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American Experience: New York Underground
Studio: Wgbh Wholesale Release Date: 12/12/2006 Run time: 56 minutes
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(out of 4 reviews)
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#2 written by Janna Silverstein 1 year ago
Review by Janna Silverstein for American Experience: New York Underground
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This hour-long episode of “American Experience” documents the planning and building of New York City’s first subway route. With wonderful film clips, photographs, and illustrations from the era, along with commentary from authors and historians, it tells the story, first, of the original two-block-long experimental pneumatic tube railway, and then of the massive, four-year construction project that became the IRT, one of the world’s earliest–and certainly the longest–electric subways. Including profiles of the men who made it happen and providing wonderful period details, this documentary offers a glimpse into a different time at a pleasant, bite-sized length for armchair historians. Recommended. -
#3 written by Peter Epprecht 1 year ago
Review by Peter Epprecht for American Experience: New York Underground
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I saw this on PBS several years ago. It is the incredible story of how the subway system was built in just a few years. It shows how our society has drifted backwards from the “can do” attitude of the early part of this century.
Today this would take 20 years of BS, followed by 20 years of building. FIVE STARS -
#4 written by Tony Corda 1 year ago
Review by Tony Corda for American Experience: New York Underground
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I don’t know what these other two reviewers were expecting but this is exactly what it says it is, the story of the building of the New York Subway. No it’s not Ric Burns New York Documentary…why you thought it was is beyond me…this is an excellent documentary of the early years of the Subway system. - Comment Feed for this Post
Review by Woody Woodpeckerwood for American Experience: New York Underground
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This is not a 14 hour documentary about New York City, instead it is a 56 minute long documentary about how the old Electric Subway in NYC was built in 1900, as seen on public television and “American Experience”.