot, Diane Asser, Pat Vogelsang ; written by Harper Barnes, Scott Huegerich, Bob Miano, Melissa Kramper, John McGuire, Jayne Merkel ; directed by Scott Huegerich and Bob Miano.

Publication Info. St. Louis, MO : Civil Pictures, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction DVD  DVD 977.8 GATEWAY    Check Shelf
Edition Widescreen version.
Description 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Special features: The city of mighty rivers ; The fur trade ; The struggles of going West ; Life in a sod house ; Eero Saarinen ; The doubters ; Safety net ; Construction stories ; William Gass excerpts ; Daniel Libeskind excerpts ; Additional information.
Credits Directors of photography, Doug Hastings, Tom Newcomb ; editor, Scott Huegerich ; music, Tim Janis ; sound, Brad Brueggeman, Ira Spiegel.
Performer Narrated by Kevin Kline.
Summary This documentary chronicles the history of westward expansion and the construction of the largest stainless steel structure ever built, the Gateway Arch. Featured are newly discovered construction footage, rare photographs of westward expansion, early conceptual drawings by architect Eero Saarinen, and music by award-winning composer Tim Janis. Dozens of interviews include World Trade Center Master Plan architect Daniel Libeskind and architecture critic Jayne Merkel, along with the workers who built the monument that some said was impossible to build.
Audience Not rated.
System Details DVD, Dolby digital.
Language In English.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Gateway Arch (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Arches -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Building, Iron and steel -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Engineering design -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Monuments -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Documentary films -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Documentary films.
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Added Author Huegerich, Scott, direction.
Miano, Bob, direction.
Kline, Kevin.
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961.
Janis, Tim.
Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-
Merkel, Jayne.
Civil Pictures, Inc.
Added Title Reflection of America
ISBN 1568392931
18.2100
1568392931
9781568392936
Standard No. 858627001012
646032034998
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