| Air Traffic Control |
On any given day, at least 60,000 commercial
flights crisscross the U.S. on the safest system of aerial highways in the
world. In this program, the network of constant navigational communication
that forms those highways is explored: air traffic control. The video goes
inside airport flight towers and the country’s busiest regional center,
New York’s TRACON, or terminal radar approach control. Air traffic
controllers, pilots, FAA officials, the editors of Aviation Week,
and the CEO of Continental Airlines are interviewed; all agree that
despite its outstanding record, the system is stretched to its limits and
is quickly approaching gridlock. A Discovery Channel Production. (51
minutes, color) (C)2000 |
VHS12082
DVD12082 |
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| London |
War, destruction, fire, disease—London has
fallen victim to numerous crises over its 2,000-year history. At the
center of it all is the River Thames, whose tidal dangers threaten
flooding even to this day. But thanks to phenomenal feats of engineering
and construction, the city has consistently been able to return to top
form. This program examines how devastation in London has inspired people
of vision to revolutionize the city’s architecture, from Roman
settlement to the center of the British Empire…and beyond. London-based
engineering designer Chris Wise and architecture historians Simon Thurley
and Vaughan Hart, among others, reveal how great edifices helped this
small island nation become a world power. A Discovery Channel Production.
(46 minutes, color) (C)2004 |
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DVD33603 |
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| Nowhere Fast! |
Welcome to life in the slow lane. This program
examines how cities and suburbs are dealing with ever-increasing traffic
congestion as transportation consultant Alan Pisarski and experts from the
Reason Foundation, The Heritage Foundation, the Progressive Policy
Institute, Houston TranStar, and Caltrans debate the best ways to move
forward. Suburb-to-suburb commuting, infrastructure expansion, and induced
demand are addressed, and initiatives such as HOT lanes, congestion
pricing, wireless motorist messaging systems, Flexcars, and Boston’s
monumental reengineering effort, the Big Dig, are presented. A Discovery
Channel Production. (46 minutes, color) (C)2003 |
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DVD32817 |
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| Paris |
This program investigates the crucial role
engineering has played in the 2,000-year history of the French capital.
Eugene Houseman spearheaded the evolution of Paris in the late 18th
century, producing the infrastructure, wide boulevards, and grand
buildings that give the city its singular charm. Top French historians,
engineers, and archaeologists analyze his work as well as the complex
feats of the pre-Houseman years, from the construction of King
Philippe’s wall and the innovative methods of purifying the Seine in the
13th century to the "revolt of the dead" in 1785. The program
also examines the existing Parisian structures at the time of the French
Revolution. A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes, color) (C)2004 |
VHS33604
DVD33604 |
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| Understanding Cities |
For the first time in civilization’s history,
more people live in cities than outside of them. This program goes around
the world to look at cities past and present with a focus on issues of
transportation, electricity, light, water, sewage, and trash. The program
examines differences between cities that have evolved over time and
planned cities, such as Brazil’s capital and utopian experiment, Brasília,
and Mexico’s ancient Teotihuacán, the first planned city in
Mesoamerica. Cameras explore the construction of a new line in London’s
Underground and a new aqueduct in New York City. Portland is presented as
a paradigm of modern urban planning. A Discovery Channel Production. (53
minutes, color) (C)1996 |
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DVD29016 |
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| We Built This City Series |
London and Paris are today world-class cities and
centers of commerce. But it was not always so. Each city had humble
beginnings—each on the verge of urban implosion many times over—until
monumental engineering feats secured their celebrated reputations. Mixing
documentary footage with computer reconstructions, this two-part series
provides valuable insight into the genesis of these two cultural centers.
A Discovery Channel Production. 2-part series, 46 minutes each. The Series
Includes:
London , Paris
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DVD33602 |
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