Modern Marvels - Eiffel Tower (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
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Actor: Artist Not ProvidedDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
DVD Reviews of Modern Marvels - Eiffel Tower (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
DVD Review: Great for all ages!
Summary: 5 Stars
This program had something for everyone. My daughter used it in a [...]France presentation and the kids were very interested in the section on the building of the Eiffel Tower.DVD Review: Eiffel Tower DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD was a wonderful addition to my classroom library. Expands on what our textbook tells students about this engineering marvel.DVD Review: Short but sweet
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice documentary about the Eiffel tower, built in 1889, and rising over 1,000 feet. It would remain the tallest man-made structure for 40 years.
Designed by renowned iron-bridge builder Gustave Eiffel in response to a contest, the tower was built in slightly over 2 years in a manner and contruction method similar to an erector set - plates, angles and bars of iron, held together by 2,500,000 rivets.
Although originally planned to be torn down after 20 years, the tower remained up partly due to Eiffel's campaigning to have it saved, but also the fact that it made a really good radio antenna which allowed the French to listen in on the Germans in the years before WWI.
The DVD covers the development and design, some political atmosphere of the times, some French history, the current maintenance schedule, and status as a tourist attraction - which has had 380 suicide jumpers and one really stupid guy trying to fly in a bird-suit in the early 1900's.
The DVD itself has no features beyond chapters. It's a bit pricey for a documentary that does not even run the claimed 50 minutes, however, coming in at just 46 minutes long.
Description of Modern Marvels - Eiffel Tower (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
It is called the Tower of Towers--a striking symbol of not only a city and its nation, but also of the self-assurance and promise of a new age in art and architecture.When it was built over a century ago, the Eiffel Tower provoked widespread outrage among some of France's most prominent citizens of the day. In this fascinating portrait, THE HISTORY CHANNEL brings you the captivating story behind one of the most recognizable engineering marvels of the late nineteenth century. It is a monumental tale of the technological challenges and architectural breakthroughs brought about by the construction of this preeminent hallmark of the City of Lights.
From the immense buttresses at its base to constructor Gustave Eiffel's personal apartment and aerodynamics laboratory at its pinnacle, this is an unforgettable historical tour of the world's most famous and fabled tower.
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