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Brooklyn Bridge

About the Show

Ken Burns' film traces the transformation of the bridge from a spectacular engineering feat to a symbol in American culture of strength, ingenuity and promise. It recounts the dramatic struggle to construct the bridge and attempts to understand the response to the bridge by artists, historians, engineers and popular culture. A lively combination of modern cinematography, old film footage, time-lapse photography and informed opinion reveals the power of such monuments to transform lives.