应用科学类纪录片,PBS 频道 2012 年出品。


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http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed/

  • 中文片名 :透视美国

  • 中文系列名:

  • 英文片名 :America Revealed

  • 英文系列名:

  • 电视台 :PBS

  • 地区 :美国

  • 语言 :英语

  • 时长 :约 54 分钟/ep

  • 版本 :DVD

  • 发行时间 :2012

Take to the skies for a bird s-eye view of how this vast and complex country actually works. Stunning aerial footage, high-definition video and real-time satellite data reveal the American landscape as you ve never seen it before, and host Yul Kwon climbs, leaps, and rides across the U.S. to find out what makes this nation tick. This is a celebration of a nation in the 21st century.

Over the past century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known. In this episode, host Yul Kwon explores how this machine feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day.

America is a nation of vast distances and dense urban clusters, woven together by 200,000 miles of railroads, 5,000 airports, and four million miles of roads. These massive, complex transportation systems combine to make Americans the most mobile people on earth. Yul Kwon journeys across the continent by air, road and rail and ventures behind the scenes with the workers who get us where we need to go.

Our modern electric power grid has been called the biggest and most complex machine in the world – delivering electricity over 200,000 miles of high- tension transmission lines. Yul Kwon travels around the country to understand its intricacies, its vulnerabilities and the remarkable ingenuity required to keep the power on every day.

Contrary to recent widely held beliefs, America is actually the number one manufacturing nation on earth. Yul Kwon meets the men and women who create the world’s best and most iconic products; engineers who are


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