245 04|a The great transatlantic cable.  260 __|a Alexandria, VA
: |b PBS, |c 2005.  500 __|a Copyright permission expires
05/21/08.  500 __|a Title from web site description.  508 __|a
Writer, producer, David Axelrod.  511 0_|a Narrator, Linda Hunt.
520 __|a Until the first transatlantic cable was laid,
communication between North America and Europe took at least a
week. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documents the grueling attempts to
manufacture a cable long enough to span the continents, and the
challenges of laying it across the ocean floor - part of a
courageous adventure that would change communications forever.
60 minutes.  521 __|a Middle school to adult.  546 __|a Closed
captioned for the hearing impaired.  600 10|a Field, Cyrus W. |q
(Cyrus West), |d 1819-1892  650 _0|a Cables, Submarine |z
Atlantic |x History.  650 _0|a Telegraph |z United States |x
History.  650 _0|a Telegraph |z Great Britain |x History.  700
1_|a Axelrod, David  700 1_|a Hunt, Linda, |d 1945-  710 2_|a
PBS   730 _0|a American Experience