Modern Marvels - Eiffel Tower (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
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Studio: A&E Home Video
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Get a rare glimpse at Eiffel's private apartment high above the city of lights and learn the complete story of the incredible tower that became one of the world's most popular tourist attractions.
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Running Time 50 Min
Format: DVD MOVIE
Average customer rating:
- Great for all ages!
- Eiffel Tower DVD
- Short but sweet
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Modern Marvels - Eiffel Tower (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)
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Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
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ASIN: B0007WFUOC
Release Date: 2005-04-26 |
Product Description
Get a rare glimpse at Eiffel's private apartment high above the city of lights and learn the complete story of the incredible tower that became one of the world's most popular tourist attractions.
System Requirements:
Running Time 50 Min
Format: DVD MOVIE
Customer Reviews:
Great for all ages!.......2007-05-19
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.
Eiffel Tower DVD.......2007-03-08
This DVD was a wonderful addition to my classroom library. Expands on what our textbook tells students about this engineering marvel.
Short but sweet.......2005-10-01
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.
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