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"How do tunnels stay dry under water? Who dug the first tunnels? Go underground with award-winning author-illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay ... and get an amazing look at tunnels through spectacular film footage, little-known facts and dramatic recreations. From ancient Rome t...

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Corporate Authors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit, Production Group, Inc, WGBH Educational Foundation, WGBH Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Vink, Eugenie, Macaulay, David
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [South Burlington, VT?] : WGBH Boston Video, ©2004, 2000.
Series:Building big.
Subjects:
Tunnels > Juvenile films.
Tunnels > History > Juvenile films.
Tunnels > Design and construction > Juvenile films.
Tunneling > Juvenile films.
Underwater tunnels > Juvenile films.
Tunnels > Ventilation > Juvenile films.
Subway tunnels > Juvenile films.
Tunnels > Rome > History > Juvenile films.
Subways > England > London > History > Juvenile films.
Railroad tunnels > Massachusetts > Juvenile films.
Channel Tunnel (Coquelles, France, and Folkestone, England) > Design and construction > Juvenile films.
Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.) > Design and construction > Juvenile films.
Holland Tunnel (Jersey City, N.J., and New York, N.Y.) > Design and construction > Juvenile films.
Nonfiction television programs > Juvenile.
Educational television programs > Juvenile.
Documentary television programs > Juvenile.
Historical television programs > Juvenile.
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Summary:"How do tunnels stay dry under water? Who dug the first tunnels? Go underground with award-winning author-illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay ... and get an amazing look at tunnels through spectacular film footage, little-known facts and dramatic recreations. From ancient Rome to the remarkable Channel Tunnel that connects France and England, Tunnels introduces courageous engineers, relives deadly disasters, and reveals little-known personal triumphs and tragedies."--Container.
Item Description:This disc may not play on all machines or players.
Originally produced in 2000 for broadcast on U.S. public television.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (67 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-ROM ; NTSC ; widescreen presentation ; access to printable materials requires computer with DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Reader software.
Production Credits:Edited by Mickey Green ; original music, Richard Einhorn ; cinematography, Bob Elfstrom, Mike Fox, Brian McDairmant, Terry Hopkins, Chris Cox, Erich Roland, Buddy Squires.
ISBN:1593752121
9781593752125
Access:Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Author Notes:David Macaulay was born on December 2, 1946 in Lancashire, England, but moved to Bloomfield, New Jersey when he was 11. He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Before becoming an author and illustrator, he worked as an interior designer, a junior high school teacher, and instructor of interior design at RISD from 1969 to 1973.

His first book, Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, was published in 1973. His other books include City, Castle, Pyramid, Mill, Underground, Mosque, The Way Things Work, Rome Antics, Shortcut,and How Machines Work. He has received numerous awards including a Caldecott Honor Medal in 1991 for Black and White and the Washington Children's Book Guild Award for a Body of Non-Fiction Work in 1977. He won the Royal Society young people¿s book prize for the best science books for children for his book How Machines Work.

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