Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Green Umbrella Productions, American Experience Films, WGBH Educational Foundation (US)
The Great Transatlantic Cable on the Web:Official Website
The Great Transatlantic Cable
DirectorPeter Jones
WriterDavid Axelrod
1 hrHistory,
Documentary
Plot
This is the story behind the laying of the transatlantic cable. The physical challenges to laying the cable were enormous. The project would require the production of a 2,000-mile long cable that would have to be laid three miles beneath the Atlantic.
