Aired Monday July 29, 11:15am - 12:35pmon PBS

Brooklyn Bridge (1981)

Documentary / Historical drama

Ken Burns's 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.

Country
USA
Cast and crew
  • Ken BurnsDirector
  • David McCulloughNarrator
  • Paul Roebling
  • Julie Harris
  • Arthur Miller
  • Kurt Vonnegut Jr.