NOVA

Building the Eiffel Tower

Directed by Pascal Cuissot
TV-PG
S51 • E3    Feb 14, 2024    53m
7.9
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’s iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World’s Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. How did the engineers do it? Follow the innovations, successes, and failures that made one of the most famous buildings on the planet possible.

Where to Watch NOVA - S51 • E3

Cast of Building the Eiffel Tower

  • Mercer BoffeyNarrator
  • Bertrand LemoineSelf - Engineer, Architect and Historian
  • Michel CarmonaSelf - Gustave Eiffel Biographer
  • Patricia Vergne RochesSelf - Local Historian of the Garabit Viaduct
  • Benoit RomanSelf - Physicist, The National Centre for Scientific Research
  • Myriam Larnaudie-EiffelSelf - Chair, Association of Descendants of Gustave Eiffel
  • Florence AllorentSelf - Curator, City of Architecture and Heritage Museum, Paris
  • Darcy Grimaldo GrigsbySelf - Art Historian, UC Berkeley
  • Matt HouschSelf - Historian, Statue of Liberty National Monument
  • Stéphane RosecSelf - Eiffel Tower Elevator Technician
  • Claire DandrelSelf - Paint Restorer
  • Annick TexierSelf
  • Pascal CuissotDirector / Writer
  • Nicolas GlimoisWriter
  • Nathalia GuinetWriter
  • Simon KesslerWriter / Story Producer
  • Kristine AllingtonProducer
  • Michael H. AmundsonProducer / Editor
  • Julia CortExecutive Producer
  • Patrice GelléProducer

 

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