American Experience : The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005)
Directed by Peter Jones
Genres - Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Inventions & Innovations, Social History |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Cammila Collar
This documentary chronicles millionaire Cyrus Field's quest to run a cable across the Atlantic ocean, enabling wired communication between Britain and America, a task he finally completed in 1866.
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communication, entrepreneur, message, quest, technology, telecommunications, transatlantic
