Title from container. Originally broadcast as episodes of the television series on the Discovery Channel in 2003 and 2004. Danny Forster (host), Larc Spies (narrator).
Contents:
(43 min.). Tunneling under the Alps / produced and directed by Jackie Mow ; written by Jackie Mow, Ed Fields, Alan Lindgren (43 min.) -- Boston's big dig / produced, directed and edited by Sarah Holt (43 min.) -- Building Hong Kong's airport / produced and directed by Jennifer Lorenz; written by Ed Fields, Allen Lindgren (44 min.) -- Tunneling under the Alps / produced and directed by Jackie Mow ; written by Jackie Mow, Ed Fields, Alan Lindgren (43 min.). (44 min.). Venice flood gates / produced, written and directed by Anne Tarrant (44 min.) -- Container ships / produced and directed by Rebecca Graham, Peter Frumkin ; written by F. Peter Mason, Rebecca Graham (43 min.) -- Oakland Bay Bridge / produced and directed by Olivia Reeves ; written by Noah Nicholas, Olivia Reeves (44 min.) -- Venice flood gates / produced, written and directed by Anne Tarrant (44 min.).
Summary:
"On every part of the planet, men and women are achieving the impossible. Mountains of earth are drilled, blasted, and moved while massive structures are erected to tame and traverse great bodies of water"--Container.
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