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The Gateway Arch : a Reflection of America

DVD - 2006 DVD 917.786 Ga 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Call Number: DVD 917.786 Ga
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Special features: The city of mighty rivers ; The fur traders ; 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.
Narrated by Kevin Kline.
A documentary that 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 and early conceptual drawings by architect Eero Saarinen. 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.
DVD, widescreen, Dolby digital.

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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In English.

PUBLISHED
[Harrington Park, N.J.] : Janson Media [distributor], [2007], c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1568392931
9781568392936

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Huegerich, Scott,
Miano, Bob,
Kline, Kevin.
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961.
Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-
Merkel, Jayne.
Civil Pictures, Inc.
Janson Media.

SUBJECTS
Gateway Arch (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Arches -- Saint Louis.
Building, Iron and steel -- Saint Louis.
Engineering design -- Saint Louis.
Monuments -- Saint Louis.
Documentary films -- Saint Louis.
Documentary videos.
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.