Product Details

• Actors: David Ogden Stiers, Frances Sternhagen, Robert Sean Leonard, Frank McCourt, Spalding Gray
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: December 12, 2006
• Run Time: 56 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000A0GYMS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,926 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "American Experience: New York Underground" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE:NEW YORK UNDERGRO - DVD Movie

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is Just As Advertised, February 12, 2007

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Tony Corda "Tony" - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Experience: New York Underground (DVD)

I don't know what these other two reviewers were expecting but this is exactly what it says it is, the story of the building of the New York Subway. No it's not Ric Burns New York Documentary...why you thought it was is beyond me...this is an excellent documentary of the early years of the Subway system.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic history, December 5, 2007

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Peter Epprecht (Mainland,Pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience: New York Underground (DVD)

I saw this on PBS several years ago. It is the incredible story of how the subway system was built in just a few years. It shows how our society has drifted backwards from the "can do" attitude of the early part of this century.
Today this would take 20 years of BS, followed by 20 years of building. FIVE STARS

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An hour of fascinating history, February 28, 2010

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Janna Silverstein (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience: New York Underground (DVD)

This hour-long episode of "American Experience" documents the planning and building of New York City's first subway route. With wonderful film clips, photographs, and illustrations from the era, along with commentary from authors and historians, it tells the story, first, of the original two-block-long experimental pneumatic tube railway, and then of the massive, four-year construction project that became the IRT, one of the world's earliest--and certainly the longest--electric subways. Including profiles of the men who made it happen and providing wonderful period details, this documentary offers a glimpse into a different time at a pleasant, bite-sized length for armchair historians. Recommended.