URLwire
for Friday, April 23, 2004
| Golden Gate Bridge
Companion
Site Launched for PBS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Broadcast |
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| On Monday, May 3,
2004 at 9pm, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE premieres GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, a one-hour
film that documents the construction of what was then the longest suspension
bridge in the world, built hundreds of feet above the dangerously churning
waters of the entrance to San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate. The television
premiere is complemented by a companion Web site at http://www.pbs.org/amex/goldengate. |
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| On May 27, 1937,
200,000 people thronged to the newly-completed Golden Gate Bridge and walked,
climbed, skated or cycled across. After 18 years of struggles to complete
the bridge, San Francisco's jubilance was unrestrained. There was a tap
dancer, a tuba player and a woman determined to be the first to walk its
length with her tongue out. |
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On the companion site at http://www.pbs.org/amex/goldengate/
you can...
Test engineering concepts, see
their intricate math, and learn how they play out on the bridge today.
(Flash feature): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/sfeature/sf_forces.html
Go behind the scenes with the filmmakers
and see the bungee-jumping camera: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/sfeature/sf_bts.html
Vote for your favorite suspension
bridge:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/sfeature/sf_poll.html
Visit a gallery of construction
photos from official photographers Gabriel, Raymond, and Irving Moulin:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/gallery/index.html
Explore major building projects
of the Thirties, and why there were so many, with historian Andrew J. Dunar:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/sfeature/sf_30s.html
Get to know the Golden Gate, the
bridge, and San Francisco Bay -- before, during, and after bridge construction:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/sfeature/sf_facts.html
Gain deeper knowledge with our
teacher's guidein a classroom or on your own: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/tguide/index.html
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Online
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Online serves
an average of 4.6 million pages of history content to visitors every month.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE sites have been critically acclaimed by Yahoo!, Netscape,
Yahooligans!, USA Today, TipWorld, The Scout Report, UK Plus Site of the
Day, Surfng the Net with Kids, and Learning in Motions Top Ten List.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Online is produced
by WGBH Interactive, Boston, which produces
Web sites supporting WGBH national series such as NOVA, Antiques Roadshow
and ARTHUR. The WGBH Educational Foundation is the single largest producer
of primetime television programs and Web sites seen nationally on PBS and
PBS.org.
PBS Online
PBS.org,
PBSs award-winning site on the World Wide Web, produces high-quality Web
programming as it pioneers the convergence of television and the Internet.
PBS.org features more than 150,000 pages of content as well as companion
Web sites for more than 500 PBS programs and specials, and is the #1 dot-org
Web site in the world. (Source: Nielsen NetRatings)
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, televisions
most-watched history series, is a preeminent producer of historical documentaries,
related web sites, and DVDs. The pioneer of quality historical programming
for public television audiences, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE has won every prestigious
broadcast award and enjoys consistent widespread support from television
critics and viewers alike. Major funding for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is provided
by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. National corporate funding is provided
by Liberty Mutual and The Scotts Company. Additional funding is provided
by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.
For more information, contact Leslie
Sepuka, WGBH Boston, at Tel: 617.300.5329; Email: leslie_sepuka(--at--)wgbh.org
or Daphne B. Noyes, Tel: 617.300.5344; Email: daphne_noyes(--@--)wgbh.org
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