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Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

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I thought this might be an interesting documentary but was very pleasantly surprised by the high quality of the dramatizations. The Hoover Dam and Brooklyn Bridge segments complimented, rather than duplicated, other documentaries I'd seen and the London sewer episode- which I thought would be a snore- was fascinating. I'm eagerly hoping there will be a volume 2.

Started to watch this with family, but awfully intense for smaller kids (dramatically depicts head trauma with splattered blood, cutting off toes, etc).

Very well done, not too long. Good stories. We really enjoyed them.

This is a great set of shows. It is almost 100% dramatic re-creations but very well done. It is put together as if modern documentary film crews were on the scene for the creation of these impressive engineering marvels. The acting is first rate and other than the occasional use of an obvious CGI effect the re-creations are very well done. If you enjoy reading about how these monumental engineering feats were done you will enjoy "seeing" parts of it on this video. This is all based on factual information an often truth is stranger than fiction. I wish the BBC would do additional shows of the same type for DVD release.

This DVD is almost 6 hours of entertainment, which is incidentally educational. The production value is excellent, and the story lines and narration are enjoyable as well. I highly recommend this DVD simply for the high amount of quality and quantity included,in it's well told semi-documentary style.

I got this video from Netflix and I liked it so much that I purchased a copy from Amazon to send to an old friend in the construction business, He enjoyed it so much that he watched it a second time, with his adult children.

The Seven Wonders are huge construction projects, ranging from the Panama Canal to a lighthouse off the coast of Scotland, built on a rocky island that is under water 20 hours a day. This lighthouse still stands and functions 200 years later.

The several hour long BBC production is broken into manageable segments on each of the seven projects, I personally found the lighthouse episode the best, and the only one I would skip is the piece on the building of the huge British ship the name of which escapes me. For the most part the men, and in the case of the Brooklyn Bridge a woman, who had the vision to begin and the unwavering courage to complete these epic projects make for fascinating watching.



Compelling viewing to be watched more than once.

Absolutely Amazing.
A Must for anyone with interest in World History of 19-20th Centuries

I am amazed by the high quality of this production. Seven Wonders of the Industrial World should be seen by everyone---especially younger students. There are many heroes long dead who deserve our admiration and thanks. Three cheers for the engineers of the world. They have indeed richly improved our lives. Sadly, however, they are normally ignored. I particularly enjoyed the segment regarding the construction of the London Sewer System. One is also encouraged to read W. Hodding Carter's Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization.

I really only got this for the Hoover Dam portion. However, the Bell Lighthouse Tower and the London Sewers were a delightful surprise. Who would try to build a lighthouse eleven miles out to sea and expect to be successful? Well, it is still there today!

The interesting part about the London Sewers were how the egg-shaped design of the tunnels made the sewers self-cleaning. Maybe India should learn a lesson, as the youth that they employ to hand-clean their sewers continue to become very ill, due to the work.

The Hoover Dam portion did a pretty good job of making it seems as though the dam had not yet been built.

I just wish James Cameron would do a movie on Hoover the what with the depression, high unemployment, Ragtown, Boulder City, men surviving being washed down the diversion tunnels.

For the price, this DVD is well worth getting.