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Tall buildings
Title
Tall buildings [electronic resource (video)] / TVF International (Firm)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2007], c1998.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (24 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Feb. 09, 2007.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Building upward has long been a means for people to show off their wealth or power. This video explores the ambitions and limitations of the engineers of skyscrapers. Visits to a medieval Manhattan in Italy, the first true European skyscraper, and Europe's tallest building, in Germany, are featured.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: TVF International (Firm), 1998
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 05, 2020
Series
How Did They Build That?
System details note
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
Medieval Towers of San Gimignano (3:40)
Masonry Construction in Medieval Towers (3:52)
From Masonry to Reinforced Concrete Frame (4:07)
Concrete Frame Revolutionizes Construction (3:14)
Skyscraper: Innovative Construction Design (3:11)
Ecologically Engineered "Intelligent" Skyscraper (3:46)
Videorecording number
20387 Infobase
20397s Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
TVF International (Firm)
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