This is the story behind the laying of the transatlantic cable. The physical challenges to laying the cable were enormous. The project would require the production of a 2,000 mile long cable that would have to be laid three miles beneath the Atlantic.
Details
ISBN: 0793690269
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.videodiscvideorecording (DVD)
Publisher:[Boston, MA] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2005.
General Note: Closed-captioned. In English with optional English subtitles.Home use only.Widescreen format.Originally broadcast on television in 2005.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Edited by Kate Amend ; director of photography, Brian McDairmant ; music, Nathan Wang.
Participant or Performer Note: John MacKay ; narrator, Linda Hunt.