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Brooklyn Bridge

Paul Goldberg Discusses the Brooklyn Bridge

The bridge is the archetypal monument.

Aired 05/24/1982 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

Brooklyn Bridge

Paul Goldberg Discusses the Brooklyn Bridge

Clip: Episode 1 | 48sVideo has Closed Captions

The bridge is the archetypal monument.

The bridge is the archetypal monument.

Aired 05/24/1982 | Rating NR

FromKen Burns

Funding Provided by: General Motors; The Corporation for Public Broadcasting; New York Council for the Humanities; NEH; Citibank, N.A.; Abraham & Strauss; American Society of Civil Engineers; NY Telephone; Consolidated...

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Funding Provided by: General Motors; The Corporation for Public Broadcasting; New York Council for the Humanities; NEH; Citibank, N.A.; Abraham & Strauss; American Society of Civil Engineers; NY Telephone; Consolidated...

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