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Sun Sets Against the Great Pyramid

kdorwart — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:05:23 -0400

Beauty , History , Places , Technology

A static shot from BUILDING BIG fills the screen with an image of the Great Pyramid, silhouetted by the orange light of the setting sun.

Three Mile Island Cooling Towers Through Backyard

kdorwart — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:09:56 -0400

Places , Technology

A wide shot from FRONTLINE's "Nuclear Reaction" frames two cooling towers through the backyard of a middle class home. The camera closes in on the towers as they spew plumes of thick white smoke.

Skanska Contsruction Crane

pgdesai — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:24:37 -0400

Motion , Technology

A Skanska construction crane rises high above the ground and rotates.

Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge

pgdesai — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:43:05 -0400

Beauty , Technology

The Zakim Bridge, the widest cable bridge in the world, soars atop a clear blue Boston sky. This static wide shot captures both of the bridge's pillars.

London's Tower Bridge Traffic

pgdesai — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:08:29 -0400

Beauty , Motion , Places , Technology

Traffic passes over and under London's Tower Bridge. As cars and boats pass across the Thames River, the bridge frames the bustling cityscape in the background of this excerpt from BUILDING BIG.

Narrow Tunnels Under the Pyramids

pgdesai — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:11:43 -0400

Culture , History , Nature , Places , Technology

BUILDING BIG's cameras go underground to explore the tunnels found under Egypt's Great Pyramids. The narrow, dark, stone passageways wind deep below the wonder of the world.

Three Pyramids

pgdesai — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:21:41 -0400

Beauty , Culture , Heat , History , Places , Technology

Across the purple horizon, BUILDING BIG's cameras capture three majestic pyramids in the distance through the haze of desert heat. Camera pans left and stops on wide shot of pyramids.

The Colosseum in Rome

pgdesai — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:02:16 -0400

Beauty , Culture , History , Places , Technology

This wide shot from the BUILDING BIG series shows the ancient Colosseum in modern-day Rome. On a sunlit day, cars and joggers pass by this marvel of engineering and construction.

Reims Cathedral

pgdesai — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:48:18 -0400

Beauty , Culture , Faith , History , Places , Technology

The Reims, France skyline gives way to a behemoth cathedral, soaring above the low-lying buildings of the city in BUILDING BIG's "Skyscrapers."

Railroad Tracks Towards Horizon

pgdesai — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:08:50 -0400

History , Motion , Technology

Railroad tracks cut through greenery and haze out towards the horizon in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie." Slowly, the camera moves forward, as if a train moves down tracks.