Building wonders [DVD] | Arlington Heights Memorial Library

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Building wonders

(2015, original release: 2014)

Nonfiction

DVD

Call Numbers:

SR CENTER/DVD/722/BUILDING

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Senior Center Movie	SR CENTER/DVD/722/BUILDING	Available (not Holdable)

Details

PUBLISHED

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2015]
[United States] : PBS Distribution

DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN

0841887022453 NOVA6283, 9781627891165, 1627891161 00841887022453, 841887022453

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

Title from container

In Building Wonders, Nova presents three groundbreaking shows that investigate engineering mysteries of the ancient world with the help of dramatic hands-on experiments. Modern architects use medieval tools to examine the Lost City of Petra in the middle of Jordan's desert, the vast Roman Colosseum, and Turkey's 1,500 year-old cathedral dome, Hagia Sophia

Licensed for public performance

Colosseum edited & co-produced by Rob Tinworth ; additional directing by Pascal Cuissot

Hagia Sophia co-produced & directed by Larry Klein ; additional directing by Olivier Julien and Rob Tinworth

Petra additional directing by Olivier Julien and Scott Tiffany

Managing director, Alan Ritsko ; senior executive producer, Paula S. Apsell

Originally broadcast in three parts, Feb. 11, 18, 25, 2015

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Colosseum : Roman death trap -- Petra : lost city of stone -- Hagia Sophia : Istanbul's ancient mystery