Ken Burns' America: Brooklyn Bridge

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This award-winning program by filmmaker Ken Burns recaptures all the drama, the struggles and the personal tragedies behind this greatest of all achievements of America's industrial age. As this fascinating program reveals, it was the largest bridge of its era, marked by enormous construction problems and ingenious solutions. Witness the human heroics of the larger-than-life men who built the bridge that seized the imagination of New Yorkers and all Americans. Discover the enduring charm and beauty of this granite and steel structure, as you travel across its span to the heart of the metropolis.

Includes footage not seen in PBS broadcast, A Conversation with Ken Burns -- A look into what inspires filmmaker Ken Burns, Ken Burns Making History -- Behind-the-Scenes with Ken Burns, Single Sided.